In a study of 15 teenage girls, the investigated looked at the feasibility of using GPS-enabled cell phones to track adolescents whereabouts when they were away from home or school.
The researchers found that the girls were happy to take the phones with them wherever they went, and that the GPS accurately plotted their travels over [...]
ATLANTA — One of the first large quality-of-life studies on today’s prostate cancer treatments suggests that for some men, it’s a matter of picking your poison and facing potential sexual, urinary or other problems.
Of the choices studied — surgery, standard radiation, hormone therapy or radioactive seeds — the seeds seemed to carry a lower risk [...]
This variety of methods has long been needed, experts say, because 40- and 50-somethings are a complex group. Some have had several children and are willing to have sterilization surgery. Others may want children, but not right now. A review of the current science of contraception and women 40 and older was [...]
“I can’t stand missing school, and I’ll try to keep outside symptoms to a minimum,” said Demmel, 18, of Lincoln Park. Demmel packs cough drops and takes over-the-counter medication so she doesn’t disturb her classmates. And though it’s tolerable to sit through a statistics seminar with a sore throat or slight fever, there are times [...]
Yet the woman did not investigate the possibility that Dilling had AIDS, even after her own health began to decline in summer 1999, Freeman said.”She ignored each and every fact that pointed to the truth, which was that Albert had a very serious health problem and she%26#8212;having had unprotected sexual relations with him%26#8212;was [...]
NEW YORK (AP) � You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just press on the chest to save a life.In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that hands-only CPR � rapid, deep presses on the victim�s chest until help arrives � works just as well as standard CPR for sudden cardiac arrest [...]
Women who run regularly should make sure they eat enough fat. A recent study has shown what Neety Panu found out the hard way: Female runners who eat too little fat in their daily diet are more susceptible to injuries.
As a competitive marathon runner, Dr. Panu was trying to avoid [...]
TORONTO–Canada’s ban on direct-to-consumer drug advertising probably saved Canadians with high cholesterol and their drug plans $150 million in 2006 alone.A new study comparing U.S. and Canada sales patterns of a controversial cholesterol lowering drug show the dramatic savings.Canadian sales of the drug Ezetrol – the generic name is ezetimibe – were four times [...]
New drugs that are rushed through the approval process to meet government-imposed deadlines in the United States are much more likely to be the subject of recalls and safety problems, reveals a new study that sheds light on how these constraints affect decisions made by health officials.
Working within rigid deadlines may [...]
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): More than 26,000 Surinamese patients have been treated by Cuban doctors who are working in Suriname as part of a cooperation agreement between the two countries.
The Cuban Public Health Minister and his Suriname counterpart established a cooperation accord by which the island included the CARICOM nation in its Comprehensive Health Program [...]
