Health & Medicine Week articles from June 2002

Health & Medicine Week archives from June 2002

Study indicates no natural limit to life expectancy.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The lifespans of people in developed nations are increasing at a remarkably constant rate, suggesting that there is no natural limit on life expectancy, said a Duke University researcher in an article...

Retaining ventilation tubes for 2 years and longer recommended for children younger than 7.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Approximately four of five children get at least one episode of otitis media between 6 months and 3 years of age or less frequently between age 4 to 7 years. During the past decade, myringotomy and...

Persistent bad mood leads to poor health.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depression and anger can make you sick, literally. But a new study at Kansas State University shows that some people take longer to snap out of it - which can lead to health problems - while cheerful...

Family history of high blood pressure related to maladaptive behavioral responses.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People's risk for hypertension associated with having a parental history of hypertension may be influenced by observing how their parents handled stress, say researchers who examined relations among...

Artificial intelligence can tell patients their most likely diseases or conditions.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new website, www.easydiagnosis.com, lets you tap into an expert system for medical diagnosis that has been under development by medical and artificial intelligence experts for more than 20 years....

UCLA study shows many parents not getting the message about antibiotic resistance.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) study shows efforts to teach parents that antibiotics are not necessary to treat a child's cold are failing to reach the Latino and Asian communities...

Survey shows "cyberchondriacs" at 110 million nationwide.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent national survey finds that 110 million adults sometimes go online to look for healthcare information. Harris Interactive calls them "cyberchondriacs." On average, they search the web for...

Bayer Biological launches educational website.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bayer Biological Products (BP) announced the launch of www.prolastin.com, a website specifically created for U.S. patients, their families and healthcare professionals dedicated to raising awareness of...

Company announces appointments in clinical development unit.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quintiles Transnational Corp. (QTRN) announced the following appointments in its clinical development unit: * Michael P. Arlotto, PhD, as senior vice president, project management, Quintiles...

Unilab CEO Robert E. Whalen named to board of directors.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nanogen, Inc., (NGEN) announced the appointment of Robert E. Whalen to the company's board of directors. Whalen brings to Nanogen over 23 years of senior executive management experience in the...

CSC recognized by National Institutes of Health.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is among companies recognized by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for outstanding performance under the Institutes' Chief Information Officer Solutions and...

Company applauds bill that bans human reproductive cloning but allows critical research.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CuresNow, an alliance of patient groups, concerned parents and scientists, voiced strong support for the "Human Cloning Prohibition Act" sponsored by Arlen Specter (R- Penna.), Diane Feinstein...

Botox approved by FDA for cosmetic use.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- On April 15, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration officially approved the use of Botox for use as a cosmetic. This unparalleled turn in the dermatology world will change the face of an entire...

Symphonix Devices lets patients test Vibrant Soundbridge technology before surgery.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Symphonix Devices, Inc., (SMPX) announced the debut of its Direct Drive Demonstrator, a simulation system that allows patients with moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss to experience the...

Ovation Pharmaceuticals receives $150 million equity commitment from GTCR.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ovation Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company that acquires pharmaceutical products and increases their sales through focused sales and marketing activities as well as product improvement...

ProVation completes Series B financing round.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ProVation Medical, Inc., a g healthcare software and services company, announced the successful completion of a financing round totaling $2 million. This concludes a Series B transaction totaling...

Zofran may reduce vomiting associated with acute gastroenteritis in children.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The results of two recently published studies suggest that the use of the antiemetic Zofran (ondansetron hydrochloride) may reduce vomiting episodes in children treated in the emergency department for...

Tumor volume can predict effectiveness of chemoradiation treatment.
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treatment planning for patients with head and neck cancer is based on several factors related to the patient and the size and extent of disease. Staging systems consider the tumor size and extent of...

Kaiser Family Foundation: New findings on MDs' views of doctors and prescription drugs.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- With attention focused recently on direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs, findings from a new national survey of physicians by the Kaiser Family Foundation shed light on another factor in...

Patient advocacy relationships key to market success for new products.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leading pharmaceutical companies are discovering the power that patient advocacy groups have as a source of crucial market intelligence and as a key influencer on the rapid uptake of new drugs,...

Men, women of all ages face the disease of infertility.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It is misleading and inaccurate to characterize infertility as the result of ambitious career women delaying childbirth, noted RESOLVE, The National Infertility Association. In response to the...

