By Ned Stafford FRANKFURT (Reuters Health) Oct 15 – Adults who as children were vaccinated against smallpox and/or tuberculosis are at less risk for melanoma
By Alison Palkhivala Special to DG News PHOENIX, AZ — October 15, 2002 — A clear pattern of laboratory findings has yet to be determined
Cathy Tokarski Oct. 10, 2002 Minnesota’s Board of Medical Practice has reprimanded a physician who prescribed Viagra over the Internet to a patient he
Laurie Barclay, MD Oct. 10, 2002 Treatment with either opioids or tricyclic antidepressants (TCA) is effective in treating postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) without causing cognitive
By Keith Mulvihill NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 11 – Despite a slight decrease in output over the last decade, the US still leads the
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 11 – Recent reports have shown that acute wounds heal more slowly in elderly men than they do in elderly
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 07 – Parametric statistical analysis of long-term survival shows that a significant portion of patients have recurrence of cutaneous melanoma
LONDON (Reuters) Oct 08 – Going under the cosmetic surgeon’s knife in Britain remains a lottery despite changes in the law to protect patients from
Laurie Barclay, MD Oct. 9, 2002 Editor’s Note: The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is reining in the pharmaceutical industry with respect to
Laurie Barclay, MD Oct. 4, 2002 Editor’s Note: This week, the World Medical Association (WMA) convened medical leaders from all over the world in
Valacyclovir treatment of infected genital herpes patients reduces the risk of transmission of the disease to an uninfected partner by about 50 percent, researchers said
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sept 25 – The results of a phase I trial show that recombinant human endostatin is safe and well tolerated by
By Ori Twersky WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) Sept 25 – President Bush on Wednesday nominated Dr. Mark McClellan, an administration health policy adviser, to be Commissioner
By Karen Pallarito NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sept 25 – Academic institutions must establish policies for assuring that their financial interests do not compromise the
By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sept 26 – A peptide derived from the transcription factor ATF2 sensitizes melanoma cells to apoptosis and
British scientists have developed a method of measuring blood flow in human body tissue without the need for surface contact, which they say could have
A traditional Indian folk remedy for treating psoriasis seems to have a biological basis, according to a team from King’s College, London, who investigated Purple
A unified, multidiscipline team approach to wound care may reduce the lower limb amputation rate among diabetics. Lower-extremity amputation rates among diabetics is high and
מס’ יצרני קונדומים גדולים החליטו לאחרונה להפסיק את השיווק של קונדומים המכילים את קוטל הזרע “נונוקסינול 9”, זאת בעקבות לחץ של אירגוני בריאות. על פי
Environmental exposure to endotoxin may influence the risk of developing hay fever, atopic asthma, and atopic sensitization, according to a report published in the September