2012

July

• Panel recommends against ECG tests for heart disease

• Driving sobriety tests likely to miss medical pot

• Catholic business owners win temporary halt to Obama birth control mandate

• Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers discover elusive gene that causes a form of blindness from birth

• Surgical patient safety program lowers SSIs by one-third following colorectal operations

• Study finds novel therapy that may prevent damage to the retina in diabetic eye diseases

• In-utero exposure to magnetic fields associated with increased risk of obesity in childhood

• Petition to waive ethanol mandate may come next week

• New stroke treatments becoming a reality

• Solving the mystery of how cigarette smoking weakens bones

• New Hampshire hepatitis C outbreak triggers fears

• BUSM study identifies receptor’s role in regulating obesity, type 2 diabetes

• Doctors call for new U.S. painkiller labels to stop abuse

• Widespread use of prescription steroids draws worry

• Steroid stanozolol mimics testosterone, boosts muscle

• Medicaid expansion in U.S. states found to cut death rates

• Yoga reduces stress; now it’s known why

• Understand Childhood Obesity, Researchers Look to Inactive, Fat Rats

• How a Common Fungus Knows When to Attack

• Western fast food tied to heart risks in Asia

• Inactivity ‘killing as many as smoking’

• Too Much Water Bigger Threat Than Too Little

• A stronger doctor-patient relationship for the costliest patients

• Are cardiac risk factors linked to less blood flow to the brain?

• Fighting obesity with thermal imaging

• Meditation, exercise may cut sick days from colds

• Chocolate can be good for you: EU regulator

• Tooth fillings made with BPA tied to behavior issues

• Walking to school, sports tied to teen weight

• Fertility Tx May Alter Cancer Risk

• ACL reconstruction technique improves outcomes in pediatric patients

• Twenty percent of US women were uninsured in 2010, up from 15 percent in 2000

• Public favors posthumous reproduction, with consent

• Keep a journal, don’t skip meals to shed weight: study

• Could Wii nunchuks make screen time healthier?

• Should you know if a trainee does your eye surgery?

• Lubricants may not harm fertility

• H1N1 vaccine tied to small Guillain-Barre risk

• Moms’ caffeine not tied to kids’ behavior problems

• Smoking in movies may turn teens to cigarettes: study

• Study confirms uncircumcised boys’ UTI risk

• PG-13 Movies Tied to Kids’ Smoking

• Cancer screening rates comparable for those with and without rheumatoid arthritis

• Tobacco Use More Prevalent among African-American Adolescents Living in Public Housing Communities, MU Researcher Says

• Schools don’t see teen dating violence as a priority

• On-screen smoking may turn teens on to cigarettes

• Babies in dog-owning families may be healthier

• Knee ligament injuries may be more common in men: study

• FDA Closes Door on Unapproved Pain Meds

• Can you hear me now? New strategy discovered to prevent hearing loss

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