health - "medicine"

An international study published in May 2008 in the New England Journal of medicine has shown that the coagulation factor VIIa can limit the extent of a cerebral hemorrhage. However, in the long term it does not prevent death or severe impairment.

A major new million pound study at the University of Leeds will bring together researchers from medicine, plant science, ecology, social policy and the environment to focus on preventing future food crises in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Warm weather is here and so are the bugs. If you forget to apply insect repellant and get an itchy welt, Ken Haller, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University School of medicine, has a simple solution to end your suffering: Dab a bit of roll-on antiperspirant directly on the bug bite.'The aluminum salts in the antiperspirant help the body to reabsorb the fluid in the bug bite,' Haller says. 'The swelling goes down and the itching stops.

Summer is finally here, and that means it's time to show off those feet. But before you get carried away trying to get that pedicure, slough off those corns or run barefoot through the park at a picnic, Tracey Vlahovic, D.P.M., associate professor of podiatric medicine and orthopedics at Temple University's School of Podiatric medicine, hopes to dispel some common myths that could actually do more harm than good to your feet.

Summer is the season of backyard barbecues, scenic drives through the countryside and heat-relieving dips in the pool.For all of its fun, though, summer is also the time when you're most likely to suffer an injury, especially if you're a teenager, said Dr. Thomas Esposito, professor or surgery and chief of the division of trauma, department of surgery at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of medicine, Maywood.