2013

January

• Childhood obesity: Jeremy Hunt threatens food industry with legislation

• Should I stop drinking alcohol in January?

• Women should support each other over weight, says minister

• Early start for Rotherham smokers

• Back to school means back to flu

• Few people know obesity can cause more harm to health than just heart disease, diabetes

• 2012 was worst year for whooping cough since 1955

• Two Chinese women die from H1N1 flu in Beijing: state media

• Shifting the balance between good fat and bad fat

• Genetically modified food labeling measure to qualify for Washington state ballot

• New food safety rules aim for more accountability

• Researchers identify an early predictor for glaucoma

• Study refutes accepted model of memory formation

• Risk genes for Alzheimer’s and mental illness linked to brain changes at birth

• Electric stimulation of brain releases powerful, opiate-like painkiller

• Nature-inspired advance for treating sensitive teeth

• Previous Studies on Toxic Effects of BPA Couldn’t be Reproduced, says MU Research Team

• Physician review websites rely on few patient reviews

• Quitting smoking ‘reduces anxiety’

• Still hungry? It could be that fructose in your drink

• More evidence for “obesity paradox”

• Second impact syndrome: A devastating injury to the young brain

• Higher levels of obesity associated with increased risk of death

• Pediatricians say kids need recess during school

• Every school needs a doctor, pediatricians say

2012

December

• Graphic anti-smoking ad launched

• Rush University Medical Center scientists home in on cause of osteoarthritis pain

• 56 percent of female university students get drunk in record time

• Nap Nanny baby recliners recalled in U.S. after 5 deaths

• US cancer screening rates decline over the last 10 years, finds new study

• Poor reading skills tied to risk of teen pregnancy

• Rates of Childhood Obesity Fall Slightly

• For pre-teens, kindness may be key to popularity

• Obesity declining in young, poorer kids: study

• Web-based info may not increase cancer screening

• Simple eye scan can predict how quickly Multiple Sclerosis patients will decline

• Flu activity at highest level in a decade

• Obesity may be declining among preschool-aged children living in low-income families

• Study examines overuse of ambulatory health care services in United States

• Big transfusions add risk for heart attack patients with anemia

• Children with chronic conditions increasingly use available resources in children’s hospitals

• Allergies, extra weight tied to bullying

• Idaho, California cities deemed best in U.S. for men

• Mount Sinai survey shows that nearly 1 in 3 children with food allergies experience bullying

• Attention pot smokers: Cannabis makes enduring pain more bearable

• Chinese medicine yields secrets to scientists at The Scripps Research Institute

• Antibiotic No Help for Cough

• Soda and Food Ads Aimed at Kids Decline

• Cannabis can make patients ‘less bothered by pain’

• “Never” surgery mistakes still happening to patients

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