Important news for seniors: A daily dose of vitamin D cuts your risk of falling substantially, researchers reported today.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 05, 2009
Are you at risk for dowager's hump? Findings from a small study suggest you may want to try yoga to decrease this age-related curve of the upper spine.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 05, 2009
One in two adult Australians has a blood cholesterol level over 5.5 resulting in a huge cost to the community in terms of lives lost, and financial cost to the nation's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in order to control it.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 04, 2009
Australians are being encouraged to set aside some time to go for a walk and to continue to be active as part of Walk to Work Day today.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 04, 2009
In-store flu vaccinations helped Walgreen Co , the largest U.S. drugstore chain, post on Friday a better-than-expected 5.3 percent jump in September sales at its stores open at least a year.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 02, 2009
High-risk patients who took a combination of three older heart drugs -- a generic statin, a generic blood pressure pill and a low-dose aspirin -- cut their risk of a heart attack or stroke by as much as 80 percent, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 02, 2009
An experimental diabetes drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca met its main target in a late stage study, achieving significant reductions in glycosylated hemoglobin levels.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 02, 2009
Walgreen Co , the largest U.S. drugstore chain, said September sales at its stores open at least a year jumped 5.3 percent, aided by in-store flu vaccinations and shoppers filling more 90-day prescriptions.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 02, 2009
Women who are overweight or obese when they get pregnant are more likely to give birth to children with congenital heart defects, according to a U.S. government study released on Thursday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 02, 2009
A virtual reality tool, developed by Flinders University, is coming to the aid of older people with early onset dementia, improving their quality of life while giving their carers a little peace of mind.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 01, 2009
Today Australia will embark on what is potentially the biggest vaccination program in its history, offering free pandemic (swine flu) vaccine to every person in the country.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 01, 2009
A Curtin University of Technology study has found that regular moderate activity such as housework, gardening, or walking, can reduce the risk of ischemic stroke in the elderly. Ischemic stroke is caused by blockage of arteries leading to or in the brain.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 01, 2009
Michael Jackson was in reasonably good health at the time of his death opposing numerous media reports that portrayed him as terribly skinny and sick, the Associated Press reported Thursday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 01, 2009
President Barack Obama announced a plan on Wednesday to spend $5 billion on medical and scientific research, medical supplies and upgrading laboratory capacity, which he said would create tens of thousands of new jobs.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 01, 2009
Children of women infected with influenza during pregnancy have a substantially higher risk of heart disease late in life, according to a study published on Wednesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 01, 2009
Female Health Co's new version of its female condom is now available to state health agencies and nonprofit organizations, but the company is still trying to make it more widely available in stores.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 01, 2009
A diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and low in sweets and processed meats, may help lower the risk of breast cancer in some African-American women.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 01, 2009
The very first doses of swine flu vaccine will start arriving in states and cities that ordered it on Tuesday, and might be sprayed up the first patients' noses by the end of the week, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 01, 2009
Experiments which mimicked a low-calorie diet by tinkering with genes in mice extended their lives and prevented disease, and a drug that has the same effect could give people longer, healthier lives, scientists said on Thursday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 01, 2009
Fifteen states could run out of hospital beds and 12 more could fill 75 percent of their beds with swine flu sufferers if 35 percent of Americans catch the virus in coming weeks, a report released Thursday said.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 01, 2009
Former INXS and Noiseworks singer Jon Stevens is being held in hospital after suffering complications following emergency open-heart surgery, his management company said on Thursday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 01, 2009
A dearth of new products, new technologies and fresh commitments by governments scrambling to protect their populations from pandemic threats have lured U.S. drugmakers back into the flu vaccine business.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 01, 2009
