Medical News - June 24, 2007
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
Discuss these topics in the Medrounds Discussion Forums:
