Eating a Big Breakfast Fights Obesity and Disease
• Dieting • • Obesity • Aug 05 13
A high-calorie breakfast protects against diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular problems, says TAU researcher
Whether you hope to lose weight or just stay healthy, what…
Breastfeeding may protect against persistent stuttering
• Children's Health • Aug 05 13
A study of 47 children who began stuttering at an early age found that those who were breastfed in infancy were more likely to…
Sugary drinks tied to obesity among preschoolers
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Aug 05 13
Five-year-olds who drink sugar-sweetened sodas, sports drinks or juices every day are more likely to be obese than those who have sugar-sweetened beverages less…
Can GMOs Be Good for You? 7 Surprising Truths About the Frankenfoods We Feed Our Kids
• Food & Nutrition • • Nutrition and Food Safety • Aug 04 13
Unless you live in Europe, or you have a 100% organic diet, or you grow everything yourself, there’s a good chance that your family…
Easy Ways to Improve Your Eating Habits
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 04 13
With the rise of eating-related issues like type 2 diabetes, obesity, and heart disease, the need to improve the overall health of our country…
Eating out may hurt work performance, study shows
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 03 13
Eating lunch outside the office will relax you - but it may also hinder your job performance, according to new research.
Scientists at Humboldt…
When it comes to health, wine wins over beer
• Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Aug 03 13
The battle being fought in laboratories and tasting rooms around the world is between beer drinkers and wine drinkers.
Each side claims that their…
Acetaminophen indicted in Fatal Skin Reactions by FDA
• Drug Abuse • • Skin Care • Aug 03 13
Paracetamol or Acetaminophen as it is known is the drug of choice for fever and pain. It is consumed in tons and is available…
Grape consumption associated with healthier eating patterns in US children and adults
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 03 13
In a new observational study published in the Journal of Food Science, researchers looked at the association of grape consumption, in the non-alcoholic…
Mount Sinai researchers develop first successful laboratory model for studying hepatitis C
• Infections • Aug 03 13
By differentiating monkey stem cells into liver cells and inducing successful infection, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shown…
Pollutants from incense smoke cause human lung-cell inflammation
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 02 13
Burning incense, a popular cultural practice in Arabian Gulf countries and elsewhere, generates indoor air pollutants that may cause inflammation in human lung cells,…
Take your child’s word for it on asthma, study finds
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Aug 02 13
Children’s perceptions of living with asthma may differ significantly from their caregivers’ perceptions, which means both should be interviewed when they visit the doctor’s…
New IOM report lays out plan to determine effectiveness of obesity prevention efforts
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 02 13
The United States lags behind other international plans to evaluate obesity prevention efforts, and the country needs to know whether these efforts are having…
Doctors urged to talk to patients about parking cellphones
• Public Health • Jul 31 13
Family physicians regularly counsel patients about medical risks associated with heart disease, stroke, diabetes and smoking, and a team from the University of Alberta…
BPA exposure disrupts human egg maturation
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • Jul 30 13
As many as 20 percent of infertile couples in the United States have unexplained reasons for their infertility. Now, new research led by Catherine…
Study Shows Combination Stroke Therapy Safe and Effective
• Stroke • Jul 30 13
The combination of the clot-busting drug tPA with an infusion of the antiplatelet drug eptifibatide dissolves blood clots safely and more quickly than tPA…
Exercise May be the Best Medicine for Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Neurology • • Physical activity -exercise • Jul 30 13
New research out of the University of Maryland School of Public Health shows that exercise may improve cognitive function in those at risk for…
Taxing sugary beverages not a clear cut strategy to reduce obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jul 30 13
Taxing sugary beverages may help reduce calories, but the health benefits may be offset as consumers substitute other unhealthy foods, according to a…
Making a change: Status quo bias in health decision making
• Public Health • Jul 30 13
Medical noncompliance - or failure to follow the doctor’s orders - is estimated to increase healthcare costs in the US by $100 billion per…
Methamphetamine increases susceptibility to deadly fungal infection
• Infections • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 30 13
Methamphetamine use can make a person more susceptible to the lung infection cryptococcosis, according to a study published in mBio®, the online open-access journal…
Disabled children treated more harshly in developing world
• Children's Health • Jul 30 13
Children with disabilities receive harsher punishment across the developing world, according to a new study based on interviews with nearly 46,000 caregivers in 17…
Young cannabis-smokers aware of the health risks
• Children's Health • • Trauma & Injuries • Jul 29 13
91 percent of on average 20-year-old Swiss men drink alcohol, almost half of whom drink six beverages or more in a row and are…
Women Lack Guidance for Sex After MI
• Gender: Female • • Heart • • Sexual Health • Jul 25 13
Women resume sex with partners after a heart attack, but do so with worries of another one and without counseling from a healthcare professional,…
A promising target to treat asthma
• Asthma • Jul 25 13
An enzyme known for its role in heart disease may well be a promising target to treat asthma. Researchers from the University of Iowa…
Smoking in pregnancy tied to kids’ conduct problems
• Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 24 13
Children of women who smoked cigarettes during pregnancy are more likely to have behavioral problems than those whose mothers didn’t light up, says a…