Anti-depressants, anti-anxiety medications increase cataract risks Canada Dot Com      | Certain frequently prescribed pills for depression and anxiety are associated with an increased risk of cataracts in the eyes, a study by B.C. and Quebec researchers shows. | Using a database of more than 200,000 Quebec residents over the age of 65, the researchers found a statistical ...
Medication fears lead to worse side effects Deccan Chronicle Medication fears lead to worse side effects | It may not be surprising, but a new study offers some proof that patients who are worried about their medications are more likely to have side effects from them. | The study involved patients with a particular kind of arthritis. While more research has t...
Italian Physicians Seek Cooperation With Locals in Telemedicine All Africa Italian orthopaedic physicians Monday in Lubango, southern Huila province, expressed interest to sign a cooperation accord with Angolan colleagues, for the transmission of new technologies for surgery through telemedicine. | ...
Ridge hospital offers lung cancer clinical trials, research Syracuse | (AP) - MCT REGIONAL NEWS | By Larry Mitchell | Chico Enterprise-Record, Calif. | (MCT) | Mar. 10--PARADISE -- Feather River Hospital recently opened two clinical trials for patients with lung cancer. | Clinical trials are research programs that use...
Anti-depressants, anti-anxiety medications increase cataract risks Canada Dot Com      | Certain frequently prescribed pills for depression and anxiety are associated with an increased risk of cataracts in the eyes, a study by B.C. and Quebec researchers shows. | Using a database of more than 200,000 Quebec residents over t...
Medication fears lead to worse side effects Deccan Chronicle Medication fears lead to worse side effects | It may not be surprising, but a new study offers some proof that patients who are worried about their medications are more likely to have side effects from them. | The study involved patients with a parti...
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Herpes Virus Can Integrate its DNA into Human Chromosomes redOrbit Posted on: Monday, 8 March 2010, 15:05 CST | Virologists surprised to discover that a common herpesvirus hidden in chromosomes of some people can be reactivated to infectious form ...
Obesity As Protection Against Metabolic Syndrome, Not Its Cause redOrbit Posted on: Monday, 8 March 2010, 14:18 CST | The collection of symptoms that is the metabolic syndrome—insulin resistance, high cholesterol, fatty liver, and a greater risk for d...
Puff, puff, puff, nicotine rises gradually The Examiner Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Nicotine builds up gradually in smokers' brains rather than spiking after each puff, according to a study that might help point to new ways to hel...
US Military Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Leaving Haiti Huffington Post | PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The U.S. military hospital ship Comfort has completed its relief mission in Haiti and is heading home. | The Comfort has been stationed off the country's coast for seven weeks treating victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake...
MP writes to police over Stafford Hospital BBC News | Police have been asked to investigate whether a damning report into a hospital trust could be a base for a criminal prosecution. | Last year, it was revealed there were more than 400 deaths than would be expected at Stafford Hospital between 2005 t...
Hiring expected in Triangle The News & Observer | More Triangle employers expect to hire during the second quarter, according to a quarterly survey by Manpower. | The survey released Tuesday shows that 18 percent of companies in the Raleigh-Cary area plan to add workers in the March-to-June period...
Pfizer CEO got $13.7 million in 2009 compensation Philadelphia Daily News | LINDA A. JOHNSON | The Associated Press | TRENTON, N.J. - The chief executive of drug giant Pfizer Inc., Jeffrey Kindler, received a 2009 compensation package valued by The Associated Press at $13.7 million, down 7.6 percent from 2008, as the board reduced the stock awards he received, citing economic pressures. | The reduction happened even thou...
The raw egg debate: It’s no yolk Chicago Sun-Times | Peanut butter recalls. Spinach scares. Contaminated meat. | Is it any wonder Americans are jittery about their food? So much so that when the Associated Press recently ran a recipe for traditional spaghetti carbonara — with a barely cooked egg — e-mails poured in. | Had we forgotten the step in the recipe about cooking the egg? | No. ...
