International and Southern African regional humanitarian officials were expressing growing concern over deteriorating health and sanitation conditions in Zimbabwe where the official death toll from a cholera epidemic on Thursday approached 400.
Deputy Health Minister Edwin Muguti told state television the death toll had risen to 386 from 9,363 cases. Though he earlier said the epidemic was under control, he said on Thursday that it was likely to Read the rest of this entry »
CHICAGO, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Popular rheumatoid arthritis
drugs that block a protein linked with inflammation do not
appear to raise the overall risk of cancer, Spanish researchers
said on Saturday.
The drugs, known as TNF blockers, suppress the immune
system by blocking the activity of an inflammatory protein
called tumor necrosis factor, or TNF.
They have been used since 1998, but some studies have
suggested the drugs raise the risk of cancer Read the rest of this entry »
A 15-year-old girl has been arrested along with three other people following a drugs seizure at a house in Ayrshire.
Strathclyde Police raided the property in Earlston Avenue, Kilmarnock, at about 1230 GMT on Tuesday.
They recovered a quantity of drugs, believed to be diamorphine, with an estimated street value of £40,000.
The girl was detained along with a 49-year-old woman and two men, aged 49 and 17. She will appear at Kilmarnock Sheriff Read the rest of this entry »
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) — Women whose mothers consumed canola oil during pregnancy and breast-feeding may be less likely to develop breast cancer than those whose mothers consumed corn oil, a new study suggests.
Researchers fed pregnant and lactating mice a diet high in either corn oil, which contains 50 percent omega-6 polyunsaturated fats, or canola oil, which contains only 20 percent omega-6 polyunsaturated fats. Canola oil also has Read the rest of this entry »
So you’ve cancelled your gym membership. Could it be time to
resurrect some old fitness gadget you bought years ago – one of
those hot miracle products from infomercials or pharmacy checkout
lines promising great abs, buns and thighs? We looked at a few of
the more popular workout products from yesteryear and asked experts
whether it’s worth digging them out or should they stay buried in
the back of the garage.
What is it?
A rubber-enforced wheel Read the rest of this entry »
While the 2005 closure of King-Drew Medical Center’s Level 1 trauma unit in Los Angeles County caused a 54 percent increase in trauma patients at nearby Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, the deaths among those patients actually declined, according to a new study published in this month’s The American Surgeon.
A team of researchers at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) examined 14,996 Harbor-UCLA Medical Read the rest of this entry »
DALLAS (AP) – A heart has been found for the younger of two North Texas sisters placed on the transplant list.
A spokeswoman at Children’s Medical Center Dallas says that the transplant surgery for 7-year-old Emily Smith began Monday morning and was expected to last at least till mid-afternoon.
Both Emily and her sister 9-year-old Shayde were diagnosed with restrictive cardiomyopathy, which means their hearts don’t relax like they should between Read the rest of this entry »
“The finding that the possibility of additional sleep seems to be protective on the first workday after the autumn shift is intriguing,” wrote the study’s authors, Dr. Imre Janszky of the Karolinska Institute and Dr. Rickard Ljung of Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare.
Monday has long been known as the most common day for heart attacks, with the stress of a new work week and increased activity likely to blame.
The Swedish study suggests Read the rest of this entry »
Two new publications,
,” shine a spotlight squarely on black women’s health. And for good reason: They’re more likely than white women to succumb to top killers. African-American women are 35 percent more likely to die from heart disease, for example, according to the National Women’s Health Information Center. African-Americans overall don’t get the same level of heart disease care as whites because they don’t undergo the same tests and treatments. Read the rest of this entry »
A Sri Lankan expatriate died here on Thursday at the wheel of his car
while he was going to his medical clinic for his regular monthly
check-up.
Sultan Mohammed Faiz, who works for Orbit Saudi Arabia, a subsidiary
company of the Mawarid Group, suffered a fatal cardiac arrest when he
was driving on the Dhabab Street near the AlOthaim supermarket.
Faiz who lost control of his car had knocked a parked vehicle near
the supermarket. Read the rest of this entry »