J.B. Chemicals, NeoTherapeutics form NeoJB, LLC.(J.B. Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd.)(NeoTherapeutics Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NeoTherapeutics, Inc., (NEOT) and J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., (JBCPL) announced the formation of NeoJB, LLC. NeoTherapeutics will own 80% of NeoJB and a JBCPL subsidiary will own the...

First Nevada leukemia cluster lawsuit filed.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fallon, Nevada, children and their families have a new advocate in their fight against leukemia. Alan S. Levin, MD, JD, has filed the first lawsuit regarding the Fallon leukemia cluster, seeking...

Study shows that ePocrates helps reduce drug errors.(handheld drug reference guide)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the first published study evaluating the clinical impact of handheld drug reference guides, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, demonstrated...

Herbs go under the microscope.(alternative medicine for menopause)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As baby-boomers grow older, more and more women are entering perimenopause and menopause and interest in treatment options, especially natural treatment options, for menopause symptoms is increasing....

Cerner acquires Zynx Health.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In order to give clinicians real-time access to the most current medical science at the point of care, Cerner Corporation (CERN) announced its acquisition of Zynx Health, Inc., a subsidiary of...

MedAire, Global Doctor, to merge.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedAire, Inc., of Phoenix, Arizona, and Global Doctor, Ltd.,(GOD) of Balcatta, Australia, have entered into a letter of intent to merge. Both companies will continue to operate under their...

Dark cloud over biotech in April.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The government's announcement that the gross domestic product (GDP) grew a hefty 5.8% during the first quarter of the year was not enough to restore investor confidence in April. Indeed, every major...

At-home exercise helps caregivers care for themselves.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An estimated 3.5 million American women care for demented spouses or parents at home, putting their own physical and emotional health at risk. New research indicates that a simple, home-based exercise...

Role of chronic stress clarified.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The well-known link between stress and heart disease starts with stress and other factors that can lead to poor health habits, according to a new study. Until now, little was known about exactly...

Biomedical research scientists urge Senate to pass genetic nondiscrimination bill.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) urged the U.S. Senate to pass legislation this year to assure all Americans a basic level of protection from genetic discrimination...

Elidel cream offers new nonsteroid approach to treating atopic eczema.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Atopic eczema affecting babies and sensitive skin areas such as the face has been successfully treated with the new nonsteroid cream Elidel (pimecrolimus), according to data presented at the Society...

Older adults can exercise just once a week to maintain muscle strength.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exercising just 1 day a week can give older adults the strength to maintain their independence and to avoid injuries, according to a study by a group of scientists at Ball State University, Muncie,...

Childhood pedestrian injuries are preventable, according to a new study.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pedestrian injury is second only to cancer as the leading cause of death in children between 5 and 9 years of age. A study by Yale researchers in New Haven, Connecticut, however, reveals that many...

Boomers fight aging but take only baby steps to good health.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While they express anxiety about aging, America's 75 million baby boomers as a group are only taking baby steps to good health. Half of them confess they aren't eating as well as they should, and...

Chairman announces plan for CEO succession.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ICN Pharmaceuticals (ICN) announced that its board of directors approved a CEO succession process for the company. Milan Panic, chairman and CEO, asked the board to appoint a committee made up of...

Charles Democko named VP of regulatory affairs.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Connetics Corporation (CNCT), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused exclusively on the development and commercialization of dermatology products, has appointed Charles Democko to the new position...

Company adds new members to its board.(Epicept Corporation)(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epicept Corporation, a specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on innovative pain relief therapies, announced the addition of new members to its board of scientific and medical advisors: Howard...

Echelon announces name change, new president.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Privately held Echelon Research Laboratories, Inc., announced that it has changed its name to Echelon Biosciences, Inc., effective April 1, 2002. Echelon is rapidly becoming recognized as a world...

Eos Biotechnology names president, chief operating officer.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eos Biotechnology, Inc., announced the appointment of Robert F. Williamson as president and chief operating officer. "We are delighted to have Rob onboard. Rob's business development, financial,...

Hassan Dayem named senior vice president, chief information officer.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amgen (AMGN) announced that Hassan Dayem joined the company as senior vice president and chief information officer in May 2002. Dayem will report to Kevin Sharer, chairman and chief executive officer,...

Ikonisys appoints Bove to board of directors.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ikonisys, Inc. announced that a senior executive with Sigma-Tau, one of Italy's leading pharmaceutical companies, has joined the Ikonisys board of directors. Mauro Bove, head of corporate...

Michael Kowolenko named vice president, global quality.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biogen, Inc., (BGEN) announced that Michael D. Kowolenko, PhD, has been appointed vice president, global quality. Kowolenko will supervise the company's worldwide Quality Operations. He reports to...

