Heart
06 Apr 2006
Link between Heart Disease Reproductive Hormone Relaxin
Relaxin is a reproductive peptide hormone that relaxes tissues, including the heart. Relaxin levels increase in heart failure.
Children's health
06 Apr 2006
Electrical Impulses Foster Insulation of Brain Cells, Speeding Communications
Electrical impulses foster myelination, the insulation process that speeds communication among brain cells, report researchers at two institutes of the National Institutes of Health. “This finding provides important information that may lead to a greater understanding of disorders such as multiple sclerosis that affect myelin, as well as a…
Children's health
06 Apr 2006
Ankle intra-articular steroid effective in juvenile arthritis
Image-guided steroid injection produces durable clinical improvement in inflamed ankles of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and may help prevent irreversible deformity, Dr Kevin Baskin (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA) reported at the 2006 Society of Interventional Radiology annual scientific meeting “The take-home message is to get into the…
General
06 Apr 2006
Alcohol and Pain
Alcohol was one of the first substances found to be effective as a pain reliever. Many people continue to deal with pain by self-medicating with…
General
06 Apr 2006
Pain & Sexuality
Sexuality is an important and sensitive issue that must be addressed in chronic pain sufferers. In people who suffer from pain, it is common for…
Cancer
05 Apr 2006
Preschool diet linked to later breast cancer risk
Diet during preschool may be associated with the risk of breast cancer in adulthood, according to findings published in the February issue of the International Journal of Cancer. Dr. Karin B. Michels, of Harvard Medical School, Boston, conducted a case-control study including 582 breast cancer patients and 1569 healthy…
Gastro
04 Apr 2006
Appendicectomy
Appendicectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the appendix from the abdomen. It is a treatment for acute appendicitis and tumours of the appendix.
Cancer
04 Apr 2006
Corticosteroids for Pain Relief
Medical news information about orticosteroids for pain relief
Children's health
03 Apr 2006
Prescribing of hyperactivity drugs is out of control
The figures are mind-boggling. Nearly 4 million Americans, most of them children and young adults, are being prescribed amphetamine-like stimulants to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Up to a million more may be taking the drugs illegally. Now, amid reports of rare but serious side effects, leading researchers…
