Urgent care centers must be made ready for kids: New AAP guidelines
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • Apr 27 14
Today the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued an updated policy statement making recommendations and highlighting gaps in knowledge about the treatment of children…
Pilot study suggests ways to widen access to fecal transplants for C. diff infections
• Infections • Apr 23 14
Using frozen stool from healthy, unrelated donors was safe and effective in treating patients with serious, relapsing diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile, according to…
Higher education associated with better recovery from traumatic brain injury
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • Apr 23 14
Better-educated people appear to be significantly more likely to recover from a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), suggesting that a brain’s “cognitive…
High-fat diets linked to some types of breast cancer
• Cancer: Breast • • Dieting • Apr 22 14
Women who eat a lot of fat, particularly saturated fat, may be at higher risk of certain types of breast cancer, new research suggests.
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California bill to curb medical marijuana passes key hurdle
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 22 14
A measure to regulate California’s chaotic medical marijuana industry passed a key legislative hurdle on Tuesday, in a move that could lay the groundwork…
CT measures potentially dangerous arterial plaque in diabetic patients
• Diabetes • • Heart • Apr 21 14
Imaging of the coronary arteries with computed tomography (CT) angiography provides an accurate assessment of arterial plaque and could have a dramatic impact on…
Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Study IDs surgical patients at risk
• Respiratory Problems • • Surgery • Apr 21 14
Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a leading cause of respiratory failure after surgery. Patients who develop the lung disorder postoperatively are at higher…
Low tolerance for pain? The reason may be in your genes
• Pain • Apr 21 14
Researchers may have identified key genes linked to why some people have a higher tolerance for pain than others, according to a study released…
UnitedHealth: New hepatitis C drug costs far more than forecast
• Drug News • Apr 17 14
UnitedHealth Group Inc, the largest U.S. health insurer, said it spent more than $100 million to cover a pricey new hepatitis C drug…
About 12 million U.S. outpatients misdiagnosed annually: study
• Public Health • Apr 17 14
Roughly 12 million adults who visit U.S. doctors’ offices and other outpatient settings, or one in 20, are misdiagnosed every year, a new study…
Mediterranean diet may slow diabetes progression
• Diabetes • • Dieting • Apr 17 14
For people recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, eating lots of olive oil, fish and whole grains slows progression of the disease more than…
Study IDs new cause of brain bleeding immediately after stroke
• Brain • • Stroke • Apr 17 14
By discovering a new mechanism that allows blood to enter the brain immediately after a stroke, researchers at UC Irvine and the Salk…
Patients with rare lung disease face agonizing treatment dilemma
• Respiratory Problems • Apr 17 14
Doctors who treat patients with a severe and progressive respiratory disease called lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) can face an agonizing treatment decision.
The drug sirolimus can…
Kitchens could be sources of drug-resistant bacteria
• Infections • • Nutrition and Food Safety • Apr 16 14
Cutting boards used to prepare raw poultry may be an important source of drug-resistant bacteria in hospital kitchens and private homes, according to a…
Reports of e-cigarette injury jump amid rising popularity, U.S. data show
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 16 14
Complaints of injury linked to e-cigarettes, from burns and nicotine toxicity to respiratory and cardiovascular problems, have jumped over the past year as the…
Preterm births, multiples, and fertility treatment
• Childbirth • • Fertility and pregnancy • • Pregnancy • Apr 16 14
While it is well known that fertility treatments are the leading cause of increases in multiple gestations and that multiples are at elevated risk…
Multiple births don’t have to be an inevitable result of fertility treatments
• Childbirth • • Fertility and pregnancy • Apr 16 14
While fertility treatments have helped many people become parents, they commonly result in multiple births, increasing the risk of prematurity, and leading to lifelong…
Study links severe sleep apnea to increased risk of stroke, cancer and death
• Cancer • • Mortality and Morbidity • • Stroke • Apr 14 14
A new study shows that moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea is independently associated with an increased risk of stroke, cancer and death.
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Medical devices for kids are often only tested on adults
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Apr 14 14
Most medical devices that have been recently approved for use in pediatrics weren’t actually tested on kids first, according to a new study.
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Diet and exercise may help prevent diabetes
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Physical activity -exercise • Apr 14 14
Lifestyle changes made by people at high risk of diabetes appear to reduce their chance of developing the disease over the next two decades,…
Too much animal protein tied to higher diabetes risk
• Diabetes • Apr 14 14
People who eat the most protein, especially from animal sources, are more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, according to a study…
Study says we’re over the hill at 24
• Public Health • Apr 14 14
It’s a hard pill to swallow, but if you’re over 24 years of age you’ve already reached your peak in terms of your cognitive…
Study supports detrimental effects of television viewing on sleep in young children
• Children's Health • • Sleep Aid • Apr 13 14
A study following more than 1,800 children from ages 6 months to nearly 8 years found a small but consistent association between increased television…
Women who gain too much or too little weight during pregnancy at risk for having an overweight child
• Obesity • • Pregnancy • • Weight Loss • Apr 13 14
Gaining both too much or too little weight during pregnancy appears to increase the risk of having an overweight or obese child, according…
New clinical definition for epilepsy improves diagnosis accuracy
• Epilepsy • Apr 13 14
An expert task force has created a new definition for epilepsy that refines the scope of patients diagnosed with this brain disease. The study…