2011

November

• Study shows stroke prevention clinics reduce 1-year mortality rates by over 25 percent

• Sowing the seeds of the obesity epidemic in babyhood

• Medicare change tied to safer weight loss surgery

• What Are the Best Diets for Healthy Living?

• Young Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis at More Risk for Broken Bones

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Have Low Expectations After Knee Replacement Surgery

• Wine May Please the Palate but Not the Immune System

• Sleep Apnea Linked to Teen Obesity

• New interventions, recommendations for controlling allergies & asthma in children

• Researchers discover why measles spreads so quickly

• Body weight, sleep-disordered breathing and cognition linked in children

• ADHD drugs do not increase heart problems in kids

• Doctors separate conjoined twins in California

• Soft drink makers target U.S. youth online: study

• Yoga has small benefit for chronic back pain: study

• Metal detectors probably safe with pacemakers:study

• Study finds overweight teens want to lose weight, going about it the wrong way

• Preterm birth rate shows three year improvement in most states

October

• NIH scientists discover link among spectrum of childhood diseases

• Physicians who play Mozart while performing colonoscopy may improve adenoma detection rate

• Drugs used to tackle hospital-acquired infections can increase post-op complications

• Influencing Craving for Cigarettes by Stimulating the Brain

• IHME develops fast, affordable ways for countries to better identify causes of death in populations

• Cigarette smoking’s impact lingers after quitting

• Insight: Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare

• Seven-billionth human marks demographic change: expert

• Researchers identify potential risk factors for severe altitude sickness

• Thanksgiving Holiday Stuffed with Allergy, Asthma Triggers

• An Antibiotic Effect Minus Resistance

• Doctors Often Overrate How Well They Speak a Second Language

• Obese people regain weight after dieting due to hormones

• Study finds no link between elderly patient activity and hospital falls

• Watermelon reduces atherosclerosis in University of Kentucky study

• Older men with higher testosterone levels lose less muscle mass as they age

• Healthy mouth bacteria provide ideal conditions for gum disease

• Poorer countries, those spending less on health care have more strokes, deaths

• Statin therapy fails to slow progression of atherosclerosis in pediatric lupus patients

• Vitamin B derivative helps diabetics with mild kidney disease

• Hospital team significantly reduced risk of further vascular events after ‘mini strokes’

• Children suffer unnecessarily from chronic postoperative pain

• 2.5 million California children still at risk of secondhand smoke exposure

• U.N. wants better life for world of 7 billion

• Study: Obesity limits effectiveness of flu vaccines

• Blood test could identify smokers at higher risk for heart disease, UT Southwestern researchers find

• Physical fitness could have a positive effect on eye health

• New app aims to reduce stress with slow breathing

• Studies show no extra risk with Pfizer smoking drug

• Smoking a single cigarette may have immediate effect on young adults

• Sildenafil may benefit children with PAH

• When do consumers try to increase social standing by eating too much?

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