Friday, February 22nd, 2008
The National Osteoporosis Foundation released its new "Clinician's Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis" which represents a new era for healthcare providers in the evaluation and treatment of people with low bone mass or osteoporosis.
The Clinician's Guide was developed by an expert committee of NOF collaborating with a multi-specialty ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal published articles about fertility treatments on Monday. Summaries appear below.
* New York Times: In response to an increase in multiple births following fertility treatments, some experts are taking steps to reduce the risk of twin and larger multiple ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Scientists have won a major battle in the fight against age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, a blinding eye disease that affects millions of people. An international team, led by researchers at Sainte-Justine Hospital and the Universite de Montréal, has identified the deficient receptor that causes the dry form of AMD.
In ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Calling a primary care doctor instead of 9-1-1 at the first sign of a stroke can delay patients from reaching an emergency room during the most critical period - the first three hours after onset of stroke symptoms, researchers reported at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2008.
In two ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
On Thursday, Brazilian health officials announced plans to set up HIV testing centers in remote areas of the country and to increase advertising to encourage people living with HIV/AIDS to seek treatment, the AP/Advocate.com reports.
Mariangela Simao, head of the Brazilian Ministry of Health's National Program of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, said ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
A recent article in The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that when preschool children in villages in Ethiopia took the antibiotic azithromycin twice per year instead of once per year, the number of children with eye infections caused by the contagious eye disease trachoma was significantly reduced. The ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
For many patients, the pain and complications associated with sickle cell disease can have a profound impact on their quality of life, ability to work, and long-term health and well-being. Unfortunately, these challenges are often coupled with significant barriers to care. Hydroxyurea is an FDA-approved therapy for adults with certain ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common hereditary form of mental retardation. Many children with FXS also suffer from attention deficit and/or hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which complicates social relationships at home and at school. Although stimulant medication such as Ritalin® is often successfully used to treat children with ADHD, ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
n the United States, as many as 10 million females and 1 million males are fighting a life and death battle with anorexia or bulimia and another 25 million with binge eating disorder, according to the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA). As these numbers have continued to rise, so does ...
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