Heating blanket cuts pain during ambulance ride NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For women with pelvic pain due to infection and other causes, symptoms can be effectively relieved before they reach the hospital by active warming with an electric heating blanket, Austrian researchers report.
Irritable bowel increases risk of other conditions NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The findings from a large study indicate that patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are at increased risk for migraine, depression or fibromyalgia, a chronic condition of fatigue, muscle pain and other symptoms.
Surgeon"s hot tub tied to breast implant infections NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Surgical wound infections with a previously unidentified type of bacterium, which developed in women who underwent breast augmentation at a single medical facility, were traced to a particular surgeon and to his outdoor whirlpoo...
Exercise alone unlikely to prevent obesity NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Simply increasing physical activity levels alone is unlikely to reduce body weight in young children, and therefore will probably not prevent obesity, although it may set the stage for a healthier lifestyle, the results of a stu...
"Special needs" kids often the target of bullies NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with special health care needs are at increased risk of being bullied at school, while children with behavioral, emotional or developmental problems have an increased likelihood of bullying other children and of being a...