Editorials in 2 major journals call for more judicious use of androgen-deprivation therapy in the treatment of prostate cancer. Medscape Medical News

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A fenofibric acid plus rosuvastatin combination resulted in a better lipid profile than either drug alone in patients with type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia. Medscape Medical News

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Endometriosis is a poorly understood chronic disease characterized by infertility and chronic pelvic pain during intercourse. It affects between 5 to 10 million women in the U.S. Serdar Bulun, M.D., George H. Gardner Professor of Clinical Gynecology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, has spent the past 15 years investigating and identifying the causes of this disease.

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Government leaflets about the swine flu outbreak and how to prevent its spread are to be delivered to every UK household.

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Ageism in the NHS means older people get poorer stroke care than younger victims, a charity says.

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Parents get a renewed warning not to risk their babies' lives by sharing a bed with them while sleeping.

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Now that the WHO has raised its pandemic alert level from phase 3 to phase 4, international concern has begun to mount.

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Wine drinkers in England are consuming about 2,000 calories just from booze each month, according to a new study. A significantly large proportion of these people are not aware of the calories that pile up when consuming wine. They are the equivalent to consuming an extra 38 roast beef dinners or 184 bags of crisps.

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Related Articles [Equitable AIDS prevention.] Cuad Bioet. 2008 Sep-Dec;19(67):543-55 Authors: López Del Burgo C According to the December 2006 UNAIDS report, by the end of 2006 approximately 39.5 million people in the world were living with HIV/AIDS. In 2006, about 4.3 million people worldwide became infected and 8,000 people a day died of HIV/AIDS. About half of the new infections occurred in young people aged between 15 and 24. In December 2004, The Lancet

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Diabetic Hypoglycaemia , the influential online diabetes journal published by ESP Bioscience, leads its new issue with an editorial and feature article authored by Professor Christopher Ryan of the Editorial Board, on the potentially deleterious effects of poor metabolic control on the brain and central nervous system (CNS).

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Related Articles Improving health research. Lancet. 2009 Jan 17;373(9659):213-214 Authors: Rabiu TB PMID: 19150697 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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It might be possible to grow human blood platelets in the laboratory for transfusion, according to a new study at The Ohio State University Medical Center. The findings, published in the January 1, 2009 issue of the journal Experimental Hematology, might one day enable blood banks to grow platelets continuously and in quantities that can ease the chronically tight supply of these critical blood components.

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Communities in Nebraska, Wisconsin, Maine and New York addressed fluoridation issues at the polls Nov. 4 and generated mixed results.

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In a new study of elderly patients receiving long-term hemodialysis, nearly all had some degree of visual impairment. Reuters Health Information

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A University of Cincinnati (UC) neurosurgeon who has spent his career helping people with severe spine problems stand up straight has spearheaded the creation of a new spinal deformity classification system. The system, published this fall in the journal Neurosurgery, defines deformity in relation to the healthy, normal curve of the spine.

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Related Articles The benefits of intrauterine balloon An intrauterine manipulator and balloon proved useful in myomectomy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Nov;199(5):581.e1 Authors: Agdi M, Tulandi T PMID: 18984081 [PubMed - in process]

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Eli Lilly and Company announced it intends to donate more than 800,000 vials of insulin to the International Diabetes Federation's Life for a Child Program, providing free life-saving medicine to as many as 24,000 children who currently have no access to diabetes treatment. The initial focus of the donations will be to help children with diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa.

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A clinical review shows that women who have had bariatric surgery and then become pregnant have a lower risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes vs obese pregnant women. Medscape Medical News

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Inequalities in support for children with diabetes in England's primary schools could be putting the health of up to 84 per cent (an estimated 6,500 children) of 5- to 11-year-olds with the condition at risk, according to a Diabetes UK report out today. 'Making all children matter' reveals that only 16 per cent of primary schools where there are children with diabetes have a medications policy and administer vital insulin.

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In July of this year, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released revised recommendations for the management of hypercholesterolemia in children (see table).1 Within days after publication, the new policy ...

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Based on current estimates, 8,420 people are expected to die from melanoma this year. In an effort to reverse this sobering trend, dermatologists and the scientific community alike are continually developing new diagnostics, refining detection guidelines and providing patients with the tools they need to properly examine their own skin for signs of skin cancer. Speaking today at the American Academy of Dermatology's SKIN academy (Academy), dermatologist Ellen S.

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Prime Minister Gordon Brown responded to a question about a lack of support for children with diabetes in schools during today's Prime Minister's Questions. To mark World Diabetes Day on 14 November, Warrington MP and Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes Helen Southworth asked the Prime Minister what the Government is doing to help children with diabetes who are not receiving adequate support at school to effectively manage their condition.

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