2 Health Care Workers Made Ill by SARS-Like Virus
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2 Health Care Workers Made Ill by SARS-Like Virus
An emerging, SARS-like virus that has sickened 40 people in the Middle East and Europe since September has now caused illness in two health care workers who were caring for infected patients, health officials report.
Two health care staffers caring for a patient in Saudi Arabia have been sickened with the coronavirus, the first such recorded...
Cellphone Use May Reveal Your ‘Dominant Brain’
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Cell Phone Use May Reveal Your ‘Dominant Brain’
By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests the dominant side of your brain may make the call on which ear you choose to use while talking on your cellphone.
The dominant side of your brain is where your speech and language center resides. Ninety-five percent of the human population...
HIV No Barrier to Getting Liver Transplant, Study Finds
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HIV No Barrier to Getting Liver Transplant: Study
By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — Liver transplants to treat a common type of liver cancer are a viable option for people infected with HIV, according to new research.
The Italian study, published May 10 in the journal The Oncologist, found that the AIDS-causing virus doesn’t affect survival...
Public Funding Spurs Couples to Seek Fertility Treatment
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Public Funding Widens Access to Fertility Treatment
By Kathleen Doheny
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) — Public funding of assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments, broadens the range of couples who seek treatment for infertility by attracting a more diverse population, according to new research from Canada.
When the province...
Simponi Approved for Ulcerative Colitis
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Simponi Approved for Ulcerative Colitis
By Scott Roberts
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) — Simponi (golimumab) injection has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis.
The drug is designed to block tumor necrosis factor, which has a key role in causing abnormal inflammation and immune system...
Depression May Boost Stroke Risk in Middle-Aged Women, Too
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Depression Tied to Stroke Risk in Middle-Aged Women
By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) — Women in their 40s and 50s who suffer from depression are almost twice as likely to have a stroke as women who aren’t depressed, according to a large, long-running Australian study.
This is not the first study to link depression with an increased risk for...
FDA: Lower Ambien’s Dose to Prevent Drowsy Driving
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FDA: Lower Ambien’s Dose to Prevent Drowsy Driving
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved new, lower-dose labeling for the popular sleep drug Ambien (zolpidem) in an effort to cut down on daytime drowsiness that could be a hazard while performing certain tasks such as driving.
The move follows...
Sugary Sodas, Fruit Punches May Raise Kidney Stone Risk: Study
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Sugary Sodas, Fruit Punches, Kidney Stone Risk
By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) — Drinking large amounts of sugary sodas and fruit drinks might raise your odds for painful kidney stones, a new study finds.
Although drinking extra fluids usually helps prevent stones from forming, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston...
Some Types of Skin Cancer Linked to Lower Chances of Alzheimer’s
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Some Skin Cancers Tied to Lower Odds of Alzheimer’s
By Barbara Bronson Gray
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) — There’s some good news for people who have had certain kinds of skin cancer: A new study suggests that their odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease may be significantly lower than it is for others.
People who had non-melanoma skin cancer...
Procedure for Incontinence in Women May Lose Effectiveness With Time
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Procedure for Female Incontinence May Have Downside
By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) — The success of a common surgery for pelvic organ prolapse — a painful and distressing condition affecting many women — lessens over time, according to a new study.
Abdominal sacrocolpopexy is a procedure used to relieve the problem. It involves stitching...
