Cholesterol Levels in the U.S. on the Decline

Male Hormone May Help Heart Failure Patients

Testosterone-Treated Patients Exercised More in Studies

Treatment with testosterone may help heart failure patients feel better and exercise more, preliminary research shows.

The finding comes from four small studies of people with heart failure. The researchers analyzed the results from all of those studies and found that those who took testosterone supplements were able to exercise longer than those who didn't.

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Incontinence Drugs: Benefits and Harms Compared

Medications That Treat Overactive Bladder Offer Modest Benefits and Significant Side Effects

Drugs that treat incontinence caused by an overactive bladder offer modest benefits to some women, and they often come with significant side effects, a new review of research shows.

The government-funded review compared the benefits and side effects of several drugs: darifenacin (Enablex), fesoterodine (Toviaz), oxybutynin (Ditropan, Oxytrol), solifenacin (Vesicare), tolterodine (Detrol), and trospium (Sanctura).

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Few Sexually Active Women Get Chlamydia Test

Experimental Contacts May Ease Pain...

Experimental Contacts May Ease Pain After Laser Eye Surgery

Video Games 'Can Alter Children's Brains'

Children should "feel the grass under their feet" rather than play addictive computer games which can harm their mental development, a leading scientist has said.

Baroness Greenfield, the former director of the Royal Institution, said spending too much time staring at computer screens can cause physical changes in the brain that lead to attention and behaviour problems.

Technology that plays strongly on the senses – like video games – can literally "blow the mind" by temporarily or permanently deactivating certain nerve connections in the brain, the Baroness said.

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Teeth Grinders are in for a Shock

Patients complaining of grinding their teeth in their sleep are being given mild electric shock treatment.

A chain of private dental practices in Hull is trialling a device which delivers a tiny electrical impulse when it detects grinding is about to begin.

Teeth grinding - or bruxism - is a common and usually harmless habit induced by stress.

Beware of CLEVER CHEK TD-4232

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) issued a stern warning yesterday against the use of a smuggled blood glucose meter in the Kingdom. According to an official from the SFDA, the warning goes to health care practitioners and all patients about the use of blood glucose meter CLEVER CHEK TD-4232 manufactured by TaiDoc Technology in Taiwan. “This meter does not have a blood glucose test strip under-fill detection mechanism, nor does it provide feedback to the users when sufficient blood has been applied. It does not alert users either when insufficient blood has been applied,” the official said.

Al-Khumra Virus Back in Jeddah

Ban on Drugs to Help Quit Smoking