| Changes Reduced Infections From Medical Abortion
July 8, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- Two changes to the way Planned Parenthood clinics perform medical abortion resulted in a 93 percent drop in the rate of serious infections, a new report says. The changes involved administering the drug misoprostol to the area... 
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| Drug Shows Promise in Nervous-System Tumor Treatment
July 8, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- U.S. researchers report the first successful drug treatment of tumors in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). In people with NF2, benign tumors develop throughout the nervous system. The most common tumor is a... 
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| New Drug Fights Anthrax Toxin
July 8, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- Scientists report that experiments in animals show that a new, monoclonal antibody drug might safely cure anthrax poisoning in humans. Although antibiotics can kill the anthrax bacteria, they are not effective in killing the... 
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| Electronic System Helps Track Diabetes Care
July 8, 2009 at 4:00 pm
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- A personalized electronic health tracking system can improve diabetes patients' care and clinical outcomes, Canadian researchers say. Their study included 511 diabetes patients and 46 family physicians and nurse-practitioners... 
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| Greater Language Skills in 20s May Guard Against Alzheimer's
July 8, 2009 at 4:00 pm
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- Women with greater language abilities in early adulthood were less likely to have Alzheimer's disease later in life, even when autopsies revealed the clear brain changes that are hallmarks of the disease. Also, the brains of... 
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| Prostate Drug Appears Safer Than Thought
July 8, 2009 at 4:00 pm
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- Doctors don't have to be so cautious in prescribing the drug finasteride to men at risk for prostate cancer, a new study suggests. Physicians face a dilemma when trying to decide whether to use the drug, which has been shown to... 
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| Experts Keep Wary Eye on Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu
July 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- Health experts say they can't predict at this point how widely a new strain of swine flu resistant to the drug Tamiflu will spread, or how dangerous it might become. "This is not unexpected, but it's very unpredictable whether... 
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| Spinal Cord Stimulation Need Not Keep Soldiers From Action
July 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- In a turnabout from prior recommendations, a new study says soldiers who need electrical spinal cord stimulation to relieve chronic back pain may be able to return to active duty. In electrical spinal cord stimulation, electric... 
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| Screen All Newborns for Hip Dysplasia, Study Urges
July 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- All infants should be screened for hip dysplasia to reduce their risk of developing early arthritis, says a new study. Developmental hip dysplasia -- the most common congenital defect in newborns -- occurs when a hip joint is... 
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| 'Easter Island' Drug Adds Years to Mice
July 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- Though researchers aren't ready to recommend that people start popping pills to live longer, they hope a drug used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs may turn out to extend lives, too. Middle-age mice that were given... 
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| Genetic Breakthrough Spells Hope for Lung Fibrosis Patients
July 8, 2009 at 12:00 pm
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- Genes that can help doctors predict when patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are becoming seriously ill have been identified by U.S. researchers, who said the findings might help keep patients alive until they can get a... 
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| Humans Can Develop Bat-Like Echolocation
July 8, 2009 at 12:00 pm
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- Humans can develop echolocation, a system of acoustic signals used by dolphins and bats to "see" their surroundings, new research has found. Spanish researchers say that producing certain kinds of tongue clicks helps people to... 
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| Clinical Trials Update: July 8, 2009
July 8, 2009 at 10:08 am
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| | -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch: Fibromyalgia This study of fibromyalgia will last for 7 months and require 12 visits. The research site is in Sacramento, Calif. More information Please see... 
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| Health Highlights: July 8, 2009
July 8, 2009 at 10:08 am
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| | Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Drug-Resistant Swine Flu Case Leads to Increased U.S. Testing The case of a California teen with Tamiflu-resistant swine flu has prompted U.S.... 
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| Meatless Burgers, Hot Dogs Not Always Full of Veggies
July 8, 2009 at 9:00 am
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- Not all vegetarian burgers and hot dogs are alike. It seems that some, in fact, may not offer much at all in the way of vegetables. "Arguably, if food doesn't taste good, people are less likely to eat it even if it does wear an... 
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| Catastrophic Epilepsy Caused by Defect in One Gene
July 8, 2009 at 9:00 am
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| | WEDNESDAY, July 8 -- A mutation in a single gene causes catastrophic epilepsy, U.S. scientists say. And that finding, they say, could lead to treatments or a cure for the disorder. People with catastrophic epilepsy suffer severe muscle spasms,... 
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