Adult ADHD often undiagnosed by primary care physicians

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

Contact: Jennifer Choi jennifer.choi@med.nyu.edu 212-404-3555 New York University Medical Center and School of Medicine Inexperience and lack of training, resources cited as barriers to diagnosis NEW YORK - Inadequate clinical training, inexperience and the lack of a well-validated screening...

Cigarette smoke linked to low folate levels

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

Exposure to cigarette smoke may rob people of folate, an important vitamin that helps protect against a variety of diseases, including a number of birth defects, a large nationwide study concludes. Both active smokers and those exposed to high levels of secondhand smoke had lower levels of...

Obese teenagers turning to surgery

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

Jose Jimenez used to weigh 350 pounds. Then last year, at the age of 16, he turned to a drastic measure to lose weight -- bariatric surgery, or what is sometimes known as stomach stapling. ’I wanted something that would work for me and I knew that the surgery would do that,’ Jose said....

Banishing the blues could cut the chances of cancer

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

RESEARCH aired at the recent annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in San Francisco adds intriguing new data to the controversy over whether stress in itself can cause cancer. Psychiatrists led by Dr Arnstein Mykletun and colleagues from the University of Bergen in Norway...

Mental stimulation staves off dementia

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

If you like to play chess, bridge or a musical instrument, do not let old age stop you. A new study, conducted over two decades, concludes that regular exercise - the kind that challenges the mind - appears to ward off dementia. The research adds to a growing body of evidence that exercising...

Anti-cancer treatment breakthrough

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

A new anti-cancer treatment could be on the market within years after a breakthrough discovery by Australian scientists in stimulating the body’s immune system. Victorian biotech company Norwood Abbey said clinical trials of the new treatment were underway, as the drug on which the treatment...

Tea can lower cholesterol

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

Green and black tea can lower human cholesterol levels, a study published yesterday shows. The scientists say their research proves that daily extracts of the teas can reduce cholesterol by up to 16 per cent. Their study, in China, is the first to show that tea can affect cholesterol levels in...

Heart disease diagnosed by dentist

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

A dentist may be the first one to suspect health problems, including heart disease. A sore or painful jaw is one indicator of heart disease, notes the Academy of General Dentistry. There’s also a connection between gum disease and heart problems. ’I’ve helped patients with heart...

New hope for children with eye tumors, cancer

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

Contact: Media Relations media@aao.org 415-561-8534 American Academy of Ophthalmology SAN FRANCISO - A deadly form of cancer in children, which starts out as a tumor in the eye, can now be treated successfully by a combination of therapies. This is the conclusion of a study appearing in the...

Some of us are more sensitive to pain

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

A new brain-imaging study confirms that some people are much more sensitive to pain than others and should help doctors in calibrating patients’ descriptions of their pain. ’One of the most difficult aspects of treating pain has been having confidence in the accuracy of patients’...