2013

September

• Parental stress of caring for a chronically ill child can affect all family members, finds Case Western Reserve researchers

• Different hormone therapy formulations may pose different risks for heart attack and stroke

• AstraZeneca looks for new heart drug approval by next May

• Financial incentives motivate sedentary adults to exercise

• Vitamin D Cuts Kids’ Recurrent Ear Infection

• FDA Says Bleeding Risk with Dabigatran Is Same as with Warfarin

• Most steroid skin creams likely safe during pregnancy

• Delayed vaccines tied to whooping cough risk

• Sleep better, look better? New research says yes

• Americans living longer, more healthy lives

• Diet during pregnancy and early life affects children’s behaviour and intelligence

• UNC research points to promising treatment for macular degeneration

• E-cigarettes: Healthy tool or gateway device?

• Huge tobacco use in India seen killing 1.5 million a year

• Codeine could increase users’ sensitivity to pain

• Women have higher rate of spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus

• Obesity tied to semi-frequent migraines: study

• Study tracks symptoms in men as testosterone levels decline

• Johnson & Johnson recalls schizophrenia drug after discovering mold

• Everyday sadists take pleasure in others’ pain

• Low dose antibiotic treatment of C-difficile as effective as high dose in hospital setting

• Transplanting fat may be effective treatment for metabolic disease

• Shingles symptoms may be caused by neuronal short circuit

• Medicaid pays for nearly half of all births in the United States

• Researchers link obesity and the body’s production of fructose

• Childbirth risks not the same for all obese women

• New strategy could reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics

• Researchers find what’s missing in teen health programs

• Tobacco companies’ interests in smokeless tobacco products in Europe are driven by profit not health

• Racial/ethnic differences in outcomes following subarachnoid hemorrhage

• Obese teenagers who lose weight at risk for developing eating disorders

• More than 100,000 Americans quit smoking due to national media campaign

• Amino acid with promising anti-diabetic effects

• Early-onset Parkinson’s disease linked to genetic deletion

• MRI may predict heart attack and stroke risk in people with diabetes

• Researchers find what’s missing in teen health programs

• Quicker heart treatment hasn’t lowered deaths: study

• Chobani’s pulling moldy yogurt from U.S. shelves prompts federal probe

• Data suggests Abbott’s test may help more accurately diagnose heart attacks in women

• More than one-third of populations worldwide may have low levels of vitamin D, study shows

• A new form of aspirin to overcome ‘aspirin resistance’

• Back of pack health warnings make little impact on teen smokers

• Exercise may reduce the risk of epilepsy later in life for men

• Facebook Group Raises Rate of HIV Testing

• Ear Infections: Treat All Kids

• Endocrinologists Not Surprised by Cardiac Studies

• Aging really is ‘in your head’

• Research confirms Mediterranean diet is good for the mind

• Ease of access improves fruit and vegetable consumption

• Novartis heart failure drug effective across patient groups

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