New U.S. clinical trial poses risks to premature babies: watchdog
• Children's Health • Aug 23 13
A new clinical trial funded by the U.S. government exposes premature infants suffering from anemia to risks without fully informing their parents, advocacy group…
Omega-3s tied to lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Rheumatic Diseases • Aug 23 13
Women who have diets high in omega-3 fatty acids derived from fish are less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than those who skimp on…
Probiotics linked to lower risk of allergies for kids
• Children's Health • • Allergies • Aug 23 13
Babies whose mothers take probiotics while pregnant and those who are given the so-called “good bacteria” supplements early in life may be at lower…
Quit smoking program helps psychiatric patients, too
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 23 13
Patients in psychiatric hospitals who take part in smoking cessation programs during their stay are more likely to be smoke-free after 18 months, compared…
Well-being not a priority for workaholics, researcher says
• Public Health • Aug 23 13
Working overtime may cost you your health, according to a Kansas State University doctoral researcher.
Sarah Asebedo, doctoral student in the College of Human…
2 alternative treatments may help relieve postoperative nausea
• Bowel Problems • • Surgery • Aug 23 13
Two simple, non-drug treatments - aromatherapy and intravenous administration of a simple sugar solution - may offer effective new approaches to relieving nausea and…
The Stress and Cancer Link: ‘Master-Switch’ Stress Gene Enables Cancer’s Spread
• Cancer • • Neurology • Aug 23 13
In an unexpected finding, scientists have linked the activation of a stress gene in immune-system cells to the spread of breast cancer to other…
Study finds mother’s genes can impact aging process
• Genetics • • Aging and Gerontology • Aug 22 13
As we age, our cells change and become damaged. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging have…
New Research Suggests Cutting Calories May Improve Response to Cancer Treatment
• Cancer • • Dieting • Aug 22 13
New research suggests that restricting calories for a defined period of time may improve the success of cancer treatment, offering valuable new data on…
English stop smoking services have helped 20,000 to quit, but much variation exists
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 21 13
Stop smoking services across England have had an increasing impact in helping smokers to quit in their first 10 years of operation and have…
Traffic pollution and wood smoke increases asthma in adults
• Allergies • • Asthma • Aug 21 13
Asthma sufferers frequently exposed to heavy traffic pollution or smoke from wood fire heaters, experienced a significant worsening of symptoms, a new University of…
Common genes may underlie alcohol dependence, eating disorders
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 21 13
People with alcohol dependence may be more genetically susceptible to certain types of eating disorders, and vice-versa, according to a study in the September…
For disappointed sports fans, defeats increase consumption of fat and sugar
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Aug 21 13
On the Monday following a big football game, fans of the losing team seem to load up on saturated fats and sugars, whereas supporters…
Brain network decay detected in early Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Neurology • Aug 20 13
In patients with early Alzheimer’s disease, disruptions in brain networks emerge about the same time as chemical markers of the disease appear in the…
Fighting obesity with apps and websites
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 20 13
A pending component of health care reform would require restaurants and vending machines to list calorie information on menus to help fight obesity.
…Dialing back treg cell function boosts the body’s cancer-fighting immune activity
• Cancer • • Immunology • Aug 19 13
By carefully adjusting the function of crucial immune cells, scientists may have developed a completely new type of cancer immunotherapy—harnessing the body’s immune system…
BPA, phthalates tied to kids’ weight, diabetes risk
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Obesity • Aug 19 13
Children exposed to two chemicals commonly used in food packaging are more likely to be obese or show signs of diabetes precursors than those…
Why are smart kids more likely to do drugs?
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 18 13
There is plenty of anecdotal evidence that a relationship exists between intelligence and drug use. Some of the greatest thinkers, artists, and musicians openly…
U.S. obesity leveling off, but at high rate: report
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 17 13
Obesity levels among adults appear to be holding steady across the United States, adding to recent evidence that the growth rate for U.S. waistlines…
Drug dosing for older heart patients should differ
• Aging and Gerontology • • Heart • Aug 16 13
Older heart patients present unique challenges for determining the optimal dosages of medications, so a new study from researchers at Duke Medicine offers…
Obesity kills more Americans than previously thought
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Obesity • Aug 16 13
Obesity is a lot more deadly than previously thought. Across recent decades, obesity accounted for 18 percent of deaths among Black and White Americans…
Preventive antibiotics for tuberculosis reduce deaths among people with HIV disease
• AIDS/HIV • • Mortality and Morbidity • • Tuberculosis • Aug 16 13
As part of the largest international research effort ever made to combat tuberculosis, a team of Johns Hopkins and Brazilian experts has found that…
Tumors form advance teams to ready lungs for spread of cancer
• Cancer • Aug 16 13
Cancer metastasis requires tumor cells to acquire properties that allow them to escape from the primary tumor site, travel to a distant place…
Worms May Shed Light on Human Ability to Handle Chronic Stress
• Neurology • Aug 16 13
New research at Rutgers University may help shed light on how and why nervous system changes occur and what causes some people to suffer…
New study shows vitamin D-related ‘molecular switches’ predict childhood bone mass
• Children's Health • Aug 16 13
Researchers at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, have demonstrated that the degree to which a gene related to vitamin D action…