December 2006
Monthly Archive
Wed 27 Dec 2006
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish surgeon who has just examined Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday he is making a good recovery from intestinal surgery, does not have cancer, and could return to governing his country.
Wed 27 Dec 2006
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 16 million British adults are set to make a New Year's resolution, but more than half will lose their resolve before June is up, a study shows.
Wed 27 Dec 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to what has been suggested in some studies, exposure to drinking water disinfection by-products (DBPs) does not seem to raise the risk of pregnancy loss, new research indicates.
Wed 27 Dec 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bowman-Birk inhibitor (BBI), a soy-derived compound, has shown considerable therapeutic potential in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a report in the journal Multiple Sclerosis.
Wed 27 Dec 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study suggests that children who wet the bed at night, despite treatment with the drug DDAVP, may excrete abnormally high levels of sodium, possible because of an imbalance of the hormone-like chemical prostaglandin E2.