Medical News - June 24, 2007

West Nile virus could hit area hard this summer

Seattle Times - Jun 22, 2007

By Warren King

As dusk falls over the wetlands that border a huge park-and-ride lot in Kenmore, the crows of one of King County's largest roosts assemble once again to put on the nightly show that ends their day.

Va. mental health system found lacking

Houston Chronicle - Jun 22, 2007

By KRISTEN GELINEAU AP Writer

Members of a commission analyzing Virginia's mental health laws on Friday debated whether language dealing with civil commitments is too narrowly worded to force potentially dangerous people ...

Advanced Parkinson's Symptoms Controlled by Gene Therapy

MedPage Today - Jun 21, 2007

By Neil Osterweil, Senior Associate Editor

Motor symptoms of advanced Parkinson's disease were significantly improved in a small investigational gene-therapy trial, according to investigators here.

Americans making progress managing diabetes: study

Reuters - Jun 23, 2007

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters)

Americans appear to be doing a better job of managing diabetes, with more than half of diabetics reaching recommended targets for controlling blood sugar last year, according to a survey published on Saturday.

Estrogen May Lower Heart Disease Risk For Some Menopausal Women

Medical News Today - Jun 22, 2007

New results from a follow up study of the US federally funded Women's Health Initiative (WHI) suggest that among women in their 50s who have had hysterectomies, estrogen was associated with a significantly lower risk of coronary artery calcification ...

Drive to curb drug-resistant TB

BBC News - Jun 22, 2007

The World Health Organization has unveiled a two-year plan to combat the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis. It is hoped the measures will prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of drug-resistant TB - and save as many as 134000 lives world-wide.

Video Game Overuse May Be an Addiction: Experts

Forbes - Jun 22, 2007FRIDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News)

Millions of US children and adults obsessed with video games may suffer from a real addiction, according to a proposal up for debate by top US doctors.

Omega-3 fatty acids may help slow prostate cancer

Xinhua - Jun 21, 2007BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhuanet)

A new study in US with mice suggests that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil and certain types of fish might help slow prostate cancer, media reported Friday.

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