2008

December

• Two Biomarkers Improve Prediction of Stroke Risk

• Alzheimer’s Disease: Women Affected More Often than Men

• Dieting May Cut Risk for Gum Disease, Mostly In Males

• Older Blacks Rate Own Health Less Positively Than Older Whites Do

• Watching Water from Space Could Aid Disease Prevention in China

• Tonsillectomy results unaffected by kids’ obesity

• ‘Twas the Week Before Christmas and Santa’s Due for a Check-Up

• Smoking Associated With Increased Risk for Colorectal Cancer and Death

• Researchers Identify New Anti-Tumor Gene

• Rheumatoid arthritis therapy has improved steadily

• Physicians Give Toys Safety Tips for Christmas

• Alternative medicine popular among Americans: report

• Protection from diabetic eye disease will decline

• Strategic video game improves critical cognitive skills in older adults

• Drug-resistant tuberculosis rife in China

• Gene Therapy Effective Treatment Against Gum Disease

• Effort to Stop Smoking is More Intense for Women

• Decrease Drug Costs—Go Generic

• E-prescribing Systems Can Boost Drug Cost Savings

• Pressure Ulcers Increasing Among Hospital Patients

• Lazy eye treatment times could be drastically reduced, new research shows

• Reforms Needed in Health Care Services for Adolescents

• Honey adds health benefits, is natural preservative and sweetener in salad dressings

• Overweight kids may have more anxiety, depression

• Progression of Retinal Disease Linked to Cell Starvation

• Ultrasound Screening Helps Prevent Stroke in Children with Sickle Cell Disease

• Food can affect a cell in the same way hormones do

• Happiness is contagious: study

• Children’s National convenes first childhood obesity symposium

• Binge-drinking may raise stroke risk

• Child abuse more common than statistics suggest

• Multiple sclerosis seen associated with headache

• Treatment for Advanced Hepatitis C Doesn’t Work

• Lots of TV and Web harms kids’ health

• Expert Offers Advice on How to Choose Age Appropriate and Safe Toys for Children During the Holidays

• Pediatric Obesity May Alter Thyroid Function and Structure

• Hypersensitivity Reactions to the Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine Are Rare

• Researchers Identify Gene in Age Related Hearing Loss

• Press “One” if You Want Your Child to Eat Right

• Elementary School Intervention Increases Mental, Sexual Health, Economic Status

• Exposure to secondhand smoke reduced

• Younger Alcoholic Men at Risk for Osteoporosis

• New Surgery Shows Promise in Treatment of Scoliosis

• Drivers distracted more by cell phones than by passengers

• MRI machines may damage cochlear implants

• Exercise helps prevent age-related brain changes in older adults

November

• Smokeless tobacco may increase stroke risk

• Flu vaccination rates low in high-risk teens

• Eye Divergence in Children Triples Risk of Mental Illness

• Urine Protein Test Detects Kidney Dysfunction in Transplant Patients

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