Medical News Today: Health News for Wednesday 4 April 2012

Medical News Today provides hourly health news sourced and written by our own dedicated team.

Health News Headlines

Wednesday 4 April 2012

Frequent Urination - Causes And Treatments

Written by Catharine Paddock PhD

Frequent urination, where you feel an urge to pass urine more often than usual, is not just a a nuisance and a cause of poor sleep, it can be a symptom of an underlying medical condition... [read article]

MRI Or Ultrasound Added To Mammography To Improve Breast Cancer Detection

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Females at risk of breast cancer or dense breast tissue benefit from having additional MRI or ultrasound screening when undergoing their annual mammography, researchers reported in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) this week... [read article]

Whooping Cough Vaccine Effectiveness Fades From Ages 8 To 12

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Although vaccines against Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium that causes pertussis (whooping cough) are widespread, it is still a prevalent disease, researchers from Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Rafael, CA, USA... [read article]

Metformin Helps Some Cancer Patients

Other Medical and Health News for 4 April*

Why Cancers Become Resistant To Chemotherapy

Research Could Lead To Better Treatments For Cardiovascular Disease

Cutting Malaria By 30 Per Cent Using Combination Drug Treatment

The Antidepressant Effects Of Testosterone

Potential Strategy To Restore Motor And Cognitive Function In Parkinson's Disease

Identification Of Strong Oral Carcinogen In Smokeless Tobacco

For Children With Perforated Appendicitis, Surgical Treatment Can Cut Costs And Improve Outcomes

Risk Of Serious Eye Disease May Increase With Osteoporosis Drugs

Sperm Binding Cut Off By Ovastacin

More Non-Shockable Cardiac Arrest Victims Survive When Guidelines-Based CPR Used

Chronic Stress Linked To Inflammation And Disease

Improving Road Safety With Graduated Drivers' Licenses For Seniors

Frailty Of Older Drivers Has More Impact On Road Traffic Accident Mortality Than Driving Ability

IBS Sufferers Benefit From Hypnosis

A Regular Walking Regimen Can Benefit Some Cancer Survivors

Guidelines For Use Of DMARDs And Biologic Drugs In Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis Updated By American College Of Rheumatology

Standardized Measures To Determine Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Endorsed By The ACR

Special Class Of Natural Fats Discovered That Stimulates Immune Cells To Fight Diseases

Link Between Violent Computer Games And Aggressiveness Questioned By Researchers

Second Mutation In BRAF-Mutated Melanoma Doesn't Contribute To Resistance

Slow Wound Healing In Women May Be Due To Estrogen

Increase In Suicide Rates In Girls Aged 10-19 In Canada: Suffocation Leading Method For Both Boys And Girls

News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: April 3, 2012

Indoor Tanning Bed Use, Childhood Sunburns May Be Responsible For Dramatic Rise In Skin Cancer In Young Adults

Treating Endocrine Resistant Breast Cancer Cells: 2 Specific Agents Worse Than 1

Multiple Genes Linked To Differences In Cystic Fibrosis Identified

Key Protein Players Identified In Hard-To-Treat Breast Cancers

The Protein Survivin Could Be A Useful Biomarker For Pancreatic Cancer

Association Between Protein Aurora-A And Survival In Head And Neck Cancer

New Clues To The Development Of Blood And Other Cancers

Study Identifies PTSD Genes

America's Obesity Epidemic Significantly Worse Than Previously Believed

Epstein Barr Virus Protects Against Autoimmunity

Antitumor Effect Shown By Cancer Stem Cell Vaccine In Development

Compound That Halts Growth Of Malaria Parasite Created By Yale Nobel Laureate

In Childhood Onset Epilepsy Patients, Aging Accelerates Brain Abnormalities

No Link Found Between Measles-Containing Vaccines And Increased Risk Of Febrile Seizures In Children 4-6

Link Between New Signaling Pathway And Breast Cancer Metastasis

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: April 2, 2012

* Updated hourly, headlines marked as POPULAR are based upon the number of times they are viewed. Those marked as TOP RATED are based upon visitor ratings. Finally, those shown as NEW were published in the last hour.

< -- View news for 3 April 2012

View news for 5 April 2012 -- >

View other days' news for:
April: 1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
March: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

View news for any date:

Contact Our News Editors

For any corrections of factual information, or to contact the editors please use our feedback form.

Please send any medical news or health news press releases to:

Most Popular

Follow Our News On Twitter:

Conditions Information