Roy First, MD to join Fujisawa's immunology group.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc. announced the appointment of Roy First, MD, as medical director for its transplantation and immunology products. First currently serves as professor of medicine, director,...

Shareholders elect new directors to the board.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) announced several actions related to the governance of the company. The company's shareholders met and elected Ursula Burns and Uwe Reinhardt as directors. The...

Timothy S. Leach named VP of clinical and medical affairs at Genome Therapeutics.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genome Therapeutics (GENE) announced the addition of Timothy S. Leach, MD, MPH, to the company's clinical development team as vice president of clinical and medical affairs. Working both in the...

Two senior level executives named at Bioject.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bioject Medical Technologies, Inc., (BJCT), a leading developer of needle-free drug delivery systems, announced the hiring of two senior level executives. Chris Pugh has been named vice president,...

Connetics licenses Velac gel from Yamanouchi.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Connetics Corp. (CNCT has licensed Velac gel (a first in class combination of 1% clindamycin, and 0.025% tretinoin) from Yamanouchi Europe B.V. Connetics has licensed exclusive rights to develop...

Biotech Holdings announces revenue growth, new product line.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Robert Rieveley, president of Biotech Holdings (BIO.V) announced that the company has recently shown strong revenue growth. "Revenues for the 10-week period from March 1, 2002, to May 10, 2002, were...

Hillenbrand Industries reports strong second quarter earnings: $0.85 per share.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hillenbrand Industries, Inc., (HB) reported record unaudited earnings per share for the second quarter ended March 31, 2002. Net income for the fiscal 2002 second quarter, ended March 31, 2002,...

Positive trial results for ocular therapy announced.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BTPH) announced successful results of preclinical trials demonstrating the effectiveness of its calcium phosphate nanoparticulate (CAP) delivery system for the...

Forum helps healthcare industry prepare for implementation.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Every day the deadline for HIPAA Privacy Regulation Implementation is nearing. The Department of Health and Human Services Medical Record Privacy Rule is comprehensive and affects almost every aspect...

British Department of Health: New liscensing requirements for docs.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- British Health Minister John Hutton has confirmed that the Government plans to introduce licenses to practice for all doctors in a drive to create a safer NHS for patients. Under the plans for...

Report forecasts nearly 11% annual growth in heart valve market through 2010.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hundreds of thousands of patients in the U.S., including a large number with congestive heart failure, might benefit from heart valve repair or replacement. However, because both are currently...

Healthcare Distribution Management Association offers key industry guidelines.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Healthcare Distribution Management Association's (HDMA) updated guidelines, Industry Conventions and Implementation Guidelines for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 4040, sponsored by Aventis...

New hearing test simulates noise of real world.
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison researcher Ruth Litovsky has developed a hearing test that simulates the noisy real world, and the results could improve our understanding not only of hearing but...

Herbal supplement promotes weight loss without serious adverse effects.(herbal Ma Huang and kola nut supplement)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - An herbal Ma Huang and kola nut supplement promoted weight and fat loss without adverse effects over a 6-month period, according to researchers in...

FDA approves laser treatment for removal of stretch marks, scars and burns.
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first known treatment for leukoderma, including stretch marks, scars, burns and other loss of skin pigmentation, received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA approved the...

Factors outside the classroom affect middle, high school student achievement.
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study released today by the University of Washington shows that academic achievement is closely linked to substance use and violence and delinquency in the students' social environment. ...

Report: Inflammatory bowel disease market to double by 2011.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Decision Resources announced the release of its new report on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The report forecasts that sales of pharmaceuticals to treat IBD will double between 2001 and 2011 in the...

Advanced Stent Technologies restructures managment.
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advanced Stent Technologies, Inc., (AST) a development stage company that designs, develops and manufactures stents and stent delivery systems to treat cardiovascular bifurcation disease, announced...

NMT Medical announces addition to its board of directors.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NMT Medical, Inc., (NMTI), a leader in designing, developing, and marketing minimally invasive solutions for the treatment of cardiac sources of stroke, announced the election of Harry A. Schult to its...

OmniComm Systems releases TrialMaster version 3.0.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- OmniComm Systems, Inc., (OMCM) has released TrialMaster Version 3.0. This new version of TrialMaster offers reporting functions, a more robust communication subsystem as well as improved study...

Access Worldwide reports 1Q results, shows reduced debt, net interest expense.(Access Worldwide Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Access Worldwide Communications, Inc., (AWWC), a leading marketing services organization, reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2002. The company reported revenues from...

