'We are survivors. Let us give thanks !
THERE ARE three days left to the close of another year. It was a year of challenges and setbacks for many of us. We had a busy hurricane season, we have seen the crime rate escalate and the country continues to grapple with relatively slow economic...
Less coronary disease seen in black diabetics
NEW YORK (Reuters Health): COMPARED TO whites with type 2 diabetes, blacks with type 2 diabetes suffer more heart attacks, strokes, and end-stage renal disease, but African Americans appear to have significantly lower rates of clinical coronary artery...
BEE-STING THERAPY: no help in multiple sclerosis treatment
NEW YORK (Reuters): BEE-STING THERAPY is not effective in treating the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), and does not improve quality of life, according to the first controlled study to investigate the alternative treatment in MS patients.
Britain launches cosmetic surgery advice website
LONDON, England (Reuters): THE BRITISH government launched a website last week to provide cosmetic surgery advice, in the latest attempt to help those seeking beauty avoid suffering at the hands of rogue practitioners.
Want to stop snoring?
LONDON, England (Reuters): KEPT AWAKE at night by a snoring partner? The answer to your woes could lie - believe it or not - with the Australian didgeridoo. Researchers in Switzerland examined 25 patients who suffered from snoring...
Risk of second malignant melanoma high - report
NEW YORK (Reuters): INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED with a first malignant melanoma of the skin have a significantly increased risk of being diagnosed with a second malignant melanoma, according to a report in the current issue...
High homocysteine tied to memory loss
NEW YORK (Reuters): A POPULATION-BASED, prospective study of elderly British individuals shows that risk of memory loss increases over time with increasing levels of total blood homocysteine and decreasing folate levels.
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