2011

March

• Study Finds That Overweight People Really Are Big-Boned

• Hospital performs tracheotomy on terminal Canadian baby

• Time lived with obesity linked with mortality

• Trauma patients protected from worse outcomes associated with so-called ‘weekend effect’

• Radiation Risks to Health: A Joint Statement from Leading Scientific Experts

• Men Fuel Rebound in Cosmetic Surgery

• Stem Cells May Show Promise for People with Rapidly Progressing MS

• Daily Home Dialysis Makes ‘Restless Legs’ Better

• Scientists ID Possible Biomarker to Gauge Alzheimer’s Prognosis, Effect of Therapies

• Wash Your Hands? You May Now Approach the Patient Bed

• Gene Therapy Reverses Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

• Safe to quit smoking before surgery, anytime

• Studies on heart disease and stroke prevention overlook ethnic groups: Study

• Getting healthy: When does prediction help people change their habits?

• Gardening linked to increased vegetable consumption in older adults

• Cerebral palsy among preemies may be declining

• New health statistics show Americans living longer

• Are high-protein diets bad for your colon?

• Health coverage still tough to get for individuals

• Gene therapy shows promise for Parkinson’s

• Pogo sticks recalled in U.S. over injury risks

• Vitamin E users show lower ALS risk

• WHO: No significant global spread of Japan radiation

• New ‘dissolvable tobacco’ products may increase risk of mouth disease

• Prevalence of Heavy Smokers in U.S. Decreases

• Regions With Higher Rate of Diagnoses Have Lower Fatality Rate For Chronic Conditions

• How Patients & Hospitals Can Help Prevent the Spread of HAIs

• Study: Multi-tasking on the street not a good idea for older people

• New articles examine safety of airport security scanners

• Oral Vaccine Could Prevent Half of Cholera Cases, But Less Effective in Kids

• Some Lean Cuisine dishes recalled

• Fortified breast milk may not up preemies’ growth

• Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe

• Japan radioactivity could enter food chain

• Omega-3s linked to less age-related vision loss

• Alzheimer’s in U.S. claims $202 billion in unpaid care

• Stroke incidence higher among patients with certain type of retinal vascular disease

• Painkiller prescribing varies dramatically among family physicians: study

• Antioxidants in pregnancy prevent obesity in animal offspring

• U.S. advisers say teens’ menthol cigarette use rises

• Japan nuclear health risks low, won’t blow abroad

• Age affects us all

• Simple blood test detects early emphysema in smokers before symptoms appear

• Alcohol Has Stronger Impact on Gastric Bypass Patients, Study Finds

• Newly discovered role for enzyme in neurodegenerative diseases

• Study provides explanation for connection between low birth weight and obesity later in life

• Hopkins Children’s study finds some patients with cerebral palsy have asymmetric pelvic bones

• Americans have higher rates of most chronic diseases than same-age counterparts in England

• A new look at the adolescent brain: It’s not all emotional chaos

• Passive smoking increases risk to unborn babies, study says

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