Health & Medicine Week articles from April 2001

Health & Medicine Week archives from April 2001

Nature Contact May Heal Humans.(evaluation of the health and nature connection)
April 2, 2001... 2001 APR 2- (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When physicians and scientists talk about the health effects of environmental exposures, most people think of hazards ranging from air pollution and pesticides to bee stings and sunburns. But Emory...

Sports-Related Injuries Cause 2.6 Million Emergency Room Visits Annually By Young People.
April 2, 2001... 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sports-related injuries in children and young adults cause 2.6 million visits to U.S. hospital emergency departments for a cost of about $500 million annually, according to the National Hospital...

Floating An Inhaler To Determine Medication Remaining Can Be Deceiving.(research on the correct way to estimate the amount of medication remaining in a cannister)
April 2, 2001... 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients using inhaled medications often will attempt to determine the amount of medication remaining in a canister by floating it in water. Depending on the orientation of the canister, the patient...

Emotional Well-Being May Lower Risk.(for stroke)
April 2, 2001... 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Feeling happy and hopeful seems to offer powerful protection against the risk of stroke, outstripping the increased stroke risk linked to depression, according to a new study. The association...

Incentive Program Improves Spirometry/Medication Compliance.(among youthful asthmatics)
April 2, 2001... 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medication compliance among asthmatic youth from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds increased when usage was coupled with an incentive program at school, according to a study presented at the...

Many Elderly Patients Not Receiving Proven-Effective Drug Treatments.(for their asthma)
April 2, 2001... 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many elderly asthma patients are not receiving medications that have been proven to decrease the rate of hospitalizations and asthma-related deaths, according to a new Canadian study. Don D. Sin,...

New Survey Reveals Toll On Children And Parents.(results of the Children with Asthma at Risk in America)
April 2, 2001... CW Henderson 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A majority of parents of children with asthma feel a loss of control when dealing with this lung disease even when they consider it to be mild, according to a new U.S. survey released...

Depression A Risk Factor For Heart Attack In Hypertensive Patients, For Atherosclerosis In Women.
April 2, 2001... CW Henderson 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two papers published in the March/April 2001 issue of Psychosomatic Medicine highlight the impact of mental health on heart disease risk. Heart disease is the leading cause of...

Health Plans And Physicians Should Talk To Patients About Cost-Containment Bonuses.
April 2, 2001... 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cost-containment bonuses for physicians trouble patients. So health plans and physicians should address patients' concerns by initiating a dialogue with them, says Thomas H. Gallagher, MD, in the...

Double Flu Vaccine Yields Better Antibody Response In Frail Elderly.
April 2, 2001... 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Frail elderly people may produce higher antibodies against flu if they get a double dose or booster dose of vaccine, but that response does not necessarily...

New Definition May Make Number Of Heart Attack Cases Soar.(new criteria for heart attack diagnosis adopted)
April 2, 2001... 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For the past several years, physicians have been working to pin down the best set of criteria for determining whether a patient has had a heart attack, also known as a myocardial infarction. In...

Gingivitis Can Gain Foothold Quickly.
April 2, 2001... 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Journal of Periodontology study followed a group of 15 third-year dental students who gave up oral hygiene activities for 21 days to monitor the effects on their oral health. By day 21, all subjects...

Study Finds Women At Greater Risk Of Harm By Alcoholism.
April 2, 2001... 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women suffering from alcoholism show greater effects on their daily lives than do alcoholic men, according to a study presented at the First World Congress on Women and Mental Health, held in Berlin,...

Family Important Source Of Support For HIV Positive Men.
April 2, 2001... 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People diagnosed with HIV often turn to friends for support, and that's encouraged by doctors and therapists. But Ohio State University research suggests this advice may not go far enough. "It's...

Remote Monitoring Of ICU Patients Lowers Mortality Rates, Complications.
April 2, 2001... 2001 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American hospitals with a shortage of "intensivists" to treat patients in their intensive care units (ICUs) could benefit from having such experts monitor their patients offsite via computer, Johns...

