Brain images suggest Alzheimer’s drug is working
Posted by Health News From Reuters on Feb 28, 2010 | Comments Off
LONDON (Reuters) – New imaging technology suggests an experimental drug for Alzheimer’s reduces clumps of plaque in the brain by around 25 percent, lifting hopes for a medicine that disappointed in clinical tests two years ago.
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Bapineuzumab — being developed by Pfizer Inc, Irish drugmaker Elan Corp and Johnson & Johnson — is a potential game-changer because it could be...
Severe allergic reaction to meat may not be rare
Posted by Health News From Reuters on Feb 27, 2010 | Comments Off
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Eating meat may be a much more common trigger for anaphylaxis — a severe and potentially deadly allergic reaction — than previously thought, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
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A study of 60 patients who had unexplained severe allergic reactions suggests that a compound in meat known as alpha-galactose may be the culprit, according to research presented at a meeting...
Physically fit students do better academically too: study
Posted by Health News From Reuters on Feb 25, 2010 | Comments Off
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Getting students to exercise more might not just address obesity issues but also improve their grades with a U.S. study finding physically fit students tend to score higher in tests than their less fit peers.
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Test scores dropped more than one point for each extra minute it took middle and high school students to complete a one mile run/walk...
A bottle of pills to kick the bottle
Posted by Health News From Reuters on Feb 24, 2010 | Comments Off
LONDON (Reuters) – Does this sound like anyone you know? Darryl is 35, has a steady job, a stable home and good marriage, enjoys a few beers in front of the TV most nights — doesn’t have what most people would call a drink problem.
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In the United States alone there are probably around 36 million Darryls, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), which...
IVF stillbirth risk four times higher, study finds
Posted by Health News From Reuters on Feb 23, 2010 | Comments Off
LONDON (Reuters) – Women who get pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) have a higher risk of stillbirth, scientists have found, although the overall risk is still low.
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Researchers from Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark studied 20,000 single pregnancies and found a four-fold increased risk of stillbirths for women who had IVF or ICSI compared with...
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