Archive: 26/10/2018

Cigarette pictorial warning labels most effective when including body parts, testimonials

At least 120 countries around the world require pictorial warning labels on cigarette packages—for example, gangrene feet or a dead body—but the United States is notably missing from the list. Despite a 2009 Congressional ...

Oct 26, 2018

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Researchers find bacteria residing in guts of mice come from mother and remain nearly constant over many generations

A team of researchers at the University of California has found that bacteria residing in the guts of mice are mainly obtained from their mothers and their microbiome makeup remains nearly the same over many generations. ...

Oct 26, 2018 report

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Congo hospitals openly jail poor patient

The most surprising thing about the fact that Congolese hospitals detain patients who fail to pay their bills is that it's no secret: Administrators, doctors and nurses openly discuss it, and the patients are held in plain ...

Oct 26, 2018

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Mayo Clinic Q&A: Understanding multiple sclerosis

Dear Mayo Clinic: What causes multiple sclerosis, or MS, in people who don't have it in their family?

Oct 26, 2018

France suspends use of popular pesticide after dozens sickened

The French government on Friday ordered a three-month ban of a widely used pesticide after dozens of people, many of them farm workers, fell ill in western France in recent weeks.

Oct 26, 2018

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Bill to fight U.S. opioid crisis signed into law

(HealthDay)—A bipartisan bill meant to combat the United States' opioid abuse epidemic was signed into law Oct. 24 by President Donald Trump.

Oct 26, 2018

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New data provides guidance for management of moderately dysplastic moles

Diagnosed more frequently in the United States than all other cancers combined, skin cancer will affect one in five Americans by the age of 70. Atypical moles—larger moles of irregular shape and color—can be challenging ...

Oct 26, 2018

Pneumococcal vaccine recs cause confusion among docs

(HealthDay)—While primary care physicians overwhelmingly recommend pneumococcal vaccines, there is a gap in their knowledge of how to implement related vaccine recommendations, according to a study published in the Journal ...

Oct 26, 2018

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A new way to detect hidden urinary tract infections

Researchers in infection biology have developed a new way to detect hidden urinary tract infections. The research was led by Professor Agneta Richter-Dahlfors, head of the Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center at Karolinska ...

Oct 26, 2018

Fueling up with functional foods

(HealthDay)—Though the term "functional foods" currently has no legal definition, it's more than just a clever marketing catchphrase.

Oct 26, 2018

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Archive: 26/10/2018

Cigarette pictorial warning labels most effective when including body parts, testimonials

Researchers find bacteria residing in guts of mice come from mother and remain nearly constant over many generations

Congo hospitals openly jail poor patient

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Understanding multiple sclerosis

France suspends use of popular pesticide after dozens sickened

Bill to fight U.S. opioid crisis signed into law

New data provides guidance for management of moderately dysplastic moles

Pneumococcal vaccine recs cause confusion among docs

A new way to detect hidden urinary tract infections

Fueling up with functional foods

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