Health :: Long working hours and health
Working long hours can greatly increase the risk of suffering injury or illness, a study says.
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Mental Health :: Iraq affecting mental health of troops
Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley, the Army’s surgeon general, reports that a survey of 1,000 US soldiers returning to their home bases in Italy from combat in Iraq indicates that 30 % experience mental health problems including anxiety, depression, nightmares, anger and inattentiveness after three to four months.
Hair Loss :: Procerin – Hair Loss Cure For Men
Procerin – a natural remedy for hair loss has been found effective in reversing hair loss in men caused by androgenetic alopecia, the most common cause of male hair loss, thinning hair and receding hairlines often reffered to as widows peak.
Sciatica :: Left sided sciatica – Spigelia
Mr. P., age 69 years was under my treatment for the following complaints. Indigestion, nervous breakdown, depression, etc.
Heart Disease :: Insulin resistance increases risk of congestive heart failure
New research indicates development of insulin resistance increases a person’s risk for development of congestive heart failure, according to a study in the July 20 issue of JAMA.
HIV :: Confusion and Conflict when it comes to HIV and AIDS
In Canada, HIV was first diagnosed among gay men. Later, hemophiliacs and others with health problems were infected due to tainted blood received through blood transfusions. People infected early on had no treatment available! A new and strange virus was weakening the immune system and causing illness in various ways, (what we now know as opportunistic. infections). That?s all we knew! Those who were infected looked for ways to boost their immune system. Not everyone affected by the disease was dying. Unfortunately, the media wrote only about those who were being ravaged by the disease and dying.
Williams Syndrome :: New Clues About Brain Function in Human Behavior
Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a genetically controlled brain mechanism responsible for social behavior in humans – one of the most important but least understood aspects of human nature. The findings are reported in Nature Neuroscience, published online on July 10, 2005.
Heart Disease :: Gastric bypass surgery reduces the risk of heart disease
A Stanford University School of Medicine study using new measures of heart disease risk shows that gastric bypass surgery reduces the risk of heart disease even more than previously believed. The researchers say the finding underscores the value of the surgery for extremely overweight people, whose obesity puts them in danger of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular illness.
Tuberculosis :: Promising New TB Drug Enters Clinical Trial
A promising new drug candidate that may be effective against both actively dividing and slow-growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) has begun testing in humans, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced today. The novel antibiotic, PA-824, may shorten the time needed to treat tuberculosis (TB), a contagious disease that claims approximately two million lives worldwide each year. In partnership with the non-profit New York-based Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance), NIAID contributed to the drug candidate?s preclinical safety and efficacy testing in animal models. Now, a clinical trial to assess PA-824?s safety, sponsored by the TB Alliance, has opened at a medical clinic in Lincoln, NE.
Whooping Cough :: New Vaccine to Protect against Whooping Cough
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new vaccine for a single booster immunization against pertussis (whooping cough), in combination with tetanus and diphtheria, for adolescents and adults 11-64 years of age. The vaccine will be marketed as Adacel by Aventis Pasteur Limited located in Toronto, Canada. Adacel is the first vaccine approved as a pertussis booster for adults. Vaccines for prevention of tetanus and diphtheria (Td vaccine) in adolescents and adults have been available for many years.