H1N1 influenza outbreak, rapid automated tests are needed in order to make quick and effective public health decisions. Rapid Flu Testing System Developed.
Acupuncture is traditional therapy, but it acts on many diseases. Not only is acupuncture as effective as drug therapy at reducing hot flashes in breast cancer patients, it has the added benefit of potentially increasing a woman’s sex drive and improving her sense of well-being, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
The board dismissed Pletz on Friday, and said it had retained a special counsel with no ties to the university to lead an investigation after learning of a “series of issues.”
The cold and flu medicine contains acetaminophen, but lacks the statement, “This Package for Households Without Young Children,” as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act.
Community health & children: Community health goes beyond the family to the community as important to the health and happiness of children. Children need a wealthy environment to grow up.
WE DIG PINK and Breast Cancer Prevention: Macomb High School volleyball teams to host WE DIG PINK. As October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Macomb High School volleyball teams want to inform and educate the Macomb community about breast cancer, as well as raise money for breast cancer prevention, detection, and/or research by [...]
Abortion provider sues to halt controversial law requiring woman to undergo ultrasound examination. Read the news from OKLAHOMA CITY — A Tulsa abortion provider has sued the state to halt a controversial law requiring a woman to undergo an ultrasound examination within one hour of the procedure and to be advised about what it shows.
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Cough and cold remedies: Limit on cold remedies for children was FDA’s idea — When drug makers made a surprise announcement this week that they no longer recommend cough and cold remedies for youngsters under 4, they didn’t let on that it was the government’s idea.
And why age 4 rather than the age 6 that [...]
Quarter of adolescent U.S. girls received HPV vaccine, As Human Papillomavirus Infections: HPV infection rates similar between men and women. WASHINGTON – A quarter of girls aged 13-17 in the United States received Merck & Co’s Gardasil vaccine last year to protect against the human papillomavirus, which causes cervical cancer, the U.S. government said on [...]
Human Papillomavirus Infections: HPV infection rates similar between men and women – Although men are at high risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, most last no more than a year, about the same time this sexually transmitted disease persists in women, researchers report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
HPV has long been known as [...]