2011

September

• Half of Americans sip sugary drinks daily

• 5 ways to get cheaper medical care

• Avastin Injections Are Reported to Cause Blindness

• Colleges tell smokers, ‘You’re not welcome here’

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Help Treat Patients With Dental Phobia

• Link Found Between Poor Epilepsy Control And Higher Healthcare Costs

• Motivating Workers To Wash Their Hands

• Insomnia costing US workforce $63.2 billion a year in lost productivity, study shows

• Increased prevalence of stroke hospitalizations seen in teens and young adults

• Experts offer pointers for optimizing radiation dose in chest CT

August

• Massage device eyed in doctor’s death

• High-sodium diet can also damage the brain

• Future climate change may increase asthma attacks in children

• Happiness: All in who you know, goals

• Women may get unneeded osteoporosis screening

• It’s official—chocolate linked to heart health

• Cigarette smoking causes more arterial damage in women than in men

• Bilingual babies’ vocabulary linked to early brain differentiation

• 65 million more obese adults in the US and 11 million more in the UK expected by 2030

• Statins reduce deaths from infection and respiratory illness, 8 years on from trial

• Apixaban superior to warfarin for preventing stroke, reducing bleeding and saving lives

• Obesity to worsen, weigh heavily on healthcare costs

• Global Rates of Obesity Doubled in 30 Years

• Call to measure duration of obesity

• Hospital-related infections drop under California initiative

• FDA Urges Lowering Maximum Daily Dose Of Celexa

• Achieving realistic physical activity goals benefits RA patients

• 85 percent of homeless people have chronic health conditions

• Baby research challenged in new report

• Big tobacco to take Australia packaging fight to higher court

• Afghanistan fights population growth with birth control

• No illegal drugs in Winehouse toxicology report

• Judge sets September hearing on cigarette ads

• For sleeping babies, softer isn’t safer

• Many seniors leave the hospital without their meds

• Consuming cholesterol-lowering foods results in greater decrease in LDL than low-saturated-fat diet

• Extreme morning sickness could lead to lifelong emotional, behavioral disorders in kids

• Extreme negative anti-smoking ads can backfire, MU experts find

• Newest screen for newborns will indicate heart problems

• Drop in hormone therapy use linked with drop in mammogram rates

• Study identifies new way to treat common hospital-acquired infection

• H1N1 Flu Vaccine Safe in Patients with Kidney Failure or Transplant

• Acne-Treating Antibiotic Cuts Catheter Infections in Dialysis Patients

• Doctors, Nurses Often Use Holistic Medicine for Themselves

• Leading Treatments for Uveitis Found to be Similarly Effective, Increasing Patient Options

• Medical Expenses Related to Obesity Costs States Billions

• Cholesterol Drugs can Reduce Stroke Risk, but Aren’t for Everyone

• Vaccinations: They Are Not Just For Kids, Says Loyola Expert

• Conference Looks at Ethics of Human Tissue Research

• Simple Test May Help Identify People at Risk of Stroke

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