Secondhand smoke causes longer hospitalization in infants with respiratory infections
• Allergies • • Immunology • Jun 04 13
More evidence has surfaced that supports the war on smoking, especially if smokers have an infant in their household. A study published today in…
New study explains cognitive ability differences among the elderly
• Brain • • Aging and Gerontology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 04 13
A new study shows compelling evidence that associations between cognitive ability and cortical grey matter in old age can largely be accounted for by…
Flaxseed no help for kids with high cholesterol
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 04 13
Despite some evidence it might be beneficial for adults, eating flaxseed every day didn’t help children with high cholesterol get their numbers down, in…
Vegetarian diet tied to fewer deaths over time
• Dieting • • Mortality and Morbidity • Jun 04 13
People who limit how much meat they eat and stick to mostly fruits and vegetables are less likely to die over any particular period…
Technique Could Identify Patients at High Risk of Stroke or Brain Hemorrhage
• Brain • • Stroke • Jun 04 13
Measuring blood flow in the brain may be an easy, noninvasive way to predict stroke or hemorrhage in children receiving cardiac or respiratory…
Weather conditions do not affect fibromyalgia pain or fatigue
• Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jun 04 13
Dutch researchers report that weather conditions including temperature, sunshine, and precipitation have no impact on fibromyalgia symptoms in female patients. Results published in Arthritis…
Clinicians often wait for ‘red flags’ before discussing elderly driving
• Aging and Gerontology • Jun 03 13
Clinicians often wait too long before talking to elderly patients about giving up driving even though many may be open to those discussions earlier,…
More TV time equals higher consumption of sweetened beverages among children
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 03 13
More time in front of the TV set and higher exposure to TV adverts may lead to increased consumption of sweetened beverages among children.…
Researchers develop a faster method to identify Salmonella strains
• Infections • Jun 03 13
A new approach may be able to reduce by more than half the time it takes health officials to identify Salmonella strains, according to…
Researchers identify genetic signature of deadly brain cancer
• Brain • • Cancer • Jun 03 13
A multi-institutional team of researchers have pinpointed the genetic traits of the cells that give rise to gliomas - the most common form of…
The Health and Care of Pregnant Women and Babies in Europe in 2010
• Pregnancy • • Public Health • Jun 02 13
The burden of mortality and morbidity in the perinatal period - pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum - remains a major concern in Europe. Over…
New Mayo Clinic Approach Could Lead to Blood Test to Diagnose Alzheimer’s in Earliest Stage
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 29 13
Blood offers promise as a way to detect Alzheimer’s disease at its earliest onset, Mayo Clinic researchers say. They envision a test that would…
Safe for stroke patients to continue blood thinners before minor surgical procedures
• Stroke • May 29 13
Many patients who have experienced strokes or mini strokes take blood thinners such as aspirin or warfarin (Coumadin) to reduce the risk of blood…
Operative death rates higher at weekend, warn researchers
• Public Health • • Surgery • May 29 13
There is a higher risk of death for patients who have elective surgery later in the week and at the weekend, compared with those…
Small molecule could have big impact on cancer
• Cancer • May 29 13
Dr. Jung-Mo Ahn, associate professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Dallas, has designed and synthesized a novel small molecule that might…
C-sections tied to child obesity
• Gender: Female • • Obesity • • Pregnancy • May 26 13
More babies born via cesarean section grow up to be heavy kids and teens than those delivered vaginally, according to a new study of…
New research shows that potatoes provide one of the best nutritional values per penny
• Food & Nutrition • May 25 13
A frequently expressed concern in the ongoing public health debate is the lack of affordability of fresh vegetables, especially those that are nutrient dense.…
Heart failure accelerates male ‘menopause’
• Gender: Male • • Heart • • Menopause • May 25 13
Heart failure accelerates the aging process and brings on early andropausal syndrome (AS), according to research presented today at the Heart Failure Congress 2013.…
A new strategy required in the search for Alzheimer’s drugs?
• Drug News • • Neurology • May 25 13
In the search for medication against Alzheimer’s disease, scientists have focused - among other factors - on drugs that can break down Amyloid beta…
Youth with type 2 diabetes at much higher risk for heart, kidney disease
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Urine Problems • May 25 13
The news about youth and diabetes keeps getting worse. The latest data from the national TODAY diabetes study shows that children who develop…
Future doctors unaware of their obesity bias
• Obesity • May 24 13
Two out of five medical students have an unconscious bias against obese people, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist…
Researchers find common childhood asthma unconnected to allergens or inflammation
• Children's Health • • Asthma • May 24 13
Little is known about why asthma develops, how it constricts the airway or why response to treatments varies between patients. Now, a team of…
Death rates decline for advanced heart failure patients, but outcomes are still not ideal
• Heart • • Mortality and Morbidity • May 24 13
UCLA researchers examining outcomes for advanced heart-failure patients over the past two decades have found that, coinciding with the increased availability and use of…
Overeating learned in infancy, study suggests
• Children's Health • • Dieting • May 23 13
In the long run, encouraging a baby to finish the last ounce in their bottle might be doing more harm than good.
Though the…
Johns Hopkins rewrites obsolete blood-ordering rules
• Public Health • • Surgery • May 22 13
Johns Hopkins researchers have developed new guidelines - the first in more than 35 years - to govern the amount of blood ordered for…