A stellate-ganglion block is a numbing of the star-shaped collection ofnerves in the neck that is thought to affect both temperature and sleepcontrol. A new study published in The Lancet Oncologyreports that breast cancer survivors who are treated with astellate-ganglion block can achieve long-term relief from hot flushesand sleep problems.

When most people think about the side effects of (cortico)steroids, images of midgets or bodybuilders may come to mind. Many people with allergies and asthma use nasal and inhaled steroids…

Top policy and research experts and leaders of seven pediatric societies last week convened in Hawaii at a public symposium about health care and poverty issues facing U.S. children and adolescents as part of an effort to make the issues a top priority for national and state election candidates this year, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports.

Eli Lilly and Company announced the scaling-up of an existing partnership with the World Medical Association (WMA) by providing a grant of $998,773 to expand training courses for physicians on multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable disease that kills close to two million people every year and infects an estimated nine million more. Of these, nearly 500,000 have multidrug-resistant TB.

The fact that 500,000 mostly low-income women worldwide die during childbirth every year is “[o]bscene,” but the experiences of staff from the nongovernmental organization Partners in Health in Haiti show how a “vast improvement” can be made, PIH founder Paul Farmer and PIH Executive Director Ophelia Dahl write in a

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Mitch Roob on Friday announced that CMS has approved an expansion of Hoosier Healthwise, the state’s version of SCHIP, the

The Chicago Tribune Magazine on Sunday examined HIV/AIDS among children and adolescents in the U.S. According to the Tribune, there are about 6,000 children and young adults living with HIV/AIDS in the country.

The Washington Post on Tuesday published several articles about the “pivotal role” women play in health care as patients and as primary caregivers (Washington Post, 5/13). Summaries appear below.Elderly care: Rita Zeidner, a frequent contributor to the Post, writes about her experience caring for her aging parents.

The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined how efforts by the state of Connecticut to expand disclosure among the HMOs in its Medicaid program have resulted in insurers dropping out of the program and have “left Connecticut’s Medicaid program in turmoil, jeopardizing health care for thousands of poor residents.

The Washington Post on Tuesday profiled American Cancer Society President Elmer Huerta, who uses Spanish-language television and radio to encourage Hispanic women in the U.S. to seek preventive health care.