Taxing the dose of calories in sugary drinks could help reduce obesity
• Dieting • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Jul 17 15
A tax on sugary drinks that depends on the number of calories or amount of sugar per liter could help fight obesity, suggests…
Is this restaurant making me fat?
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Jul 17 15
Is your favorite restaurant making you fat? New research findings identify an effective tool for measuring how well a restaurant is at helping diners…
Obesity-related behaviors increase when school’s out
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 14 15
Regardless of family income, children on summer break consume more sugar, watch more television, and eat fewer vegetables than the rest of the year,…
High-pressure oxygen can effectively treat fibromyalgia
• Arthritis • • Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jul 14 15
Fibromyalgia is almost impossible to diagnose. The chronic pain syndrome strikes an estimated 1 in 70 Americans, most of them women. The disorder is…
MRI studies point to brain connectivity changes in autism spectrum disorders
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 14 15
Studies using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are beginning to reveal differences in brain connectivity—the ways that different parts of the brain are connected…
Airway test reveals e-cigarette vapor produces similar result as air
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 14 15
E-cigarette vapour from two different types of e-cigarette had no cytotoxic impact on human airway tissue, according to new research published in In Vitro…
How the lung repairs its wounds
• Respiratory Problems • Jul 14 15
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), lung diseases are the third most common cause of death worldwide: toxic particles, infections, and chronic inflammatory…
Memory-loss man case ‘like nothing we have ever seen before’
• Brain • • Dental Health • • Neurology • Jul 14 15
“One of our reasons for writing up this individual’s case was that we had never seen anything like this before in our assessment clinics,…
Study links Prozac, Paxil use with birth defects
• Drug Abuse • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 12 15
A sweeping government study of thousands of women has found links between the older antidepressants Prozac and Paxil and birth defects, but has cleared…
Elderly want to control what health information families see
• Aging and Gerontology • • Public Health • Jul 12 15
Elderly patients may be willing to let family members access their medical records and make decisions on their behalf, but they also want to…
Recipe winners dine on brussels sprouts, smoothies at White House
• Dieting • • Public Health • Jul 12 15
White House state dinners are not normally known for centerpieces made of brussels sprouts, green smoothies and eating with your fingers.
But when your…
Obesity drug has no effect on baby birthweights, study finds
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • • Obesity • Jul 10 15
Treating obese pregnant women with a diabetes drug does not stop their babies from being born overweight, a study has found.
Doctors had hoped…
New understanding of genetic susceptibility to infections by Candida and Mycobacterium
• Infections • Jul 10 15
The discovery of bi-allelic mutations in RORC in patients with candidiasis and mycobacteriosis revealed the pivotal role of RORC in mucocutaneous immunity to Candida…
Marijuana users substitute alcohol at 21
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 08 15
A recent study looked at marijuana and alcohol use in people between the ages of 18 and 24. It’s probably not surprising that…
Millions of children’s lives saved through low-cost investments
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Jul 06 15
More than 34 million children’s lives have been saved since 2000 because of investments in child health programs at a cost of as little…
Review indicates where cardio benefits of exercise may lie
• Heart • • Physical activity -exercise • Jul 03 15
Everyone knows that exercise generally helps the cardiovascular system, but much remains unknown about how the benefits arise, and what to expect in different…
Clemson research: Bad sleep habits linked to higher self-control risks
• Neurology • • Sleep Aid • Jul 02 15
Poor sleep habits can have a negative effect on self-control, which presents risks to individuals’ personal and professional lives, according to Clemson University researchers.
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Mortality rates in Europe vary depending on the socioeconomic level of the residence area
• Mortality and Morbidity • Jul 02 15
For a number of years now, scientific literature has questioned whether mortality rates depend on socioeconomic differences among the population. Recently, a new study…
Preemies at high risk of autism don’t show typical signs of disorder in early infancy
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 02 15
Premature babies are at an increased risk for developing autism spectrum disorder. But a small study indicates that preemies who avoid eye contact in…
Study: Restaurant meals can be as bad for your waistline as fast food is
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 01 15
When Americans go out to eat, either at a fast-food outlet or a full-service restaurant, they consume, on average, about 200 more calories a…
Penn team identifies gene responsible for some cases of male infertility
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Sexual Health • Jul 01 15
In the most severe form of male infertility, men do not make any measurable levels of sperm. This condition, called azoospermia, affects approximately 1…
Two techniques of temporal migraine surgery are ‘equally effective’
• Surgery • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 30 15
Two migraine surgery techniques targeting a specific “trigger site” are both highly effective in reducing the frequency and severity of migraine headaches, according to…
Bisexual men and women report poorer health than gays, lesbians and heterosexuals
• Public Health • • Sexual Health • Jun 30 15
Bisexual males and females report poorer health than gays, lesbians and heterosexuals, according to a new study from sociologists at Rice University.
“A New…
Having a stroke? Where you are makes a huge difference in your treatment
• Stroke • Jun 30 15
It looks like a crazy quilt spread over the continent. But a new map of emergency stroke care in America shows just how…
More secondary schooling reduces HIV risk
• AIDS/HIV • Jun 29 15
Longer secondary schooling substantially reduces the risk of HIV infection - especially for girls - and could be a very cost-effective way to…