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Heart Care :: Conference offers women tools to address disparity in heart care between sexes

The sixth annual Science and Leadership Symposium for Women and Heart Disease, scheduled for Oct. 6 through Oct. 10 at Mayo Clinic, opens on the heels of timely research furthering the concern that women are less likely than men to receive heart care.

Heart Failure :: Men with chronic heart failure can have active sex lives

Although medication can help extend the lives of men with chronic heart failure, several factors associated with this disease can interfere with a person’s ability to engage in and enjoy sexual activities. Fatigue, depression, medication side effects and the fear of damaging the heart can cause people with chronic heart failure to lose interest in sex or wonder whether this activity is safe for them.

Brain :: Mayo Clinic offers latest technology to repair brain blood vessels

Surgeons at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., are adapting a common heart artery procedure to help people with life-threatening cerebral aneurysms — a bulge in brain blood vessels that can burst.

Voice :: Voice problems can signal serious health issues

Hoarseness, difficulty speaking and a change in the pitch or quality of your voice are often signs of a voice disorder. These problems not only interfere with your ability to communicate, but they may also indicate more serious health issues.

Rheumatoid Arthritis :: Researchers identify genes that increase rheumatoid arthritis risk

Researchers in the United States and Sweden have identified a genetic region associated with increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic and debilitating inflammatory disease of the joints that affects an estimated 2.1 million Americans.

Vaccine :: Combination vaccine okay for infants, Rochester study shows

A University of Rochester study brings relief to new parents who, while navigating a jam-packed childhood vaccine schedule, can expect to soothe their newborn through as many as 15 “pokes” by his or her six-month checkup.

Cancer :: Northern Ireland improvements in cancer survival

There have been improvements in cancer survival in Northern Ireland between 1993 and 2004, according to a new report from the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (NICR).

Health Insurance :: CMA criticizes President Bush’s veto of health insurance for children of working poor

The California Medical Association criticized President Bush’s veto of a bill to extend health coverage to children, calling the move a huge setback for access to health care for millions of children.

Smoking :: UK failing heavily addicted smokers, says RCP

The Royal College of Physicians said that the UK was failing to help heavily addicted smokers who find it the most difficult to give up. Speaking at the launch of a new College report ‘Harm reduction in Nicotine Addiction: Helping people who can’t quit’, Professor John Britton, Chair of the RCP Tobacco Advisory Group, called for a new approach in favour of harm reduction and said that there was far more that could be done to save lives:

Osteoarthritis :: Evidence of benefit lacking for many common ways of treating osteoarthritis of knee

A new scientific review released today by the Department of Health & Human Services’s (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) concludes that evidence of benefit is lacking for many common ways of treating osteoarthritis of the knee, including popular dietary supplement ingredients, a common surgical procedure, and injected preparations.