High-Altitude Climbs May Cause Corneal SwellingDoes not appear to affect visionSwelling commonly occurs in the corneas of mountain climbers, but does not appear to affect vision at altitudes of up to 6,300 meters (about 20,670 feet), according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals."High-altitude mountaineering is a popular recreational sport among healthy lowlanders," the authors ...
MEDICALLY SPEAKING: Arthritis not just a disease of the agedAs we age, we tend to think more about the maladies that seem to come with the years. One disease that's been associated with aging is arthritis, the painful swelling and stiffening of joints. But for as many as 400 out of every 100,000 children, arthritis is a current reality, not a vague possibility decades away.
Mumps break out in New York, New JerseyNEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A case of mumps at a summer camp has spread to more than 1,000 people in New York and New Jersey, most of them adolescent Orthodox Jews, officials said.
Mumps Outbreak Hits Brooklyn Orthodox JewsWith many cases stemming from an outbreak at a Jewish boys' summer camp upstate, more than 1,000 in New York and New Jersey are infected with the mumps , most of them Orthodox Jews. One camper—who caught the old-fashioned childhood disease in England where more than 4,000 are infected—spread the sickness to 25 of his bunk-mates, who then brought it home to their Orthodox communities. Many came ...
Lower Overall Dosage Of Radiotherapy In Fewer Larger Doses As Safe For Breast Cancer PatientsThe chronic side-effects of radiotherapy for early breast cancer, as reported by women themselves, are not any worse when treatment is given in a lower overall dose in fewer but larger treatments according to a trial part funded by Cancer Research UK and published in the Lancet Oncology. The study was part of the 4,451 patient START 1 trials, which were co-ordinated by the Clinical Trials and ...