Increased Risk Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease From Measles Vaccine Not Substantiated.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer Measles-containing vaccines apparently do not increase the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and related conditions, say researchers for the Vaccine...

Mistakes Top List Of Medical Errors.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adverse events in surgery are the most frequent and costly type of medical error occurring in hospitals, according to statistics from the National Patient Safety Benchmarking Center, a repository of...

Dieters Successfully Use Internet Behavior Course.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - With sedentary habits such as long hours surfing the Internet catching so much blame for the fattening of Americans, it seems counter-intuitive to think the...

Techniques Reveal Age-Related Changes In Function.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, staff medical writer -- In a joint study, researchers at the University of California San Diego and San Diego State University compared velopharyngeal closure (VC) and natural...

Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Not Associated With Major Adverse Developmental Effects In Early Childhood.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Among children aged six and younger, published research studies show no convincing evidence that prenatal exposure to cocaine is associated with negative developmental effects (e.g., physical growth,...

Don't Start Vaccination Too Soon Or Finish Too Early.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- Starting the three-dose course of polio vaccination at the currently recommended age of six months and finishing at 18 months produces the most persistent...

Agencies Report Wild Poliovirus Type 2 Transmission May Already Be Interrupted.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There is accumulating evidence, obtained through acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance, that the transmission of wild poliovirus type 2 may have already been interrupted globally, report the U.S....

Doctors Still Not Using Heart Drugs Shown To Be Beneficial In Clinical Trials.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The results were presented during the 50th annual scientific sessions of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Florida. During the past decade, large-scale randomized clinical trials have...

World Health Day Emphasized Increased Attention To Mental Illnesses.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) called for increased attention to mental health problems throughout the Americas for World Health Day, April 7, 2001, which focuses this year on the theme of...

Microanatomical Distributions Of Immune Cells Described In Normal And Diseased Tonsils.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, staff medical writer -- Researchers at the State University of New York in Buffalo analyzed the phenotype and distribution of antigen-presenting cells in normal and diseased...

U.S. CDC Says 2000-01 Flu Season Lightest In Four Years.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- This flu season was the lightest in four years, despite a shortage of vaccine in the fall, the U.S. government reported March 22, 2001. The viral disease peaked in late January, when flu symptoms...

Second Surgery Or Spinal Cord Stimulator: Multi-Center Study Assesses Options.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 -- (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Orthopedic surgeons at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, are conducting a clinical study to determine which treatment - a second surgery or a spinal cord stimulator - is...

Researchers Call For Stricter Manufacturing and Labeling Guidelines.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Insufficient and confusing food labels present a challenge for food allergic individuals, which can lead to serious reactions. Actions need to be taken to eliminate these problems, according to...

Mercury, Diethyl Phtalate Are Surprisingly High In Humans.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Americans' bodies harbor surprisingly high amounts of mercury and a questionable chemical used in soap and cosmetics, federal health officials reported March 21, 2001, in a landmark study on...

Parents, Physicians Need To Discuss Children's Dietary Requirements.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Parents and physicians should routinely discuss the child's nutritional needs and dietary intake to ensure that dietary requirements are being met, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Prophylactic Use Of Antihistamines Relieves Skin Reactions From Mosquito Bites.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Individuals sensitive to mosquitoes may find relief from skin reactions by taking antihistamines as a preventive measure, according to a study by researchers in Finland. Researchers from the...

Exposure To Household Pets Does Not Increase Sensitization.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer People with allergic rhinitis who are sensitive to pet allergens suffer airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), but previous pet ownership does not worsen their...

Wait-And-See Approach Cuts Antibiotic Use.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer Children with acute otitis media could benefit from a Waiting period while parents allow the condition to resolve on its own, say researchers in England. P....

