SAN ANTONIO, TX — April 24, 2002 — A new study published in the April issue of The American Journal of Medicine found that otherwise

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 23 – Among overweight adults, dairy consumption is inversely related to the risk of developing insulin resistance syndrome (IRS) and

LONDON (Reuters Health) Apr 23 – Many countries are sorely lacking in terms of spending and provision of quality mental health care, according to a

DENVER (Reuters Health) Apr 16 – Statin medications may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease, investigators told an audience at the 54th Scientific Session of

LONDON (Reuters Health) Apr 16 – Pharmacists and nurses could be given authority to prescribe routine medications under plans outlined by the British government on

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 15 – Among African-American and Hispanic patients with cancer, their beliefs about opioids and communication problems with their physicians seem

Lancet 04/18/2002 By Harvey McConnell Junior doctors need to be trained in the principles of drug dosing before beginning to write prescriptions in order to

Type 2 diabetics are at lower risk of hospital admission or death from a myocardial infarction than patients with established coronary heart disease. Results in

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 10 – Dietary animal protein appears to play a protective role in the skeletal health of older women, according to

CHICAGO (Reuters Health) Apr 10 – The risk of poor outcome following head injury appears to begin to rise in the prime of life, and

04/08/2002 By Elda Hauschildt Lactobacillus therapy appears to be safe and effective in reducing the duration and frequency of infectious diarrhoea in children by as

משרד הבריאות בודק את תפקוד בית החולים לניאדו ומגן דויד אדום באותו אירוע של ליל הסדר במלון פארק בנתניה. על כך מדווח הכתב רן רזניק

LONDON (Reuters Health) Apr 04 – Compared with conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), the off-pump method appears to reduce in-hospital morbidity without compromising survival

TOURS, France (Reuters Health) Apr 04 – Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease could trigger obesity in some patients, the results of a French study

Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) 04/05/2002 By Elda Hauschildt Women who take some forms of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could face an increase

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

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