People who enjoy life maintain better physical function as they age
• Aging and Gerontology • • Physical activity -exercise • Jan 20 14
People who enjoy life maintain better physical function in daily activities and keep up faster walking speeds as they age, compared with people who…
Vitamin D status associated with multiple sclerosis activity, progression
• Neurology • Jan 20 14
Vitamin D status appears to be associated with reduced disease activity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and a slower rate of disease progression,…
Toddlers’ aggression is strongly associated with genetic factors
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Neurology • Jan 20 14
The development of physical aggression in toddlers is strongly associated genetic factors and to a lesser degree with the environment, according to a new…
Researchers identify possible explanation for link between exercise & improved prostate cancer
• Cancer: Prostate • • Physical activity -exercise • Jan 19 14
Men who walked at a fast pace prior to a prostate cancer diagnosis had more regularly shaped blood vessels in their prostate tumors…
New hope for Gaucher patients
• Genetics • Jan 19 14
What causes brain damage and inflammation in severe cases of Gaucher disease? Little is known about the events that lead to brain pathology in…
York scientists investigate the fiber of our being
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 19 14
We are all aware of the health benefits of “dietary fibre”. But what is dietary fibre and how do we metabolise it?
Research at…
Cleveland Clinic identifies mechanism in Alzheimer’s-related memory loss
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 19 14
Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified a protein in the brain that plays a critical role in the memory loss seen in Alzheimer’s patients, according…
Nationwide minimally invasive surgery rates triple for pancreatic disease
• Surgery • Jan 15 14
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report a three-fold increase in the use of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) across the…
Most Practice Guideline Recommendations Based on Less-Than-Ideal Quality of Evidence
• Public Health • Jan 15 14
A study published in the January issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings shows that most clinical practice guidelines for interventional procedures (e.g., bronchoscopy, angioplasty) are…
Popular blood type diet debunked
• Dieting • Jan 15 14
Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T) have found that the theory behind the popular blood type diet—which claims an individual’s nutritional…
Brain regions ‘tune’ activity to enable attention
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 15 14
The brain appears to synchronize the activity of different brain regions to make it possible for a person to pay attention or concentrate on…
How much does it cost to have a baby in a hospital?
• Childbirth • • Public Health • Jan 15 14
Women giving birth in California can face a huge cost difference in their hospital bills, according to a new UC San Francisco study.
The…
Does taking multiple medicines increase your risk of being admitted to hospital?
• Public Health • Jan 15 14
Patients with a single illness who take many drugs have an increased risk of being admitted to hospital, but for patients with multiple conditions,…
Don’t just sit there! Prolonged sitting linked to early mortality in women
• Gender: Female • • Mortality and Morbidity • Jan 15 14
A woman’s body at rest will remain at rest – and that means health woes for older women.
Led by Cornell University nutritional scientist…
Diabetes blood glucose targets are risk free, research shows
• Diabetes • Jan 15 14
Diabetes research led by the University of Exeter Medical School has underlined the importance of people with diabetes achieving their blood sugar goals, to…
Parental leave policies best promote gender equity and well-being in women’s health
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Jan 15 14
Government policies that allow both parents to take time off after a child is born provide positive benefits for the physical and mental health…
Wayne State discovers potential treatment for better heart health in hemodialysis patients
• Heart • • Urine Problems • Jan 15 14
Researchers at Wayne State University have discovered a potential way to improve the lipid profiles in patients undergoing hemodialysis that may prevent cardiovascular disease…
Study finds later school start times improve sleep and daytime functioning in adolescents
• Children's Health • • Sleep Aid • Jan 15 14
Julie Boergers, Ph.D., a psychologist and sleep expert from the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center, recently led a study linking later school start times…
How fiber prevents diabetes and obesity
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Obesity • Jan 15 14
Scientists have known for the past twenty years that a fiber-rich diet protects the organism against obesity and diabetes but the mechanisms involved have…
Prevalence of hepatitis C infection found to vary widely among Hispanics
• Infections • • Public Health • Jan 13 14
The first study of hepatitis C infection among different Hispanic groups in the U.S. has found that infection with the virus varies widely, with…
Scripps Research Institute Scientists Develop Promising Drug Candidates for Pain, Addiction
• Addiction • • Pain • Jan 13 14
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have described a pair of drug candidates that advance the search for new…
How the immune system fights off malaria
• Immunology • • Infections • Jan 13 14
The parasites that cause malaria are exquisitely adapted to the various hosts they infect - so studying the disease in mice doesn’t necessarily reveal…
Benefits of cognitive training can last 10 years in older adults
• Brain • • Aging and Gerontology • • Neurology • Jan 13 14
Exercises meant to boost mental sharpness can benefit older adults as many as 10 years after they received the cognitive training, researchers said…
Mutation discovery may improve treatment for rare brain tumor type
• Brain • • Cancer • • Genetics • Jan 13 14
Scientists have identified a mutated gene that causes a type of tenacious, benign brain tumor that can have devastating lifelong effects. Currently, the tumor…
White parents more likely to use age-appropriate car seats than non-whites
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Jan 13 14
White parents reported higher use of age-appropriate car seats for one- to seven-year-old children than non-white parents, according to a new University of Michigan…