Breast-feeding Benefits Appear to be Overstated, According to Study of Siblings
• Children's Health • Feb 25 14
A new study comparing siblings who were fed differently during infancy suggests that breast-feeding might be no more beneficial than bottle-feeding for 10 of…
Vegetarian diets associated with lower blood pressure
• Dieting • • Heart • Feb 25 14
Eating a vegetarian diet appears to be associated with lower blood pressure (BP), and the diets can also be used to reduce blood pressure.
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Death of partner associated with increased risk of heart attack, stroke
• Heart • • Stroke • Feb 25 14
The risk of heart attack or stroke is increased in the 30 days after a partner’s death.
Bereavement is recognized as a risk factor…
New Study Supports Body Shape Index as Predictor of Mortality
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Obesity • Feb 25 14
In 2012, Dr. Nir Krakauer, an assistant professor of civil engineering in CCNY’s Grove School of Engineering, and his father, Dr. Jesse Krakauer, MD,…
Climate change won’t reduce deaths in winter
• Mortality and Morbidity • Feb 23 14
New research published today (Sunday 23rd February) has found that climate change is unlikely to reduce the UK’s excess winter death rate as previously…
Computerized checklist reduces type of hospital infection, Stanford/Packard study finds
• Infections • Feb 23 14
A computerized safety checklist that automatically pulls information from patients’ electronic medical records was associated with a threefold drop in rates of one serious…
Children’s Mercy physician leads effort to update AAP policy
• Children's Health • • Drug News • Feb 23 14
With less than half of medications including specific labeling for children, Kathleen Neville, MD, MS, a physician at Children’s Mercy Hospital, recently led an…
Researchers Look to Reduce Hep C Infections with “Staying Safe Intervention” for Injecting Drug Users
• Infections • Feb 22 14
Despite a number of social/behavioral intervention and educational programs, the spread of hepatitis C (HCV) in people who inject drugs (PWIDs) remains a chronic…
Reducing HIV transmission among drug injectors lowers AIDS mortality in heterosexuals
• AIDS/HIV • • Mortality and Morbidity • Feb 22 14
The study examined longitudinal data from across the US, incorporating epidemic history, HIV prevalence rate, history of prevention programming, and socioeconomic contexts
Although community…
At-Home Exercise Helps After Hip Break: study
• Backache • • Pain • Feb 20 14
Simple at-home exercises could help seniors regain mobility and independence after recovering from a broken hip, according to a new study.
Participants who followed…
Flu activity highest among U.S. young and middle-aged: CDC
• Flu • Feb 20 14
Hardest hit this U.S. flu season are adults, from younger to middle-aged, in part because fewer have been vaccinated, a federal health agency said…
E-cig industry on tenterhooks ahead of U.S. regulation
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 20 14
Lobbyists for electronic cigarette companies have been beating a path to the White House, hoping to prevent the administration from imposing strict, and possibly…
Study Shows that Premature Infants Benefit from Adult Talk
• Children's Health • Feb 20 14
Research led by a team at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University has been…
Turning back the clock on aging muscles?
• Aging and Gerontology • Feb 20 14
A study co-published in Nature Medicine this week by University of Toronto researcher Penney Gilbert has determined a stem cell based method for restoring…
Better broccoli, enhanced anti-cancer benefits with longer shelf life
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 20 14
While researching methods to increase the already well-recognized anti-cancer properties of broccoli, researchers at the University of Illinois also found a way to prolong…
Color vision problems become more common with age, reports Optometry and Vision Science
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Aging and Gerontology • Feb 20 14
Abnormal color vision increases significantly with aging - affecting one-half or more of people in the oldest age groups, reports a study in Optometry…
LGBT Youth Face Greater Cancer Risks, CCNY-Led Study
• Cancer • • Cancer: Breast • • Sexual Health • Feb 20 14
A new study led by City College of New York psychologist Margaret Rosario found that youths of same-sex orientation are more likely to engage…
Can avatars bring out the good in gamers?
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 19 14
Taking on the role of a game avatar like the benevolent Superman or villainous Voldemort may influence a person’s behavior after the game is…
Poor sleep linked to widespread pain
• Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 19 14
Regularly feeling tired and worn out after a night’s sleep was the strongest predictor of also developing widespread pain in a new study of…
The secret of fertile sperm
• Gender: Male • • Sexual Health • Feb 19 14
To better understand the causes of male infertility, a team of Bay Area researchers is exploring the factors, both physiological and biochemical, that differentiate…
Can you boost your brain power through video?
• Brain • Feb 19 14
Watching video of simple tasks before carrying them out may boost the brain’s structure, or plasticity, and increase motor skills, according to a study…
Study examines public awareness, use of online physician rating sites
• Public Health • Feb 19 14
In a survey of a nationally representative sample of the U.S. population, 65 percent of respondents reported awareness of online physician ratings and about…
Could Metabolism Play a Role in Epilepsy?
• Epilepsy • Feb 19 14
Researchers from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio are exploring a possible link between metabolic defects and seizures. They determined that diet could influence…
New sitting risk: Disability after 60
• Aging and Gerontology • • Neurology • Feb 19 14
If you’re 60 and older, every additional hour a day you spend sitting is linked to doubling the risk of being disabled -…
Most of us have made best memories by age 25
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 19 14
By the time most people are 25, they have made the most important memories of their lives, according to new research from the…