AP - Two huge international studies show that people who lack certain chunks of DNA run a dramatically higher risk of getting schizophrenia, a finding that could help open new doors to understanding and diagnosing the disease. -- read full article
AP - The salmonella strain linked to a nationwide outbreak has been found in irrigation water and in a sample from a batch of serrano peppers at a Mexican farm, federal health officials said Wednesday.
Reuters - A drug for Alzheimer's disease made by
Medivation Inc called Dimebon kept symptoms at bay for 18
months, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. -- read full article
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News)-- Women who develop diabetes before
they become pregnant are three to four times more likely than non-diabetic
women to have a baby with at least one birth defect, says a U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention study. -- read full article
AP - Diabetic women who get pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with birth defects than other women, according to new government research. -- read full article
AP - Two huge international studies show that people who lack certain chunks of DNA run a dramatically higher risk of getting schizophrenia, a finding that could help open new doors to understanding and diagnosing the disease. -- read full article
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Men undergoing hormone
deprivation therapy to keep prostate cancer at bay may experience memory
loss and have trouble concentrating, a new study finds. -- read full article
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- High or low levels of the
hormone thyrotropin may be associated with an increased risk of
Alzheimer's disease in women. Thyrotropin affects thyroid gland function
and thyroid hormone levels. -- read full article
AFP - Smokers in Australia's biggest city, already hounded out of bars and restaurants, will now be banned from smoking in their own cars if children are passengers, authorities announced Wednesday.
AP - The nation's largest pediatricians' group says most children getting attention-deficit drugs don't need heart screening with electrocardiogram tests, challenging advice from a leading heart doctors' association. -- read full article
