Mental stress + heart disease: Stronger presence in women under 50
• Gender: Female • • Heart • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 20 13
Researchers have found that women younger than 50 with a recent heart attack are more likely to experience restricted blood flow to the heart…
Edoxaban Effective in Preventing Stroke, Reducing Bleeding and Cardiovascular Death in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
• Heart • • Stroke • Nov 19 13
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 800,000 Americans die each year from heart disease and stroke. Stroke is…
Obesity and nutrition are keys to avoiding metabolic syndrome
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Nov 19 13
Data reported by the Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm Project reinforce the positive influence of lifestyle factors in mitigating risks…
Preschoolers can learn lasting heart-healthy lessons
• Children's Health • • Heart • Nov 19 13
Preschoolers can learn about healthy eating and exercise through Sesame Street.
In a study presented on November 18 at the American Heart Association’s Scientific…
Many pediatricians uncomfortable providing care to kids with genetic conditions
• Children's Health • • Genetics • Nov 19 13
Many primary care pediatricians say they feel uncomfortable providing health care to patients with genetic disorders. Also, many do not consistently discuss all risks…
New case studies link smoking synthetic marijuana with stroke in healthy, young adults
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Stroke • Nov 19 13
Add stroke to the list of severe health hazards that may be associated with smoking synthetic marijuana, popularly known as spice or K2,…
Obama: website to be ‘easiest place’ to get healthcare, eventually
• Public Health • Nov 19 13
President Barack Obama urged his supporters on Monday to help get people signed up for health insurance and declared that the troubled website HealthCare.gov…
U.S. Senate votes to extend worldwide anti-AIDS program
• AIDS/HIV • • Public Health • Nov 19 13
The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Monday to extend for another five years a successful and popular program to combat AIDS worldwide started 10…
Chemicals in plastics and cosmetics tied to early births
• Childbirth • • Pregnancy • Nov 19 13
Chemicals called phthalates, found in plastics and cosmetics, may be linked to a raised risk of babies being born early, suggests a new study.
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Merck brings maternity program from poor nations to U.S. as deaths rise
• Public Health • Nov 19 13
Merck & Co on Tuesday said it is expanding its “Merck for Mothers” program, which aims to reduce pregnancy-related deaths from impoverished countries such…
Albuquerque, N.M., voters to decide on municipal abortion limits
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Nov 19 13
Voters in Albuquerque on Tuesday will decide on an initiative to outlaw most late-term abortions in New Mexico’s largest city, marking the first such…
Drinking more milk as a teenager does not lower risk of hip fracture later
• Dieting • • Trauma & Injuries • Nov 18 13
Drinking more milk as a teenager apparently does not lower the risk of hip fracture as an older adult and instead appears to increase…
Control Malaria by Segmenting Sleeping Arrangements: U of G Study
• Infections • • Public Health • Nov 18 13
Better malaria control might come from segregating household sleeping arrangements, according to a new study co-authored by a University of Guelph professor.
The researchers…
New study explains why men’s noses are bigger than women’s
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Gender: Male • Nov 18 13
Human noses come in all shapes and sizes. But one feature seems to hold true: Men’s noses are bigger than women’s.
A new study…
Study finds altered brain connections in epilepsy patients
• Brain • • Epilepsy • Nov 18 13
Patients with the most common form of focal epilepsy have widespread, abnormal connections in their brains that could provide clues toward diagnosis and treatment,…
Could basic fertility information be key to reversing late-parenthood trend?
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Pregnancy • Nov 18 13
Increasingly, young people around the world are planning to have children later in life, despite the fact that fertility declines with age after young…
New method to diagnose sepsis is faster, cheaper
• Infections • • Surgery • Nov 18 13
A new method could cut hours off the time it takes to diagnose blood infections while also eliminating the need for complicated manual processing…
Top 3 Supplements You Need the Most
• Dieting • Nov 18 13
Researchers say there are three crucial nutrients that are most important when considering supplements.
“As long as you eat a well-rounded diet, you…
Experts hope sugar, salt are next on FDA’s target list
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 17 13
Now that the Food and Drug Administration has moved to banish most trans fats from the nation’s diet, some public health advocates are hopeful…
Influence of pro-smoking media messages lasts 7 days, study finds
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 17 13
Exposure to a single pro-smoking media message increases college-aged students’ risk of using tobacco for seven days, providing new clues about the influence of…
Effect of reducing blood pressure with medications immediately following ischemic stroke
• Brain • • Heart • • Stroke • Nov 17 13
Jiang He, M.D., Ph.D., of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, and colleagues examined whether moderate lowering…
Body mass index may predict heart disease risk for type-2 diabetic patients new study finds
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Obesity • Nov 17 13
Researchers from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, in collaboration with researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health, have discovered…
Johns Hopkins heart researchers develop formula to better calculate ‘bad’ cholesterol in patients
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Nov 17 13
Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a more accurate way to calculate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the so-called “bad” form of blood fat that can…
Novel gene variant found in severe childhood asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Genetics • Nov 17 13
An international scientific team has discovered a gene associated with a high risk of severe childhood asthma. The specific gene variant may be an…
Environmental toxins linked to heart defects
• Heart • • Public Health • Nov 17 13
Children’s congenital heart defects may be associated with their mothers’ exposure to specific mixtures of environmental toxins during pregnancy, according to research presented at…