Rates of infection in intensive care units in England show impressive fall
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Infections • Jun 24 13
Hospitals across England reduced the rate of serious bloodstream infections in intensive care units (ICUs) during a two-year programme, research has shown.
Getting to grips with migraine
• Migraine • Jun 24 13
In the largest study of migraines, researchers have found 5 genetic regions that for the first time have been linked to the onset of…
Unexpected discovery of the ways cells move could boost understanding of complex diseases
• Cancer • • Public Health • Jun 24 13
A new discovery about how cells move inside the body may provide scientists with crucial information about disease mechanisms such as the spread of…
Arrhythmias White Book contains first European data on lead extraction
• Heart • Jun 24 13
The first European data on lead extraction was released today by the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).…
Salk scientists discover previously unknown requirement for brain development
• Brain • • Neurology • Jun 22 13
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have demonstrated that sensory regions in the brain develop in a fundamentally different way than previously…
Risk factors affect the incidence of childhood pneumonia in modern urban apartment?
• Children's Health • • Infections • Jun 22 13
Childhood pneumonia is the leading causes of death among children in China and worldwide. Using coal or wood as cooking fuel in rural area…
Stress from 9/11 linked to nationwide resurgence in smoking among Americans who had quit
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 21 13
The 9/11 attacks on America appear to have caused about one million former smokers across the country to take up the habit again…
Does adding exercise to a diet help heavy kids?
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jun 20 13
Tacking regular exercise on to a diet program for obese kids and teens typically doesn’t help them lose any more weight, a new review…
FDA expands “morning after” pill approval after court order
• Drug News • • Fertility and pregnancy • • Public Health • Jun 20 13
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday expanded its approval of the so-called “morning after” contraceptive pill to include all women of child-bearing…
New risk assessment tool to predict stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation
• Heart • • Stroke • Jun 20 13
A more accurate and reliable stroke prediction model has been developed to help physicians decide whether to start blood-thinning treatment for patients with atrial…
Berkeley Lab Confirms Thirdhand Smoke Causes DNA Damage
• Public Health • Jun 20 13
A study led by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found for the first time that thirdhand smoke - the noxious residue that…
CNIO researchers discover a new gene involved in obesity
• Genetics • • Obesity • Jun 20 13
The discovery of an unexpected function for a gene that was associated to another process in the organism might be a solution in search…
Two-fifths of U.S. adults care for sick, elderly relatives
• Aging and Gerontology • Jun 20 13
Four in 10 U.S. adults are now caring for a sick or elderly family member as more people develop chronic illnesses and the population…
1 in 4 stroke patients suffer PTSD
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Stroke • Jun 20 13
One in four people who survive a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within the first…
What do memories look like?
• Brain • • Neurology • Jun 20 13
Oscar Wilde called memory “the diary that we all carry about with us.” Now a team of scientists has developed a way to see…
Dietary fructose causes liver damage in animal model, study finds
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Jun 20 13
The role of dietary fructose in the development of obesity and fatty liver diseases remains controversial, with previous studies indicating that the problems resulted…
Earlier treatment following stroke linked with reduced risk of in-hospital death
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Stroke • Jun 19 13
In a study that included nearly 60,000 patients with acute ischemic stroke, thrombolytic treatment (to help dissolve a blood clot) that was started more…
Insulin degludec lowers risk of recurrent low blood sugar or has similar risk to insulin glargine
• Diabetes • • Drug News • Jun 19 13
Insulin degludec (Tresiba), a new ultra-long-acting insulin, has a similar or reduced risk of recurrent hypoglycemia - low blood sugar - compared with the…
Similar genetic variation found in overweight newborns and adults
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Obesity • Jun 19 13
Similar genetic variations occur in both overweight newborns and obese adults, a large study finds. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine…
Parenting and home environment influence children’s exercise and eating habits
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jun 19 13
Kids whose moms encourage them to exercise and eat well, and model those healthy behaviors themselves, are more likely to be active and healthy…
New concussion data: 2 biomarkers better than 1
• Brain • • Emergencies / First Aid • • Neurology • Jun 19 13
Scientists are scrambling to gather data for the FDA to support the need for a blood test to diagnose brain injury in the United…
Scientists find new tool to measure sugar consumption
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 19 13
Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks identified a new tool that can dramatically improve the notoriously inaccurate surveys of what and how…
Eating more red meat tied to higher diabetes risk
• Diabetes • • Dieting • Jun 17 13
Increasing the number of hamburgers and other red meat people eat on a daily basis is linked to a higher risk of developing diabetes…
BPA linked to a common birth defect in boys
• Children's Health • • Sexual Health • • Urine Problems • Jun 17 13
A new study links fetal exposure to a common chemical pollutant, bisphenol A (BPA), to defects of a testicular hormone in newborn boys with…
Obesity leads to brain inflammation, and low testosterone makes it worse
• Brain • • Obesity • Jun 17 13
Low testosterone worsens the harmful effects of obesity in the nervous system, a new study in mice finds. The results will be presented Monday…