NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 02 – Sports is the leading cause of accidental injury among children in the US, according to the results of

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 02 – The results of a population-based study suggest that women who use some forms of hormone replacement therapy may

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 02 – After acute myocardial infarction (MI), the reduction in mortality risk is about the same for elderly patients who

LONDON (Reuters Health) Mar 27 – Most doctors would be prepared to stop treatment at the request of a patient, even knowing that to do

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 27 – In the early aftermath of September 11, the rate of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among New

WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) Mar 27 – Federal health officials issued new recommendations Wednesday designed to help identify as many as 16 million Americans who are

Abstract and Introduction Abstract The Surgeon General has reported that regular participation in moderate physical activity is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle. Despite

ATLANTA (Reuters Health) Mar 25 – Approximately one-third of medication errors affecting elderly patients are preventable, researchers told attendees of the annual meeting of the

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 25 – Among individuals receiving aspirin therapy, urinary levels of 11-dehydro thromboxane B2 are predictive of the risk of myocardial

NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Mar 26 — US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigators describe 5 cases of aseptic meningitis caused by rofecoxib in the March

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 21 – In patients at high risk for stroke, treatment with the ACE inhibitor ramipril reduces the overall stroke rate

GENEVA (Reuters) Mar 21 – Anti-smoking groups on Wednesday warned the World Health Organisation and its member states to be alert to tobacco industry tactics

BARCELONA, SPAIN — March 20, 2002 — Research carried out at the Ulleval University Hospital in Oslo, Norway, has revealed that breast cancer surgeons do

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 20 – There is little solid evidence that relaxation therapy is effective in asthma management, according to a review of

ATLANTA (Reuters Health) Mar 18 – Statin therapy at the time patients undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) appears to lower mortality significantly, according to an

GENEVA (Reuters) Mar 18 – The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday it would offer expertise and advice to countries planning to take tobacco

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 18 – Among children with atopic parents, the protective effect of day care attendance in the first year of life

Levocetirizine and cetirizine are powerful non-sedating antihistamines that potently inhibit or reduce histamine-induced weal and flare reaction. Researchers at the University of Surrey, Guildford, England,

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 14 – Treatment with ACE inhibitors appears to reduce the decline in muscle strength and walking speed seen in elderly

Infants fed formula containing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids after weaning showed better maturation of cortical function than infants fed formula without supplementation. In the first