Restaurants Pose Danger For Peanut/Tree Nut Allergic Individuals.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A little communication between restaurant diners and their waiters can avoid serious problems for people with peanut/tree nut allergies. Less than 40% of patients with known food allergy in a recent...

High Carbohydrate Intake May Protect Against Inactivity.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - A high carbohydrate diet may protect against weight gain in normally active people who have frequent inactive days. T.Y. Shepard and associates at the...

Most Children with Acute Sinusitis Recover Without Antibiotics.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antibiotics do not help most children with acute sinusitis, according to a study published in the April 2001 issue of Pediatrics. This finding raises questions about the common practice of...

CDC Says Sheep Pose Disease Risk To Humans Only If Eaten.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Humans would be at risk from the East Friesian sheep brought to Ames, Iowa, to be tested for mad cow disease only if they ate the animals, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

USDA Is Monitoring Cows In Vermont, Minnesota, And Texas.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 -- (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. federal officials are monitoring cows in Vermont, Minnesota, and Texas for signs of mad cow disease, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture expert on the illness. Linda Detwiler, the...

Patients Under Age 40 May Be At Risk For Premature Coronary Artery Disease.
April 9, 2001... 2001 APR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients under the age of 40 may be at risk for premature coronary artery disease (CAD), suggest results of a 15-year study conducted at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. While CAD in young...

Fat's Health Impacts Are Often Oversimplified, Science News Feature Contends.
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Mainstream nutritional science has demonized dietary fat," a Science news article reported in the March 30, 2001 issue. "Yet, 50 years and hundreds of millions of dollars of research have failed to...

Preventing Hepatitis C Is A Factor In Stemming Organ Demand.
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer - A Stanford University researcher says preventing hepatitis C virus infections is just one of several ways to tackle the problem of too few livers for too many...

Risk Lower Than Women Think; Statistics By Age, Ethnicity Give More Realistic Picture.(Statistical Data Included)
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study estimates that the average 50-year-old woman has about a one-in-18 chance of developing breast cancer in her next 20 years half the risk implied by the oft-repeated statistic one-in-nine....

Blood Pressure Rates Increase With Air Pollution.
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When air pollution levels rise so do blood pressure levels, according to research conducted by scientists in Germany. The scientists evaluated the blood pressure levels of over 2,600 men and women...

Providing Better Playgrounds Could Improve Children's Physical Activity.
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Middle-school students are more likely to be physically active if they are given an attractive place to play and are supervised by adults, according to a new study. Physical improvements to school...

Disease Makes Comeback Because Toddlers Don't Drink Enough Milk.(rickets)
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The childhood ailment rickets - in which vitamin D and calcium deficiency leads to soft bones and poor growth - is making a surprise comeback, according to a new report published in Pediatrics. ...

Study Finds Tattooing A Major Route Of Hepatitis C Infection.
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Getting a tattoo could be a key infection route for hepatitis C, the most common chronic viral infection affecting almost 2% of the United States population, according to a study by a University of...

Short, Broad Skull Formation Associated With Higher Rates In White People.(apnea)
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A congenital malformation called brachycephaly that makes the skull abnormally short and broad was associated with higher rates of apnea-hypopnea in white persons, but not in black Americans, according...

Rates In Canada Among World's Highest.(asthma in adults)(Statistical Data Included)
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the first-ever Canadian study on asthma prevalence among adults, researchers found rates varied significantly among six Canadian sites, suggesting environmental influences may be responsible for the...

Organizations Issue New COPD Treatment Guidelines.(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM) has released new guidelines for treatment of acute exacerbations, or flare-ups, of chronic obstructive pulmonary...

Age-Related Decline Confirmed In Neurons Of The Vestibular System.
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, staff medical writer - Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, studied the relationship between age and the number of primary ganglion newtons in the...

Medial Areas Of Primary Auditory Cortex Are Stimulated By Ultrasound.
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16- (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, staff medical writer - Researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan report that ultrasound can stimulate medial areas of the primary auditory cortex even in the profoundly...

