2009

April

• Cigarette smoke may alter immune response in COPD exacerbations

• Prescription painkiller relieves shingles pain

• Nicotine replacement could help more smokers quit

• Troubled teen? A summer job might help

• Season of conception tied to birth defect risk

• Alternative Therapies Can be Safe, Effective for Children

• Alzheimer’s Disease Linked to Mitochondrial Damage

• Maternal personality affects child’s eating habits

• Nicotine may have more profound impact than previously thought

• Get junk food out of U.S. schools: PTA, diet group

• Researchers discover new fat-fighting pathway

• Serious Vision Problems in Urban Preschoolers Rare but Not That Rare

• Weight testing predicts eye disease in preemies

• Pain Meds Are Most Common Cause of Death after Spinal Fusion Surgery

• Back Pain Treatment Needs to Catch Up with Evidence

• Share information and stop disease outbreaks: study

March

• Study Reveals New Options for People with PKU

• Octogenarian Muscles Don’t Get Stronger with Exercise

• Tired of the treadmill? Get out and play instead

• Tonsillectomy linked to excess weight gain in kids

• Water in schools may cut kids’ obesity risks

• Device proves option to warfarin in stroke study

• Fat infants at risk of being obese toddlers: study

• Enzymes link brain injury to Alzheimer’s disease

• Action video games improve vision

• Low-income families with sick children often enrolled in high-deductible health care plans

• Too many kids spend little time outdoors

• Meningitis kills over 1,100 West Africans - WHO

• United co-parenting may deter kids’ “acting out”

• Sugar eases pain, and more, for newborns

• Red meat diet tied to early eye problems

• Clinic-Owner Urologists Perform More Surgeries Than Peers

• Naltrexone improves smoking quit rates among heavy social drinkers

• Americans eat too much salt, CDC says

• Calcium plus vitamin D may help shed body fat

• Fast-food diners don’t check calorie content

• Pot-smokers may take more risks on the road

• Gene Variants May Determine Lung Function and Susceptibility to Maternal Smoking

• Many US middle school kids physically unfit: study

• Obesity not apt to affect outcome of knee surgery

• Where Asian-Americans Live Might Affect Whether They Smoke

• Program Helps Improve Management of Chronic Pain

• Even Young People Are Vulnerable to Stroke

• Red and processed meat increases risk of death

• Smokers may have increased risk of pancreatitis

• Vertigo Linked to Osteoporosis

• Surgery Safe for Babies & Toddlers Suffering from Seizures

• Stroke Survivors Improve Balance with Tai Chi

• Physical Abuse Raises Women’s Health Costs Over 40 Percent

• Can You Hear Me Now? Hearing Loss Not Well Documented in Electronic Medical Records

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