Summer heat waves significantly increase pressure on hospitals, according to research published in the online open access journal, BMC Public Health. The good news for hospital staff is that scorching weather must last four or more days before admissions rise significantly.
The Summer 2007 issue of the American Heart Hospital Journal explores one of the pivotal issues in cardiology today, the drug-eluting stent. Through commentaries from 10 leading national and international specialists, the issue presents a comprehensive discussion on the explosive growth and the potential risks of DESs.
College students who want to be rich with lifelong friends need to invest time and seek out opportunities to develop their interests now, says a Purdue University communication expert.
Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, state public health director, announced another confirmed human case of West Nile virus, bringing the total to seven in Illinois for 2007. The latest case involves a 50-year-old Cook County woman who became ill in early July. The first human case of West Nile virus for 2007 was reported in DuPage County on June 15. Human cases of West Nile virus in Illinois this summer have been reported in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Madison and Tazewell counties.
The Government is to produce the first ever national dementia strategy in response to one of the great challenges now facing society.
Over the past several decades, the incidence of melanoma ? the most serious form of skin cancer ? has steadily increased in the United States. From 1995 to 2004, melanoma has increased by more than 1 percent per year in this country ? in sharp contrast to overall cancer rates that have steadily decreased by 0.6 percent per year during this time.
When it comes to being lucky in love, new research examining knowledge and attitudes about contagious diseases in Americans 18 to 25 years of age suggests that people with psoriasis and eczema may be at a distinct disadvantage.
If sagging skin is getting you down, recent advances in skin-tightening technologies can lift your spirits ? and your skin ? in a matter of a few office visits to your dermatologist. The beauty of these non-invasive procedures is their ability to treat loose skin virtually anywhere on the body without the risks and downtime associated with surgery.
While laser and light-based therapies continue to make their mark on many dermatologic procedures, some dermatologists believe the tried-and-true oral medications for treating moderate to severe acne offer patients the best long-term treatment outcomes. In fact, the introduction of new oral acne medications demonstrates that the demand for systemic acne therapies is still strong.
For more than 200 years, vaccines have played an important role in the prevention of infectious diseases. In the United States, measles, mumps and rubella are now rare diseases thanks to vaccines. Now, two vaccines recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ? the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and the herpes zoster vaccine ? are proving effective in protecting people from serious or potentially life-threatening diseases.