No Link To Sedatives In Elderly.(hip fracture)
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Currently, the role of benzodiazepines (sedatives) in hip fracture is unclear, but a recent study found that, in general, exposure to benzodiazepines does not increase the risk of hip fracture in...

Study Confirms Skin Cancer Risks Of Sun Exposure.
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new laboratory study has confirmed exposure to ultraviolet light can trigger melanoma. Public health officials, physicians, and others have for some years been warning that overexposure to the...

Higher Mastoiditis Incidence Linked To Absence Of Antibiotic Treatment.
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16- (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) - by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - In the midst of several reports suggested physicians and parents adopt a "wait and see" attitude before administering antibiotics to children with otitis media,...

Middle Ear Forms New Bone In Response to Infection.
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16- (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Acute otitis media initially causes inhibition osteoblast activity in the middle ear, but then is followed by new bone formation, say researchers at the...

Slower Beat Of Nasal Cilia May Lead To Higher Incidence In Older People.(lower respiratory tract infections)
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Older people are especially susceptible to lower respiratory tract infections, and now researchers may know why. Investigators in Hong Kong studied cilia movement - the rhythmic action of tiny...

Onset Or Exacerbation Linked To Common Mycoplasma.(rheumatoid arthritis )
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, have shown that a well-known bacterium of the mycoplasma family - commonly found in the human throat - may be involved in the triggering or...

Study Finds Long-Term Ecstasy Use Leads To Memory Loss.
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net). -- Long-term users of 'ecstasy,' the Street name for the drug methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), tend to experience memory loss or impairment, according to a study reported in the April 10, 2001,...

Medically Unexplained Symptoms Need More Attention.
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More attention should be given to patients who attend hospital with symptoms that remain medically unexplained after extensive investigation, authors of a new study assert. Steven Reid and...

Relapsed Smokers Can Be Successfully Re-Treated.
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In one of the first "recycling" studies to examine people who attempt to quit smoking after first failing medical treatment, researchers at Oregon Health Sciences University and their colleagues found...

WHO: Access To TB Cure A Human Rights Imperative.(tuberculosis)
April 16, 2001... 2001 APR 16- (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Joint efforts are needed to confront tuberculosis (TB) and HIV, according to Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, director-general of the World Health Organization. TB is a leading killer of people living...

Women, African-Americans, And People With Low-Income Comprise Most Affected Population.(frailty )(Statistical Data Included)
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- Unexplained weight loss, exhaustion, a weak grip, slow walking speed, and low energy - the hallmarks of frailty - are most likely to strike women, African Americans, the less educated and the poor, according to...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Effective For Treating Insomnia.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- Cognitive behavioral therapy as a treatment for insomnia leads to clinically significant sleep improvements within six weeks, and these improvements appear to last through six months of follow-up, according to...

Educational Materials Aid Patients In Making Pre-Surgery Decision.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- These patients are at increased risk of receiving any transfusion, however, which, in turn, increases their risk of acute hemolytic reaction due to human error and of infection due to bacterial contamination of...

Open Letter Urges People To Continue Diets High In Vegetables, Fruits.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- In an open letter to the public, 54 prominent cancer researchers cautioned Americans against making changes in their diets based on reports of recent diet-cancer studies. They warned health-conscious...

Fruits, Vegetables Require Kitchen Care To Prevent Problems.(contamination by bacteria)
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- Ask Purdue University food microbiologist Richard Linton what foods he won't eat, and the answer might surprise you. He doesn't mention exotic seafood or fast-food fare. The food that frightens this...

A Good Night's Sleep Helps Prevent Ulcers.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- Missing out on a good night's sleep through long haul travel, shift work, or partying could increase the risk of ulcers. Research in the journal Gut shows that levels of a chemical, produced by the stomach...

U.S. Initiative Hopes To Raise Public Awareness.(abuse of prescription drugs)
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- The U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, along with several other organizations announced on April 10, 2001, a public health initiative to raise...

