2011

February

• Foster parents receive more support than kinship caregivers, UT Southwestern study finds

• Internet Kiosks Help Reduce Infant Mortality Rates

• Breastfeeding Program for Premature Babies Goes Online

• UK stroke care is improving, but inequalities still exist

• When the doctor is a woman, patients expect them to be involved in decision making

• Maternal fructose intake impacts female and male fetuses differently

• Will Front-of-Package Food Labels Lead to Healthier Diets?

• The 9 Most Fattening Foods of Winter

• Low vitamin D levels linked to allergies in kids

• Elderly patients admitted with high glucose levels are more likely to die in hospital

• 2 drugs protect hearing better than 1

• Elderly drivers have higher crash rates in non problematic environments than other drivers

• Prevalence of bunions increases with age; more common in women

• New vaccine technology protects mice from hepatitis C virus

• Aging, interrupted

• Alzheimer’s disease may be easily misdiagnosed

• Cell phone use may have effect on brain activity, but health consequences unknown

• Speaking Foreign Languages May Help Protect Your Memory

• UTHealth Receives $3.7 Million Grant for Child Obesity Prevention and Research

• For kids in poverty, no brain benefit to iron, zinc

• Elderly women on bone drugs may live longer

• Half of hamstring injuries happen in NFL preseason

• Blacks’ higher cerebral palsy risk, birth weight tied

• 1 in 9 people aged 45-54 is hearing impaired: study

• Simple Spit and Blood Tests Might Detect Burnout Before It Happens

• Who Can Drive After a Stroke? Tests Can Help Decide

• Cost-Effectiveness Needs to be Considered in Health Policy

• Payment, Shipping Bans Stub Out Cigarette-Selling Websites

• Mayo Clinic Receives Re-accreditation as Certified Stroke Center

• Alcohol linked to complications after joint surgery

• Increasing triglyceride levels linked to greater stroke risk

• Weight Loss Improves Knee Pain From Common Arthritic Condition, Study Says

• Using amphetamines may increase risk of Parkinson’s disease

• How to leave your body

• Family planning programs have success in developing countries, but need to be expanded

• Is the link between poverty and water-related disease making rich people sick?

• Careful cleaning of children’s skin wounds key to healing, regardless of antibiotic choice

• Food tax could trim some people’s calorie intake

• Good Diets Fight Bad Alzheimer Genes

• New Psoriasis Guidelines Stress Importance of Individualized Treatment Plans

• Lavender oil has potent antifungal effect

• Obesity is heart disease killer in its own right, irrespective of other risk factors

• Obesity takes heavy toll on knee arthritis

• Hearing loss associated with development of dementia

• Cigarette smoking associated with increased risk of developing ALS

• Obese women may be less likely to develop glaucoma

• An early step in Parkinson’s disease: Problems with mitochondria

• What Do Fats Do in the Body?

• Acute anemia linked to silent strokes in children

• Stroke medicines still unaffordable for some survivors, according to University of Michigan research

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