2014

January

• People who enjoy life maintain better physical function as they age

• Vitamin D status associated with multiple sclerosis activity, progression

• Toddlers’ aggression is strongly associated with genetic factors

• Researchers identify possible explanation for link between exercise & improved prostate cancer

• New hope for Gaucher patients

• York scientists investigate the fiber of our being

• Cleveland Clinic identifies mechanism in Alzheimer’s-related memory loss

• Nationwide minimally invasive surgery rates triple for pancreatic disease

• Most Practice Guideline Recommendations Based on Less-Than-Ideal Quality of Evidence

• Popular blood type diet debunked

• Brain regions ‘tune’ activity to enable attention

• How much does it cost to have a baby in a hospital?

• Does taking multiple medicines increase your risk of being admitted to hospital?

• Don’t just sit there! Prolonged sitting linked to early mortality in women

• Diabetes blood glucose targets are risk free, research shows

• Parental leave policies best promote gender equity and well-being in women’s health

• Wayne State discovers potential treatment for better heart health in hemodialysis patients

• Study finds later school start times improve sleep and daytime functioning in adolescents

• How fiber prevents diabetes and obesity

• Prevalence of hepatitis C infection found to vary widely among Hispanics

• Scripps Research Institute Scientists Develop Promising Drug Candidates for Pain, Addiction

• How the immune system fights off malaria

• Benefits of cognitive training can last 10 years in older adults

• Mutation discovery may improve treatment for rare brain tumor type

• White parents more likely to use age-appropriate car seats than non-whites

• 2 players produce destructive cascade of diabetic retinopathy

• Self-medicating moms more likely to give kids pain meds

• Text messaging boosts flu vaccine rates in pregnant women

• Fad diets can work, but experts find no magic slimming bullet

• China reports one more H7N9 bird flu death

• Parent involvement can help kids get more active

• Roche’s Tamiflu for children temporarily in short supply in U.S.

• Eating tree nuts tied to lowered obesity risk

• Effects of eating half an avocado with lunch on satiety & desire to eat between meals

• AML Score That Combines Genetic and Epigenetic Changes Might Help Guide Therapy

• Study shows women continue to outlive men as numbers of centenarians on the rise

• Nutrition guidelines needed for full-service restaurant chains

• 8 million lives saved since surgeon general’s tobacco warning 50 years ago

• Perceived benefits of e-cigarettes may lead to higher experimentation rates

• Racism may accelerate aging in African-American men

• Drugs related to cannabis have pain-relieving potential for osteoarthritis

• New global stroke repository offers regional comparative statistics

• Childhood fractures may indicate bone-density problems

• Researchers discover molecule behind the benefits of exercise

• Seasonal flu widespread in the United States: CDC

• Study supports a causal role in narcolepsy for a common genetic variant

• Turning Off the “Aging Genes”

• Residual activity ‘hot spots’ in the brain key for vision recovery in stroke patients

• Higher vitamin D levels in pregnancy could help babies become stronger

• Few persons with metabolic syndrome adhere to nutrition recommendations

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