Take-Home Opiate Antidote Saves Lives.(opiate overdose)
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- Distributing naloxone, the antidote for opiate overdose, to opiate addicts saves lives, according to the first ever results of two pilot schemes. Opiate users in two cities (Berlin and Jersey in Britain)...

Researchers Discover Two Specialized Areas Within Auditory Cortex Used In Hearing.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- This discovery has important implications for scientists seeking to learn more about how humans hear, a process that is still poorly understood. The findings were published in the April 13, 2001, issue of the...

Colorado Ranchers Take Precautions To Prevent Mad Cow Disease Infection.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- Colorado ranchers don't expect to see mad cow disease come to the United States, but they're taking strict precautions to make sure. Federal regulations aimed at keeping the disease out of the U.S. are...

Despite Similarities In Diagnoses, Men Less Likely To Seek Help.(eating disorders)
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- Eating disorders are more common in men than was previously thought, yet men are not as likely as women to seek treatment for eating disorders, according to a study published in the April 2001 American Journal...

Quick Survey Can Detect Bulimia, Predict Future Problems For Teens With Type 1 Diabetes.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- The answers to seven questions could mean the difference between a normal life and one plagued with serious medical afflictions for some teens with diabetes. A simple questionnaire given to youths with...

Nasal Epithelium Biopsies Useful For Gauging Pollution Exposure.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Children exposed to pollution show significant changes in the pathology of their nasal epithelia. Monitoring these changes may offer insight to potential health...

Veterans Report More Ill Health Than Other Service Men and Women.(Persian Gulf war veterans)
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- In addition, the numbers of inoculations and days spent handling pesticides were linked to specific symptoms, researchers report. Seven years after the war, over 14,000 service men and women, almost 5,000...

Aerobic Exercise Can Work Faster Than Drugs To Lift Depression.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- Aerobic exercise can work faster than drugs to lift depression, finds research in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Twelve people with severe depression that had lasted an average of nine months...

Researchers Say Depressed Patients Should Be Allowed To Choose Their Treatment.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- Generic counseling appears to be as effective as antidepressant drugs for major depression, although patients given drugs may recover more quickly, according to a study in the British Medical Journal. The...

Second Bacterium Confirmed as Cause of Tooth Decay.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- Identifying the causes and mechanisms of tooth decay, one of the most common chronic infectious diseases of mankind, is a primary goal of dental researchers. One type of bacteria, Streptococcus mutans, is a...

Study Says Two-Thirds Of Sports Doctors Have Inadequate First Aid Skills.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 -- (NewsRx Network) -- Two-thirds of sports doctors are incapable of demonstrating proficiency in first aid skills under examination, according to a paper published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The research, from...

Type 2 Diabetics Are At increased Risk.(periodontal disease)
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- Researchers have known for some time that people with diabetes are at increased risk for periodontal (gum) disease, but most studies have focused on relatively young patients with type 1 diabetes (formerly...

NewsRx Announces Launch of Stem Cell Week as Part of Healthcare Database and Information Offerings.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- NewsRx, the leading provider of life science databases and daily and weekly health news, announced April 11, 2001, the launch of Stem Cell Week, a new database product. Stem Cell Week is available as a...

Intervention Program Can Reduce Drug Abuse in Inner-City Minority Youth.
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- A large, randomized study involving more than 3,600 New York City schoolchildren (most of them black or Hispanic) has found that an intervention program that teaches drug refusal skills, antidrug norms, and...

Still More Evidence Does Not Support MMR-Autism Association.(measles-mumps-rubella vaccine)
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Yet another study refutes any connection between the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and development of autism in immunized children. While the rate of autism among...

Knowing Energy Density Of Foods Can Help.(avoid obesity)
April 23, 2001... 2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx Network) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - When a researcher in The Netherlands looked at the energy density of foods and drinks together with energy intake, it didn't take her long to observe that obese women ate...