2013

July

• Improving medicine acceptance in kids: A matter of taste

• Univ. of MD finds that marijuana use in adolescence may cause permanent brain abnormalities

• Better healthcare for less money, if you can find it

• Physical inactivity, poor diet and smoking linked to disability in older population

• Athletes need to be careful to monitor diet, weight to maintain muscle mass

• Optimists are better at regulating stress

• Faster, simpler diagnosis for fibromyalgia may be on the horizon

• A new player in brain disease and stroke

• Cannabis constituent has no effect on MS progression, study shows

• A new weapon against stroke

• Plain packaging seems to make cigarettes less appealing and increase urgency to quit smoking

• Antioxidants - too much of a good thing?

• Generic Lipitor Recall

• Mexico could legalize marijuana in five years: former president

• Hobby Lobby wins a stay against birth control mandate

• Calcium Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Disease and Death in Patients With Kidney Disease

• Why many abortion clinics in Texas may stay open despite new law

• Longer Duration of Obesity Associated With Subclinical Coronary Heart Disease

• Personality May Predict If You Like Spicy Foods

• Digital health records may save some money: study

• FDA grants emergency approval for test to detect MERS

• Timing of first solid food tied to child diabetes risk

• Undiagnosed pre-diabetes highly prevalent in early Alzheimer’s disease study

• Eating fruits and vegetables tied to longer life

• Texas abortion restrictions headed for approval in state Senate

• Lab tests key to identifying, treating infectious diseases

• Preventing cell death in osteoarthritis

• Parental divorce in childhood is linked to raised inflammation in adulthood

• The aging population and emergency departments

• US farm subsidy policies contribute to worsening obesity trends

• Placebo effect largely ignored in psychological intervention studies

• The cheapest way to diet? Drink at least a litre of WATER a day

• How to reduce the risk of West Nile virus

• WHO sets up emergency committee on MERS virus

• Protecting drinking water systems from deliberate contamination

• New study reveals important role of insulin in making breast milk

• Cosmetic surgery to look whiter fails to boost women’s self-esteem

• Three million Europeans catch infections in hospital annually

• Exercise reorganizes the brain to be more resilient to stress

• Dodging antibiotic side effects

• Scientists discover ethnic differences in immune response to TB bacterium

• New research could pave the way to safer treatments for arthritis

• Brain epigenome changes from birth to adolescence

• Yoga in school not same as teaching religion, California judge rules

• Differences between the sexes stretches to fitness formulas

• Collapsible hampers pose eye risk for kids: doctors

• FDA rejects Merck insomnia drug, seeks lower-dose

• Getting Kids to Eat Their Veggies: A New Approach to an Age-Old Problem

• Vitamin C helps control gene activity in stem cells

• Tobacco control policies stop people from smoking and save lives

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