Education Program Spurs Blacks to Take Blood Pressure Meds

A patient education program that included encouragement and occasional gifts improved medication adherence — taking medicines consistently and correctly — among black Americans with high blood... Read more

Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS

An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said Wednesday. While... Read more

Statins Lower Risk of Clots in Cancer Patients

A class of drugs widely used to lower cholesterol may have a future in preventing blood clots in patients with breast, lung, colon and other solid-organ cancers. Research from scientists at the Albert... Read more

Osteoporosis Meds Linked to Heart Problem

The popular bone-building medications known as bisphosphonates may have a rare, but serious, cardiac side effect. A review of available research concludes that these medications may increase the risk of... Read more

Leukaemia drug can halt, reverse MS

Researchers at the University of Cambridge said Thursday they have found that a drug originally developed to treat leukaemia can halt and even reverse the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis (MS). In... Read more

WFP says one million Burundian children malnourished

Around one million Burundian children under the age of five suffer chronic malnutrition, the UN food agency announced Thursday as it marked World Food Day in the tiny central African nation. The World... Read more

Obesity linked to poorer asthma treatment response

Lab experiments indicate that people with asthma who are overweight or obese have a reduced response to steroid treatment, compared with their lean counterparts. Inhaled steroids are the mainstay of asthma... Read more

Anti-Obesity Drugs Could Fight Viral Infections

Drugs used to treat obesity may be effective against a wide range of viral infections such as the flu, hepatitis, and even HIV, say researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center and Princeton... Read more

Vigorous Exercise Aids Those With Obesity-Related Gene

Physical activity may reduce the risk of obesity in people with a genetic mutation that predisposes them to high body-mass index (BMI), says a U.S. study. Recent research has shown a link between BMI... Read more

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