2013

August

• Soft drinks and behavioral problems in young children

• LGBT identity data in health records would improve care, reduce disparities

• Your eyes may hold clues to stroke risk

• Rice writes rules for gene-therapy vectors

• Brain’s flexible hub network helps humans adapt

• Having more siblings means less chance of divorce as adult

• Stroke declines dramatically, still higher in Mexican Americans

• Global team identifies new genes behind severe childhood epilepsy

• The skinny on cocaine

• New hope for improved TB treatments

• Children who overestimate their popularity less likely to be bullies

• Thinking about family matters linked to stress for working moms, not dads

• Research shows negative effects of half-siblings

• Caesareans weaken gut microbiota and increase risk of allergies

• Autism affects different parts of the brain in women and men

• Immigration bill offers big economic boost but no major health benefits

• Robot uses steerable needles to treat brain clots

• New research suggests glaucoma screenings for sleep apnea sufferers

• Cognitive decline with age is normal, routine - but not inevitable

• Tide might be turning on U.S. childhood obesity: CDC

• Antioxidants unlikely to boost female fertility

• Liver transplant patients have high rates of metabolic syndrome

• Exercise may reduce heart disease risk in liver transplant recipients

• Parental smoking tied to kids’ risk of lighting up

• Procedure may reduce stroke risk with irregular heartbeat

• Eating a Big Breakfast Fights Obesity and Disease

• Breastfeeding may protect against persistent stuttering

• Sugary drinks tied to obesity among preschoolers

• Can GMOs Be Good for You? 7 Surprising Truths About the Frankenfoods We Feed Our Kids

• Easy Ways to Improve Your Eating Habits

• Eating out may hurt work performance, study shows

• When it comes to health, wine wins over beer

• Acetaminophen indicted in Fatal Skin Reactions by FDA

• Grape consumption associated with healthier eating patterns in US children and adults

• Mount Sinai researchers develop first successful laboratory model for studying hepatitis C

• Pollutants from incense smoke cause human lung-cell inflammation

• Take your child’s word for it on asthma, study finds

• New IOM report lays out plan to determine effectiveness of obesity prevention efforts

July

• Doctors urged to talk to patients about parking cellphones

• BPA exposure disrupts human egg maturation

• Study Shows Combination Stroke Therapy Safe and Effective

• Exercise May be the Best Medicine for Alzheimer’s

• Taxing sugary beverages not a clear cut strategy to reduce obesity

• Making a change: Status quo bias in health decision making

• Methamphetamine increases susceptibility to deadly fungal infection

• Disabled children treated more harshly in developing world

• Young cannabis-smokers aware of the health risks

• Women Lack Guidance for Sex After MI

• A promising target to treat asthma

• Smoking in pregnancy tied to kids’ conduct problems

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