Parental stress of caring for a chronically ill child can affect all family members, finds Case Western Reserve researchers
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 18 13
The extra demands on parents of chronically ill children cause stress that affects the whole family, according to a systematic review conducted by Case…
Different hormone therapy formulations may pose different risks for heart attack and stroke
• Heart • • Stroke • Sep 18 13
Post-menopausal women whose doctors prescribe hormone replacement therapy for severe hot flashes and other menopause symptoms may want to consider taking low doses…
AstraZeneca looks for new heart drug approval by next May
• Drug News • • Heart • Sep 18 13
U.S. regulators have accepted an experimental fish oil-based heart drug from AstraZeneca for review and will make a decision on whether to approve it…
Financial incentives motivate sedentary adults to exercise
• Physical activity -exercise • • Public Health • Sep 17 13
A review study published today finds that financial incentives –as modest as $5 per week – can increase the amount of exercise people do.
…Vitamin D Cuts Kids’ Recurrent Ear Infection
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 14 13
Children with low levels of vitamin D and recurrent ear infections had a reduced risk for acute otitis media with vitamin D supplementation, researchers…
FDA Says Bleeding Risk with Dabigatran Is Same as with Warfarin
• Drug News • • Stroke • Sep 14 13
After the approval of dabigatran in 2010 for the prevention of stroke and blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the FDA received…
Most steroid skin creams likely safe during pregnancy
• Pregnancy • • Skin Care • Sep 14 13
Expectant mothers can use corticosteroid creams for irritated skin without putting their fetus at risk, except for large amounts of very strong creams, a…
Delayed vaccines tied to whooping cough risk
• Children's Health • • Immunology • Sep 14 13
Children who are not vaccinated according to the schedule recommended by U.S. health officials are at an increased risk of catching whooping cough, according…
Sleep better, look better? New research says yes
• Neurology • • Public Health • Sep 13 13
Getting treatment for a common sleep problem may do more than help you sleep better - it may help you look better over the…
Americans living longer, more healthy lives
• Public Health • Sep 13 13
Thanks to medical advances, better treatments and new drugs not available a generation ago, the average American born today can expect to live 3.8…
Diet during pregnancy and early life affects children’s behaviour and intelligence
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 13 13
The statement “you are what you eat” is significant for the development of optimum mental performance in children as evidence is accumulating to show…
UNC research points to promising treatment for macular degeneration
• Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 13 13
Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine today published new findings in the hunt for a better treatment for macular degeneration.…
E-cigarettes: Healthy tool or gateway device?
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 12 13
If the tiny sample of smokers in a new study in the British journal Lancet are any indication, electronic cigarettes might be slightly more…
Huge tobacco use in India seen killing 1.5 million a year
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 12 13
Tobacco inflicts huge damage on the health of India’s people and could be clocking up a death toll of 1.5 million a year…
Codeine could increase users’ sensitivity to pain
• Pain • Sep 12 13
Using large and frequent doses of the pain-killer codeine may actually produce heightened sensitivity to pain, without the same level of relief offered by…
Women have higher rate of spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus
• Gender: Female • • Infections • Sep 12 13
A study of patients infected with acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection found that women had higher rates of spontaneous viral clearance - undetectable…
Obesity tied to semi-frequent migraines: study
• Headaches • • Migraine • • Obesity • Sep 12 13
Overweight and obese people are at higher-than-average risk of migraines, suggests a new study.
Researchers looking at so-called episodic migraines - headaches that occur…
Study tracks symptoms in men as testosterone levels decline
• Endocrinology • • Gender: Male • Sep 12 13
Low testosterone production can reduce strength, muscle size and lean mass. If the testosterone isn’t being converted to estrogen, men may see an increase…
Johnson & Johnson recalls schizophrenia drug after discovering mold
• Drug Abuse • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 12 13
Johnson & Johnson is voluntarily recalling one lot of schizophrenia drug Risperdal Consta after discovering mold during a routine testing process, a company spokeswoman…
Everyday sadists take pleasure in others’ pain
• Brain • • Pain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 12 13
Most of the time, we try to avoid inflicting pain on others - when we do hurt someone, we typically experience guilt, remorse, or…
Low dose antibiotic treatment of C-difficile as effective as high dose in hospital setting
• Infections • Sep 12 13
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) treatment in a hospital setting using low dose oral vancomycin showed similar effectiveness compared to high dose, according to a…
Transplanting fat may be effective treatment for metabolic disease
• Endocrinology • • Obesity • Sep 11 13
Transplanting fat may treat such inherited metabolic diseases as maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) by helping the body process the essential amino acids that…
Shingles symptoms may be caused by neuronal short circuit
• Dermatology • Sep 11 13
The pain and itching associated with shingles and herpes may be due to the virus causing a “short circuit” in the nerve cells that…
Medicaid pays for nearly half of all births in the United States
• Public Health • Sep 11 13
Medicaid paid for 45 percent of the 4 million births in the United States in 2010, an amount that has been rising over time,…
Researchers link obesity and the body’s production of fructose
• Obesity • Sep 11 13
Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine reported today that the cause of obesity and insulin resistance may be tied to the…