2011

April

• Babies born earlier in areas near busy road junctions

• Researchers link herpes to Alzheimer’s disease

• Men who lose their jobs at greater risk of dying prematurely

• China halts nearly half dairy producers in quality crackdown

• Scientists find five new Alzheimer’s risk genes

March

• Age-Related Conditions Develop Faster in Adults with Diabetes

• Pricey cigarettes mean fewer teens smoke

• Half a million die from smoking yearly in U.S.

• New strategic plan for NIH obesity research seeks to curb epidemic

• Remove children’s catheters as soon as possible to prevent bloodstream infections

• Immune therapy can control fertility in mammals

• Bariatric surgery highly cost-effective treatment for type 2 diabetes in the obese

• Nine die in Alabama during bacteria outbreak

• Evidence ties smoking to throat, stomach cancer

• Greater brain risks from “real-world” ecstasy use

• Stop Torture in Health Care Trailer

• Babies who sleep with smoker parents exhibit high nicotine levels

• Free phone app helped doctors perform better in simulated cardiac emergency

• K-State chemists’ biosensor may improve food, water safety and cancer detection

• Medical Student Brings Radiology to Uganda

• Indications of Alzheimer’s Disease May Be Evident Decades Before First Signs of Cognitive Impairment

• Marijuana Use May Hurt Intellectual Skills in MS Patients

• Predicting serious drug side effects before they occur

• Early indications of Parkinson’s disease revealed in dream sleep

• New direction for epilepsy treatment

• Demographics cloud optimism on black violent crime decrease

• More boys than girls wet their beds

• Surprising Ways Smoking Affects Your Looks and Life

• Tobacco Coalition: 27-cent hike on cigarettes isn’t enough

• You are never too old to quit smoking, say King’s Lynn couple

• “Smoking-ban murder”

• Secondhand smoke raises the stakes in America’s casinos

• How to Stop Smoking Once and for All

• Airport smoking lounges: Here to stay?

• 17 Creative Anti-Smoking Ads

• Your Sex Life Up in Smoke

• Smoking is Murder!

• Research at Marshall University may lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders

• Inadequate diet can lead to anemia in postmenopausal women

• Nearly 1 in 4 postmenopausal women with fractures is obese

• ‘Can you hear me now?’ Researchers detail how neurons decide how to transmit information

• Asthma drug could help control or treat Alzheimer’s disease

• Researchers unlock new secret to how smells are detected

• Acupuncture is equally effective with simulated needles

• Researchers find eye development error causing cataracts, glaucoma

• Stem cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration—a step closer to reality

• Mother’s obesity may lead to infertility in the next generation

• Newly discovered virus implicated in deadly Chinese outbreaks

• For back, neck pain, artificial disc replacement has cost, outcome advantages over fusion surgery

• Most ready-to-eat meat products contain very few cancerous compounds

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