2014

February

• I smoke, but I’m not a smoker

• Minimum alcohol price would save UK lives, cut healthcare costs

• Tweaking an exercise routine to stay strong after 50

• Breast cancer drug fights fungal disease

• How our brain networks: Research reveals white matter ‘scaffold’ of human brain

• Manga comics may help promote fruit consumption among youth

• Long distance signals protect brain from viral infections

• Cars, computers, TVs spark obesity in developing countries

• EU rules “mean children can’t get life-saving cancer drugs”

• Smoking linked with increased risk of most common type of breast cancer

• Obese Children More Likely to Have Complex Elbow Fractures and Further Complications

• U.S. group issues stroke prevention guidelines just for women

• Tests to show water safety after coal ash spill in North Carolina

• Fortified foods make up for some missing nutrients: study

• Flavor-pairing may teach kids to like vegetables

• Rett syndrome genetic variants now available for advance testing, diagnosis & research

• Scientific Review Points to Dietary Supplement Users Engaging in a Pattern of Healthy Habits

• Columbia study finds hospitals don’t follow infection prevention rules

• Intervention in first 1,000 days vital to fulfilling childhood potential

• Nutritional supplement improves cognitive performance in older adults, USF researchers find

• Early treatment with AED reduces duration of febrile seizures

• Stem cells to treat lung disease in preterm infants

• Monkeys that eat omega-3 rich diet show more developed brain networks

• New evidence shows increase in obesity may be slowing, but not by much

• Will your child be a slim adult?

• Fewer than half of women attend recommended doctors visits after childbirth

• Electronically controlled drugs could minimize side effects

• Rural primary care physicians offer insight into rural women’s health care

• Decriminalizing Pot May Land More Kids in the ER

• Adolescents’ salt intake correlates with obesity, inflammation

• U.S. FDA approves Vanda’s circadian rhythm drug Hetlioz

• All alcohol, even wine, raises risk of gout flare-ups: study

• Massachusetts licenses its first medical marijuana dispensaries

• Could your relationship with your mom increase your child’s chances of obesity?

• New study finds differences in concussion risk between football helmets

• New study finds no reason to replace fructose with glucose

• Potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease

• Study Shows Autistic Brains Create More Information at Rest

January

• Poor breakfast in youth linked to metabolic syndrome in adulthood

• How does the brain create sequences?

• Music therapy’s positive effects on young cancer patients’ coping skills, social integration

• Mother’s high-fat diet alters metabolism in offspring, leading to higher obesity risk

• Physical activity significantly extends lives of cancer survivors

• Researchers Discover Potential Drug Targets for Early Onset Glaucoma

• Deaths higher for heart attack patients at night and weekends

• Fast eye movements: A possible indicator of more impulsive decision-making

• Probability of blindness from glaucoma has nearly halved

• Researchers identify innate channel that protects against pain

• Older brains slow due to greater experience, rather than cognitive decline

• Study finds decreased life expectancy for multiple sclerosis patients

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