New guidelines for follow-up to mild strokes may be needed, according to data presented by researchers at the Canadian Stroke Congress in Ottawa.
A recent Los Angeles Times headline reads, Breast cancer: Pollution link remains hazy but upon reading the whole article, readers will soon realize that no actual link exists, says Dr. Ross. Reporter Jill U.
Public health officials in sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV remains prevalent, may soon find themselves in another predicament: The results of a new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases warns that women who use injectable hormone contraceptives double their risk of becoming infected with HIV. In addition, HIV-positive women increase the risk that their male sexual partners will become infected with the virus as well.
The results of a new study published in The Journal of Clinical Oncology reveal a worrisome trend: Throat cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) are on the rise, especially among men.
Counterfeit prescription medications have become a major problem and, in response, Pfizer Inc. and a pharmacy standards group have joined forces to warn consumers of the risks. Such counterfeit drugs pose a health threat to the consumers who unwittingly purchase them, as well as to the financial livelihoods of pharmacies and legitimate drug manufacturers.
To the dismay of ACSH and others devoted to public health, childhood vaccination rates fell significantly in 2009, and the latest National Public Radio-Thomson Reuters Health Poll indicates that unfounded fear is the major source of this decline.
North America s only safe-injection site for drug addicts will be allowed to continue its services, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday.
At last week s American Dietetic Association conference, two prominent professors of nutrition debated the link between consumption of sugary beverages and the rising obesity rate. The question is a contentious one, not least because it is sugar that policymakers and health experts most frequently target in efforts to combat the obesity epidemic. However, as the heated discussion between Dr. Theresa Nicklas and Dr.
Emergency room doctors need to prescribe preventive medication for kids on Medicaid who show up with an asthma attack, concludes a new study in the Journal of Pediatrics.
If you re a woman approaching age 50, the conventionally recommended age to begin regular screening colonoscopies, it may be okay for you to wait another 15 years.
