The United Nations health agency is helping the government of Nigeria monitor the situation following two suspected fatal bird flu cases in Africa?s most populous country, only the second possible incidence of the H5N1 virus in humans in the sub-Saharan region.
US President Bush spoke on childhood obesity. “Laura and I are so pleased to welcome the Ad Council, as well as leaders from our business community, to talk about a serious American problem, and that is childhood obesity.”
Universit? Laval Faculty of Medicine researchers have discovered that taking calcium and vitamin D supplements while on a weight loss program lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease.
A research team led by Prof. Claude Perreault, Universit? de Montr?al, is announcing a major discovery in Genomics. This will generate a fundamental impact on the treatment of blood cancers (leukemias and lymphomes) by means of peripheral blood T-cell grafts.
Thousands of people are jetting off for a week of sun, snow and apr?s-ski. And while they may worry about breaking limbs, how many consider the dangers of skin cancer?
South Asian immigrants in America have a higher risk of heart disease than any other American population.
The Healthcare Commission is urging NHS trusts to do more to learn from patients’ complaints and to handle the issues raised ?quickly, efficiently and locally?.
Studies in mice have indicated that the effects of prion disease – Mad cow disease – could be reversed if caught early enough.
Now, a specific region rife with promise has been located on one chromosome by a consortium of researchers working under Douglas Levinson, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Rats that rode in a truck on the New York State Thruway between Rochester and Buffalo and were exposed to the same highway pollution that motorists encounter, showed a drop in heart rate and effects on the autonomic nervous system, according to a study published this month in the journal Inhalation Toxicology.