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Protests over sanatorium closure Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 Students in the Taiwanese capital have been protesting over the closure of a sanatorium for leprosy sufferers. The compound in Taiwan is expected t...

FDA investigates human food Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now looking into possible contamination of food consumed by humans. FDA officials said they would inspect ...

Canadians spread word on bed nets for malaria Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 More needs to be done to fight malaria, one of the biggest killers of children in Africa, advocates said Wednesday in support of a bed-net fundrais...

Medical Residents Save Healthcare System Significant Money Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 Cutting back on the hours residents work can cost hospitals millions of dollars, according to an analysis published in the Archives of Surgery.

Omeprazole lowers Bleeding Risk in PUD Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 April 18, 2007 (Insidermedicine)- Treating patients with bleeding peptic ulcers with a drug to reduce stomach acid before an endoscopy can reduce b...

Telemonitoriong of Heart Info Helps Congestive Heart Failure Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 Monitoring patients with chronic heart failure by phone can make a big difference to their health, according to a study published in the British Me...

New Treatment for Serious Candida Infections Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 April 26, 2007 (Insidermedicine) A new treatment for a type of fungus that can lead to life-threatening infections is as effective as the current s...

Blood transfusions in children Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 April 17, 2007 (Insidermedicine) - Blood transfusions should be used sparingly in very sick children whose condition is stable, say experts in a re...

Resistance to Pneumococcal Vaccine in Alaska Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 April 24, 2007 (Insidermedicine).

Genetic Mutations Raise Risk for Macular Degeneration Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 April 24, 2007 (Insidermedicine).

Amazing awakening from coma Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 A woman mysteriously wakes up after six years for a three day window before falling asleep again. Doctors are unable to figure out how Christa Lill...

New drug for breast cancer patients Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 Approximately 8,000 to 10,000 women die a year from metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, the type treated with Tykerb, the FDA said. Lindsay Cla...

Fat baby baffles doctors Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 A one-year-old Brazilian boy has baffled doctors with his rapid weight gain. Mateus Araujo weighs twenty-five kilos (55 pounds). He has undergone a...

MRI may catch cancer earlier Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 Two new reports highlight new guidelines for breast cancer detection. The New England Journal of Medicine and the American Cancer Society released ...

Mercury in fish warrants global public health warning: scientists Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 Children and women of child-bearing age should be careful about how much fish they eat and what types because of the health risks from mercury cont...

Doctor warns of extreme reactions to hair dye, tattoos Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 A Toronto dermatologist is warning about allergic reactions to a common ingredient in permanent hair dye and black henna tattoos that can cause ser...

Health Canada adds mercury limits for 6 fish Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 Changing eating habits have led Health Canada to establish new mercury limits on six species of fish.

Teen Smoking and Asthma Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 Research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine shows that teenage smoking increased the risk for asthma.

Sanjay Sharma MD on Macular Degeneration Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 There are 2 types of macular degeneration: the dry and wet types.

Psychological disturbances and acne Channel: Voxant Newsroom Length: 0 Date: September 30, 2008 Three quarters of teens will have acne at some point and some of them will experience severe psychological damage or physical scarring for life.

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