Advocat Announces First Quarter Results.
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advocat, Inc., (AVCA) announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2002. The company reported a net loss after taxes of $3.1 million, or $0.56 per share, in the first quarter of 2002...

Ascent Assurance reports first quarter results.
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ascent Assurance, Inc. (AASR) reported a net loss of $359,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2002. The loss applicable to common stockholders was $1.1 million or $.18 per common share for the first...

Avidyn reports first quarter results.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avidyn, Inc. (ADYN), a leading healthcare information services company for the preferred provider organization (PPO) and payer markets, reported first quarter results. Revenues from continuing...

Baywood's revenues up 67% in 1Q.(Baywood International Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Baywood International, Inc., (BYWD) a nutraceutical company specializing in the development, marketing and distribution of its own proprietary brands, reported unaudited financial results for the first...

Bio-Imaging Technologies reports strong first quarter.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc., (BITI) released results for the quarter ended March 31, 2002. "Bio-Imaging begins 2002 with a strong first quarter. Our 82% increase in service revenues over the...

Caraco Pharmaceutical completes private-placement offering.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd., (CARA) completed a private-placement offering of 635,000 shares of restricted common stock, raising $1.692 million, Narendra N. Borkar, chief executive...

Top hospital executives identify leading trends, worries about future in survey.
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reimbursement pressures and significant staffing shortages top the list of trends identified by national hospital executives, according to a report released today by the leading health experts at Cap...

MDdatacor raises $3 million in second round of funding.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MDdatacor, Inc., a medical informatics company that identifies patient populations for clinical trials, approved therapeutics, and medical devices, announced it successfully raised $3 million in a...

Alcon scores legal victories in patent, trademark cases.(Travatan; Alcon Laboratories Inc.)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A federal court in New Jersey has rejected claims that Alcon Laboratories, Inc.'s, Travatan, its glaucoma medication approved by the FDA last year, violated any trademark rights of Pharmacia. The...

ACI Capital, DB Capital Partners complete acquisition of Jenny Craig, Inc.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Jenny Craig, Inc., announced that its pending acquisition by an investor group led by ACI Capital Co., Inc., a private investment firm, had been completed. DB Capital Partners, Inc., the private...

European Commission extends indication for Biogen's Avonex.
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biogen France SA announced that the European Commission has approved an indication extension for Avonex 30 g once a week. Avonex is now indicated for the treatment of patients with a first...

Registered nurses save more lives, researchers say.
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. hospitals staffed with more registered nurses - the most highly skilled kind - save more lives from deadly complications, researchers say in a study that is likely to intensify worries about the...

Youngsters ignore sun-safety advice, survey finds.
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sun-worshipping youngsters are still seeking tans - and not using sunscreen - despite warnings about the dangers of skin cancer, a survey of preteens and adolescents found. Only a third of the...

Young adults don't heed warning message of heart attack or stroke in family.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A heart attack or stroke in a close family member should send a signal that one is at higher risk of suffering the same fate and provoke healthier, risk-reducing behaviors - at least according to...

Determining the cause of sensorineural hearing loss in infants remains difficult.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The cochlea is the hearing portion of the inner ear that changes vibrational energy into nervous impulses that the brain interprets as sound. When there are changes in the manner in which the cochlea...

Delays in diagnosis can predict severity.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In women with asymptomatic breast cancer, delays to diagnosis greater than 20 weeks are a prognostic factor in disease severity. Findings in a recent study published in the journal Cancer indicate...

Corticosteroids found to arrest sudden hearing loss caused by acoustic neuromas.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acoustic neuromas or schwannoma are benign neoplasms of the intracranial segment of the eighth cranial nerve, producing cerebellar, lower cranial nerve, and brainstem signs and symptoms. One of the...

For maximum blood pressure reduction, take aspirin at bedtime, researchers say.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients who took aspirin before going to bed exhibited significantly greater blood pressure reductions than those who took aspirin upon awakening or according to nonpharmacological hygienic-dietary...

U.S. health secretary tells Americans to 'get off the couch'.(Tommy Thompson)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Warning about an alarming increase in obesity and diabetes, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson urged Americans, especially children, to "get off the couch, have fun and live...

Combination molecular therapy destroys tumor cells only.(mouth cancer)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oral cancers remain one of the deadliest of cancers. One in six of all new cancer cases are of the oral cavity and pharynx; it is estimated that in 2002, 28,900 Americans will be diagnosed with this...