MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) — Migraine patients face a higher risk for developing a blood clot in their veins, a team of Austrian and Italian researchers reports.
Prior studies have suggested that the absolute risk for a resulting stroke among migraine patients is actually quite low, but the current work turns conventional wisdom on its head by suggesting that a migraine diagnosis raises the risk for such potentially fatal clotting incidents Read the rest of this entry »
RAMALLAH, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — Speaker of Palestinian
Legislative Council (PLC) on Monday was moved from his Israeli prison to the
hospital for a surgery, his wife said.
The Speaker of the Hamas-controlled parliament, Dr. Aziz al-Duwaik, 65, has
been suffering from kidney stones and needs a surgery. His wife said he was
transferred to a hospital belonging to al-Ramla prison where he has been held.
Al-Duwaik, along with 42 members of the Read the rest of this entry »
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MONDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) — Occasionally forget an appointment or a friend’s name? Then you may have a loss of brain volume, a new study suggests.
Researchers scanned the brains of almost 500 people reporting such momentary forgetfulness and found that the size of their hippocampus — an area of the brain important for memory and one of the first areas damaged by Alzheimer’s disease — was a few fractions of a millimeter smaller than people Read the rest of this entry »
TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian, who has been on a hunger strike at the Taipei detention house for five days, was taken to Far Eastern Memorial Hospital for treatment Sunday (16 Nov). Under custody since Tuesday (11 Nov) on charges of forgery, corruption and money laundering, Chen began his fasting at once to showcase his innocence and political persecution against him.
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A high-fat diet during pregnancy causes permanent changes in the fetal brain that lead to overeating early in life, according to a new study done on rats.
The study, conducted by researchers at Rockefeller University in New York City, found that exposure to a high-fat diet in utero produces new neurons in the brain, which increase the appetite for fat later on.
“[The diet] produces more of these specific neurons that produce these chemicals, Read the rest of this entry »
Before joining Stanford in 2001, Dr. Pizzo was the physician-in-chief of Children’s Hospital in Boston and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and is nationally recognized for his contributions as a clinical investigator, especially in the treatment of children with cancer and HIV. Dr. Pizzo also had a distinguished career in government, holding several positions at the National Cancer Institute from 1973 to 1996, including Read the rest of this entry »
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Acusphere’s Imagify(TM) to be Reviewed at FDA Advisory Committee Meeting on December 10, 2008
WATERTOWN, Mass., Oct 13, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
— Acusphere, Inc. (NASDAQ:
) announced today that the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) has published a Federal Register Notice on the FDA
website (www.fda.gov/cder/audiences/acspage/meetings/cvrac_20081210.htm)
of a planned public meeting of the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Read the rest of this entry »
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – After more than three years of planning and construction, The Betty H. Cameron Women's and Children's Hospital in Wilmington opened its doors to patients on Sunday morning.
The updated technology at Cameron Women's and Children's Hospital helps nurses keep in constant contact with patients. Each nurse has a wireless handset and can hear when a patient is calling.
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