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ADHD increasingly common in older kids, CDC says

14 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2

(AP) -- More older children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while the rate is holding steady for children under 12, according to a government report released Wednesday.


Old eyes can learn new tricks; findings offer hope for adults with 'lazy eye'

July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

New evidence that the brain regions responsible for vision are capable of adapting in adults offers new hope for those with an untreated condition commonly known as lazy eye. Also called amblyopia, the condition is the most ...


PCI preference -- will that be an arm or a leg?

July 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

When it comes to stenting – using metal tubes to prop open blocked arteries – physicians are continuing to choose to gain entry to the circulatory system through an opening in the leg instead of the arm, even though the latter ...


WHO says Asia should act against TB

July 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- The World Health Organization urged Asian countries on Monday to take action against the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis, warning that even more virulent forms of the disease could spread if they fail ...


Malaria Millennium Development Goal 'unlikely to be met'

July 22, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1

The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria globally is unlikely to be met, according to Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow Professor Bob Snow. The statement comes in ...


Pandemic flu: Most nursing homes don't have a plan

July 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

If an influenza pandemic hits the United States, acute care hospitals are likely to be overwhelmed. Nursing homes may then be expected to assist with the patient overflow, but a new study in the Journal of the American ...