Medicine

Narrative therapy helps child soldiers: study - 08/02/2011

The practice could offer an inexpensive way to ease the transition back to regular life for the 250,000 young people estimated to be actively involved in fighting conflicts in 14 countries around the...

Anorexic at five in Britain - 08/01/2011

The figures from 35 hospitals showed 98 children were aged between five and seven at the time of treatment and 99 aged eight or nine. Almost 400 were between the ages of 10 and 12, with more than...

Lab-on-a-chip may be game-changer in disease detection - 08/01/2011

The so-called "mChip", they said, could help knock down three barriers to effective delivery of health care into the world's poorest regions: difficult access, high costs and long delays for...

'Alarming' rise in pregnant women strokes: US study - 07/29/2011

WASHINGTON- Women rarely have strokes during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth, but researchers have seen a big jump in such events over the past 12 years, according to a US study published...

Fifth 'sabotage' patient dies in British hospital - 07/22/2011

LONDON- Two more patients have died at a British hospital where detectives fear saline solution was deliberately contaminated with insulin, taking the death toll so far to five, police said...

Dirty socks could help fight malaria: researcher - 07/13/2011

MONTREAL- The odor of dirty socks can be used to lure mosquitoes into a deadly trap before they can spread malaria, a US and Canadian-funded researcher based in Africa said Wednesday. Dr. Fredros...

Diabetes vaccine stumbles at second hurdle - 06/28/2011

PARIS- An experimental vaccine to prevent progression of Type 1 diabetes failed at the second step of the three-phase trial process, doctors said on Monday in a study reported online by The Lancet....

Jailed Iran brothers win global health prize - 06/17/2011

WASHINGTON, Kerry Sheridan- Two Iranian doctors who were jailed three years ago for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government were awarded a global health prize on Thursday for their efforts to...

TV-watching boosts heart, diabetes, death risks: study - 06/15/2011

WASHINGTON- A review of published studies in the past 40 years has shown a higher risk of diabetes, heart problems and early death among people who watch lots of television, US researchers said...

New melanoma treatments boost survival: studies - 06/06/2011

CHICAGO, Jean-Louis Santini- Two new treatments, including therapy blocking a gene mutation occurring in half of melanoma patients, are prolonging lives of people suffering from the deadliest form of...
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