2013

June

• A new target for cancer drug development

• Obese male mice father offspring with higher levels of body fat

• Older patients will make lifestyle changes to avoid fractures, study finds

• Why are there so many youth baseball-throwing injuries?

• Hearing Loss Takes a Health Toll

• At-home weight loss programs for kids lack evidence

• ‘Heading’ a soccer ball could lead to brain injury

• Kids’ repeat concussions may mean longer recovery

• MERS coronavirus has potential to cause pandemic: WHO

• Crash diet tied to increased gallstone risk

• Diabetes drug shows promise in treatment of neurodegenerative disease

• How do immune cells detect infections?

• Common genetic disease linked to father’s age

• Breastfeeding benefits babies’ brains

• Study shows how young genes become essential for life

• Johnson & Johnson recalls Cilest birth control pills

• New cancer breakthroughs add pressure to control costs

• Genetic editing shows promise in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

• Neighborhood Features Could Prevent Obesity

• Treatment helps sex stage a comeback after menopause

• A reduction in BMI improves insulin sensitivity in obese teens

• Stories Help Patients Make Health Decisions, MU Researcher Says

• Obese patients trust diet advice from overweight physicians more than normal-weight physicians

• Heart Health Matters to Your Brain

• Multiple sclerosis: Back to basics?

• Secondhand smoke causes longer hospitalization in infants with respiratory infections

• New study explains cognitive ability differences among the elderly

• Flaxseed no help for kids with high cholesterol

• Vegetarian diet tied to fewer deaths over time

• Technique Could Identify Patients at High Risk of Stroke or Brain Hemorrhage

• Weather conditions do not affect fibromyalgia pain or fatigue

• Clinicians often wait for ‘red flags’ before discussing elderly driving

• More TV time equals higher consumption of sweetened beverages among children

• Researchers develop a faster method to identify Salmonella strains

• Researchers identify genetic signature of deadly brain cancer

• The Health and Care of Pregnant Women and Babies in Europe in 2010

May

• New Mayo Clinic Approach Could Lead to Blood Test to Diagnose Alzheimer’s in Earliest Stage

• Safe for stroke patients to continue blood thinners before minor surgical procedures

• Operative death rates higher at weekend, warn researchers

• Small molecule could have big impact on cancer

• C-sections tied to child obesity

• New research shows that potatoes provide one of the best nutritional values per penny

• Heart failure accelerates male ‘menopause’

• A new strategy required in the search for Alzheimer’s drugs?

• Youth with type 2 diabetes at much higher risk for heart, kidney disease

• Future doctors unaware of their obesity bias

• Researchers find common childhood asthma unconnected to allergens or inflammation

• Death rates decline for advanced heart failure patients, but outcomes are still not ideal

• Overeating learned in infancy, study suggests

• Johns Hopkins rewrites obsolete blood-ordering rules

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