News in category: Miscellaneous

Antibiotic Use Increases Childhood Asthma Risk Updated July 2007: A Canadian study, published in Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, found that antibiotic use early in life can increase the risk for asthma . When investigators compared children who received antibiotics during their

One in Eight Soldiers Suffers from PTSD after Returning from War Updated July 2007: Right now there are hundreds of thousands of American soldiers fighting in Iraq. The sights and sounds of war can be very difficult for these men to process. Many of the soldiers are unable to remove these images from t

Updated June 2007- According to a study completed in Hong Kong , elderly obese people have a lower risk of contracting tuberculosis in comparison to underweight and average weight elderly people. The study had 42,116 people from 18 geriatric centers closely monitored for 5 years from 2000. The pa

Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Becoming More Prevalent Extensively drug resistant TB (XDR-TB) is a form of TB that is almost completely resistant to antibiotics. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that attacks the lungs. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) , nearly 30,000 peop

A new study, done by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, found that almost 5% of patients in hospitals and nursing homes are infected with a drug-resistant staph germ called Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) . This superbug cannot be cured by many

Ketamine May Cause Bladder, Kidney Dysfunction Updated June 2007- Several epidemiologists have linked several severe cases of bladder and kidney dysfunction to ketamine abuse in ten young adults in Hong Kong. Widely abused by young adults as a party drug, ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic simil

Updated June 2007- Thousands of rescue workers that responded to the World Trade Center disaster are now struggling with serious respiratory and gastrointestinal problems, rare cancers , and emotional issues such as anxiety and depression. A number of others have died from serious health complications.

Study Reveals Costs of Treating Diabetes Updated 2007- The National Changing Diabetes Program ( NCDP ), based on sampling data from 2005, concluded that one out of every eight U.S. federal dollars goes toward treating diabetes. The study found that federal health authorities spent in fiscal year 20

Oklahoma Women May Be Subject of Police Misconduct A woman in Oklahoma recently died after she received shocks from a taser gun administered by police. Milisha Thompson, 35, was already handcuffed and on the ground when she received the shocks. The incident, captured on a surveillance camera, shows

The United States District Court, for the Southern District of California, Judge Larry A. Burns presiding, declined to grant a preliminary injunction sought by the U.S. Department of Justice, and dismissed a receiver that had been appointed pursuant to a temporary restraining order that the Government secured on Novemb

California's autism rate has skyrocketed over the past four years according to a new study recently completed by the state's Department of Developmental Services. According to the report, which tracked the number of autism cases reported to 21 regional medical centers receiving government-funded aid, 10,360 cases were

Ford Motor Company, the nation's second-largest automaker, has settled a lawsuit involving the controversial E-350 15-passenger van. The suit was filed by the family of two people who died in 1996 when their E-350 van flipped on a Kentucky highway. The case was scheduled for trial Monday in Chicago. In January, U.S.

According to newly released Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) documents, unexploded munitions, including chemical and biological weapons, at over 16,000 inactive military ranges present a major public health risk. Made available by the Washington-based public interest group Public Employees for Environmental Respo

The Las Vegas Police Department has agreed to settle a misconduct lawsuit filed by two tourists for $900,000. In May 1997, 31-year-old Juan Berry and 32-year-old James Suggs were arrested outside a Las Vegas nightclub after a fight with off-duty SWAT officers. Berry and Suggs alleged they did nothing wrong and that t

A Florida jury recently ordered a weapons distributor to pay $1.2 million to the widow of a Lake Worth teacher who was gunned down by one of his students. Thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Brazill shot and killed Barry Grunow with a .25-caliber Raven handgun on the last day of the 2000 school year because the Lake Worth Com