A nasal spray is safe and effective at rapidly treating cluster headaches, which are considered to be the most painful kind of headache with few treatment options, according to a study published in the Aug. 28, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Heavy alcohol use can lead to structural and functional changes in the brain. New findings show that even when structural damage may not be apparent, brain activation can still be reduced.Researchers refer to this alcohol-induced damage as “latent lesions.”
Dr. Gina Ogilvie and colleagues investigate the feasibility of self-collection of specimens for HPV testing among women who may not make full use of cytology screening programs and are thus at increased risk of cervical cancer.
Women who lived in regions with high carbon monoxide or fine-particle levels — pollution caused mainly by vehicle traffic — were approximately 10 to 25 percent more likely to have a preterm baby than women who lived in less polluted areas.
New findings that one in 20 North Carolina men who have sex with men (MSM) reported using crystal methamphetamine during the previous month suggests increased risk for spreading HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.
Obesity has long been thought to be a major factor in couples’ inability to conceive, but a University of Adelaide researcher has discovered scientific evidence that obesity affects women’s eggs.
Smoking significantly increases the risk for head and neck cancers for both men and women, regardless of the anatomic site. Published in the October 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, a large, prospective study confirmed strong associations between current and past cigarette smoking and malignancies of the head and neck in both genders.
Though the overall incidence of head and neck cancers has fallen in the United States, the rate of oropharyngeal (chiefly, tonsil and base of tongue) cancers is stagnant and appears to be rising is certain populations and these trends are likely due to oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.
Multiple sclerosis – MS – is a disease found in one in 700 Americans. It affects women more often than men, and generally begins to show signs between ages 20-40.
A University of Adelaide researcher has discovered scientific evidence that obesity is a key factor in infertility – because of how it affects women’s eggs.