The scare from the Listeria outbreak doesn’t seem to have abated yet with 2500 cartons of pre chopped and shredded Romaine Lettuce recalled in California. Whilst the bug is more likely to affect the elderly and those with weakened immune systems its …
In a novel new study from Cornell University which is published in the journal of Science this month, researchers used text analysis to track people’s daily mood fluctuations and patterns…
While breast self-exams are not recommended as a substitute for breast screening, most experts encourage women to become familiar with the way their breasts look and feel. This familiarity makes it much more likely that any changes might be detected ea…
Teenagers who go to bed early are much less likely to be obese and have a better chance of being physically fit, compared to peers go to sleep late, researchers from the University of South Australia reported in the journal Sleep. The authors added tha…
The changes in behavior that come about under the influence of alcohol, such as difficulty controlling muscles for walking and talking, may be influenced by immune cells in the brain, according to a new study from Australia published in the British …
Targeted back pain care is “cheaper and better for patients”, BBC News has reported. The BBC says that a new model for assessing the severity of back pain has shown significant improvements compared with current methods, and could also save more th…
A Phase III trial for blood thinner Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) for individuals with acute coronary syndrome met its primary endpoint for efficacy. Rivaroxaban compared to placebo, significantly reduced the rate of myocardial infarction, cardiovascular death…
Findings published in this month’s issue of Annals of Surgery revealed that surgeons from the Boston Medical Center (BMC) discovered that in clinical outcomes, diabetic patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery do not show signifi…
At the European Respiratory Society (ERS) congress data from three phase III studies presented by Napp Pharmaceuticals Ltd. showed that using a single aerosol inhaler flutiform, a combination of fluticasone propionate (fluticasone) an inhaled corticost…
A new effort to address childhood obesity using successful elements of both primary care and public health was launched today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A four-year Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project, supported by $25…
