Caffeine may help older women protect their thinking skills, according to a study published in the August 7, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
GlaxoSmithKline (LSE & NYSE: GSK) and POZEN Inc. (NASDAQ: POZN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a second approvable letter for Trexima? (sumatriptan/naproxen sodium).
The cause of low birth weights among African-American women has more to do with racism than with race, according to a report by an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Gaining or losing weight in between pregnancies can have major health implications for an unborn baby, warn two senior obstetricians in today?s BMJ.
Drinking more than one soft drink daily ? whether it?s regular or diet ? may be associated with an increase in the risk factors for heart disease, Framingham researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Results from a new study involving high blood pressure patients taking Tekturna? (aliskiren) and Diovan? (valsartan) were published in The Lancet.
Scientists have moved a step closer to understanding how our genetic make-up can lead us to develop heart disease and to predicting who is most at risk.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have found that symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea can be significantly reduced through treatment with nasal insufflation, using a nasal cannula to deliver warm, humidified air at a high flow rate.
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has launched a new definition to identify children and adolescents at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in later life. The definition is published in The Lancet.
Many people don?t give their kidneys enough serious thought, according to Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, nephrologist at UC.