Majority of transgender patients report negative experiences in emergency departments
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Sexual Health • Mar 12 14
A new study out of Western University (London, Canada) has found the majority of transgender patients have had a negative experience when it comes…
MU Study Suggests New Rehabilitation Methods for Amputees and Stroke Patients
• Stroke • Mar 12 14
When use of a dominant hand is lost by amputation or stroke, a patient is forced to compensate by using the nondominant hand exclusively…
Finding hiding place of virus could lead to new treatments
• Immunology • • Infections • Mar 12 14
Discovering where a common virus hides in the body has been a long-term quest for scientists. Up to 80 percent of adults harbor the…
What’s the upside of feeling too sad for chocolate?
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 12 14
The instant gratification and the pleasure derived from consuming excessive chocolate and deep-fried foods can lead way to a double-edged sword of negative consequences…
Cosmetic treatment can open the door to bacteria
• Cosmetics • • Surgery • Mar 11 14
Many people have ‘fillers’ injected into their facial tissue to give them ‘bee-stung lips’ or to smooth out their wrinkles. Unfortunately, a lot of…
Early detection helps manage a chronic graft-vs.-host disease complication
• Dental Health • • Immunology • Mar 06 14
A simple questionnaire that rates breathing difficulties on a scale of 0 to 3 predicts survival in chronic graft-vs.-host disease, according to a study…
When tribes build casinos, obesity falls in youth
• Obesity • Mar 05 14
After American Indians built casinos on California tribal lands, their incomes rose and their children’s obesity rates fell, according to a new study.
The…
Inadequate sleep predicts risk of heart disease, diabetes in obese adolescents
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Obesity • • Sleep Aid • Mar 05 14
Obese adolescents not getting enough sleep? A study in today’s The Journal of Pediatrics, shows they could be increasing their risk for developing diabetes,…
Playing with Barbie dolls could limit girls’ career choices, study shows
• Children's Health • Mar 05 14
In one of the first experiments to explore the influence of fashion dolls, an Oregon State University researcher has found that girls who play…
UF researchers find drug therapy that could eventually reverse memory decline in seniors
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 05 14
It may seem normal: As we age, we misplace car keys, or can’t remember a name we just learned or a meal we just…
Los Angeles moves to ban e-cigarettes, joining NY, others
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 04 14
The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to ban the use of electronic cigarettes, also known as “vaping,” from restaurants, bars, nightclubs and…
Passive smoking causes irreversible damage to kids’ arteries
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 04 14
Exposure to second-hand smoke in childhood causes irreversible damage to children’s arteries - increasing their risk of heart attacks or strokes when they grow…
Bedroom TVs tied to weight gain among kids: study
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 04 14
Putting a television in a child’s bedroom may be setting them up for excess weight gain over the next few years, suggests a new…
Herbal cannabis not recommended for rheumatology patients
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 03 14
Patients with rheumatic conditions are in need of symptom relief and some are turning to herbal cannabis as a treatment option. However, the effectiveness…
Food allergy nearly doubles among black children
• Children's Health • • Allergies • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 03 14
Children’s food allergies are gradually increasing, but they may be as much as doubling among black children. According to a study published today in…
Diabetes and obesity more common in socioeconomically deprived regions
• Diabetes • • Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 02 14
Living in a socioeconomically deprived region is a risk factor for being affected by diabetes mellitus and obesity. This holds true regardless of the…
In first moments of infection, a division and a decision
• Cancer • • Immunology • Mar 02 14
Using technologies and computational modeling that trace the destiny of single cells, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine describe…
Montréal researchers find a link between pollutants and certain complications of obesity
• Obesity • Feb 27 14
This breakthrough could eventually help improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiometabolic complications associated with obesity
A team of researchers at the IRCM in…
Most Children Unaware of Cigarette Warning Labels
• Children's Health • • Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 27 14
An international study of children’s perceptions of cigarette package warning labels found that the majority of children are unaware that they exist. Children in…
Scripps Research Institute Scientists Describe Deadly Immune ‘Storm’ Caused by Emergent Flu Infections
• Flu • • Immunology • • Respiratory Problems • Feb 27 14
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have mapped key elements of a severe immune overreaction - a “cytokine storm” - that can both…
Making treatment of rare blood disorder more affordable and effective
• Immunology • Feb 27 14
A University of Pennsylvania research team has defined a possible new way to fight a disease that is currently treatable only with the most…
One in 5 US hospitals don’t put hand sanitizer everywhere needed to prevent infections
• Infections • • Public Health • Feb 27 14
Approximately one in five U.S. health facilities don’t make alcohol-based hand sanitizer available at every point of care, missing a critical opportunity to prevent…
CNIO researchers discover new strategies for the treatment of psoriasis
• Dermatology • Feb 27 14
Almost ten years ago, the group led by Erwin Wagner, currently at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), developed genetically modified mice showing…
Why dark chocolate is good for your heart
• Dieting • • Heart • Feb 27 14
It might seem too good to be true, but dark chocolate is good for you and scientists now know why. Dark chocolate helps restore…
Obesity rates remain high, but stable in the U.S
• Obesity • • Public Health • Feb 25 14
More than a third of U.S. adults and 17 percent of kids and teens are obese, rates that haven’t changed much in a decade,…