Expanding Primary Care Capacity by Reducing Inefficiency
• Public Health • Nov 11 13
Producing more healthcare providers is often touted as the principle solution to the looming shortage in the primary care workforce. A quicker and less…
Study examines amyloid deposition in patients with traumatic brain injury
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • Nov 11 13
Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) had increased deposits of β-Amyloid (Aβ) plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer Disease (AD), in some areas of their…
Nail gun injuries on the rise
• Trauma & Injuries • Nov 11 13
Young males in the work environment are at greatest risk of sustaining a nail gun injury to their non-dominant hand, a new study has…
Reducing bottle use doesn’t prevent toddler weight gain
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • • Obesity • Nov 11 13
Toddlers who continue to use bottles beyond 12 to 15 months of age tend to be overweight. But simply switching them to sippy cups…
Mixing caffeine, alcohol common for underage drinkers
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 11 13
College-age drinkers who mix caffeine and alcohol are more likely to make risky decisions and require medical care, research has shown. A new study…
U.S. popcorn makers could face long, expensive road to lose trans fats
• Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 11 13
Microwave popcorn makers could face a long and difficult task ridding their snacks of trans fats, if a U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposal…
Gene hastens kidney disease progression in African-Americans
• Urine Problems • Nov 10 13
A gene variant common in African-Americans predicts that people with that gene who also have chronic kidney disease (CKD) are twice as likely to…
How sleep aids visual task learning
• Brain • • Neurology • • Sleep Aid • Nov 10 13
As any indignant teacher would scold, students must be awake to learn. But what science is showing with increasing sophistication is how the…
Research reveals new understanding, warning signs, and potential treatments for multiple sclerosis
• Neurology • Nov 10 13
Scientists are gaining a new level of understanding of multiple sclerosis (MS) that may lead to new treatments and approaches to controlling the chronic…
The contribution of coding variants to psoriasis much smaller than thought
• Allergies • • Dermatology • • Immunology • Nov 10 13
Coding variants in immune disease-related genes play only a small part in the overall genetic risk for psoriasis, according to a new study…
Cause of genetic disorder found in ‘dark matter’ of DNA
• Genetics • Nov 10 13
For the first time, scientists have used new technology which analyses the whole genome to find the cause of a genetic disease in what…
Brainstem abnormalities found in ‘SIDS’ infants, in both safe and unsafe sleep environments
• Children's Health • • Brain • Nov 10 13
Investigators at Boston Children’s Hospital report that infants dying suddenly and unexpectedly, in both safe and unsafe sleep environments, have underlying brainstem abnormalities and…
Drug may guard against periodontitis, and related chronic diseases
• Dental Health • Nov 08 13
A drug currently used to treat intestinal worms could protect people from periodontitis, an advanced gum disease, which untreated can erode the structures—including bone—that…
Obama apologizes to Americans losing health plans
• Public Health • Nov 07 13
President Barack Obama apologized, saying he was sorry for Americans who had health insurance plans canceled because of his new law, even though he…
Concussed rugby players being put at risk, say experts
• Brain • • Neurology • • Trauma & Injuries • Nov 07 13
Rugby players with brain damage are regularly being sent back onto the field of play because the sport’s governing bodies are not taking concussion…
Better mid-life diet linked to healthy aging
• Dieting • • Aging and Gerontology • Nov 07 13
The way women eat in their late 50s and early 60s may have some connection to how well they age later on, according to…
Calcium and vitamin D improve bone density in patients taking antiepileptic drugs
• Endocrinology • • Epilepsy • • Gender: Female • Nov 07 13
A recent prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial reports that calcium and vitamin D supplementation improves bone density in a group of male veterans with…
More evidence e-cigs may help in quitting tobacco
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 07 13
Electronic cigarette users followed over a year reduced or quit using tobacco cigarettes in large numbers and were less prone to resume smoking,…
Agenus genital herpes vaccine succeeds in mid-stage trial
• Drug News • Nov 07 13
Agenus Inc said a trial of its experimental genital herpes vaccine reduced the rate at which patients released the virus, reducing the likelihood…
FDA moves to ban trans fats, citing health risks
• Dieting • • Public Health • • Nutrition and Food Safety • Nov 07 13
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed banning artificial trans fats in processed food ranging from cookies to frozen pizza, citing the risk…
3 ‘hands on’ nutrition classes - Enough to impact health behaviors in lower income women
• Public Health • Nov 07 13
The knowledge and skills required to change poor nutrition and health behavior choices are often unavailable to those living with financial limitations. Competing demands…
New study assesses injuries seen in the emergency department to children of teenage parents
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Nov 07 13
Although the number of children born to teenage parents has decreased since the 1990s, these children continue to be at an increased risk for…
Better tests needed to improve patient care, public health
• Public Health • Nov 07 13
Despite advances in diagnostic technology, there is an urgent need for tests that are easy to use, identify the bug causing an infection and…
Study finds that Americans want doctors’ guidance on genetic test results
• Genetics • Nov 07 13
In an era of commercialized medicine, direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing has been on a steady rise. Consumers can purchase a DNA sample kit, also…
Getting to grips with seizure prediction
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • Nov 07 13
A device that could predict when a person with epilepsy might next have a seizure is one step closer to reality thanks to the…