How Formula Could Increase Breast-Feeding Rates
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • May 14 13
One of the surprising ways to boost breast-feeding rates among new moms may involve formula, according to the latest research.
With a growing body…
Most Michigan parents, grandparents prefer research hospitals for pediatric care
• Children's Health • • Public Health • May 13 13
Four out of five parents and grandparents in Michigan say they’d rather take children to a hospital that does medical research for children than…
Second French coronavirus case confirmed
• Infections • • Public Health • May 13 13
A second diagnosis of the new SARS-like coronavirus has been confirmed in France, the Health Ministry said on Sunday, in what appeared to…
Spontaneous mutations are major cause of congenital heart disease
• Children's Health • • Heart • May 13 13
Every year, thousands of babies are born with severely malformed hearts, disorders known collectively as congenital heart disease. Many of these defects can be…
Gene associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis identified
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Trauma & Injuries • May 13 13
Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan have identified the first gene to be associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (also…
Potential flu pandemic lurks
• Flu • • Public Health • May 13 13
In the summer of 1968, a new strain of influenza appeared in Hong Kong. This strain, known as H3N2, spread around the globe and…
UCLA stem cell researchers move toward treatment for rare genetic nerve disease
• Genetics • • Neurology • May 13 13
Led by Dr. Peiyee Lee and Dr. Richard Gatti, researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research…
A cautionary tale on genome-sequencing diagnostics for rare diseases
• Children's Health • • Endocrinology • • Genetics • May 12 13
Children born with rare, inherited conditions known as Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation, or CDG, have mutations in one of the many enzymes the body…
Allergic disease worsens respiratory symptoms and exacerbations in COPD
• Allergies • • Respiratory Problems • May 12 13
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who also have allergic disease have higher levels of respiratory symptoms and are at higher risk for…
Research reveals possible reason for cholesterol-drug side effects
• Brain • • Drug Abuse • • Heart • • Neurology • May 10 13
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and physicians continue to document that some patients experience fuzzy thinking and memory loss while taking statins, a…
Discovery shows fat triggers rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • May 09 13
Scientists have discovered that fat cells in the knee secrete a protein linked to arthritis, a finding that paves the way for new gene…
Study finds nearly 5 million asthmatics worldwide could benefit from antifungal therapy
• Allergies • • Asthma • May 09 13
An estimated 4,837,000 asthmatics with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) could benefit substantially from antifungal treatment, say researchers from the University of Toronto and Manchester…
Brain anatomy of dyslexia is not the same in men and women, boys and girls
• Brain • • Neurology • May 09 13
Using MRI, neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center found significant differences in brain anatomy when comparing men and women with dyslexia to their non-dyslexic…
New malaria tool shows which kids at greatest risk
• Children's Health • • Infections • May 09 13
Researchers at Michigan State University have identified a test that can determine which children with malaria are likely to develop cerebral malaria, a much…
San Francisco surrenders in fight over cell phone warnings
• Public Health • May 09 13
San Francisco city leaders, after losing a key round in court against the cell phone industry, have agreed to revoke an ordinance that would…
Packaged diet foods may spur more weight loss
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Weight Loss • May 09 13
In a head-to-head comparison with a traditional diet, people who stuck to a diet of portion-controlled packaged foods lost almost twice as much weight…
Saudi Arabia has 13 cases of SARS-like coronavirus: WHO
• Infections • • Public Health • May 09 13
Saudi Arabia has had 13 cases in a recent outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus that has emerged from the Gulf and spread…
Info packets don’t help people take ER meds
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • May 09 13
In a test of services geared toward making sure patients took their prescribed medications after leaving the emergency room, none made a difference, a…
Study questions fish oil benefit before heart attack
• Dieting • • Heart • May 09 13
Fish oil supplements did not prevent heart problems in people who hadn’t had a heart attack yet, in a large long-term study from Italy.
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Wrigley halts production of caffeine gum following FDA concern
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 09 13
Wrigley temporarily halted production of its new Alert Energy Caffeine Gum in response to concerns expressed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over…
Gastric banding: Pros and cons of Christie’s surprising choice
• Surgery • • Weight Loss • May 08 13
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s choice of gastric banding has prompted questions about why he opted for a weight-loss procedure less favored by bariatric…
Many in U.S. don’t get proper testing for hepatitis C: CDC
• Infections • May 08 13
Only half of people in the United States who have ever been infected with hepatitis C get proper testing for the liver-destroying disease, U.S.…
Turning Alzheimer’s fuzzy signals into high definition
• Brain • • Neurology • May 08 13
Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have discovered how the predominant class of Alzheimer’s pharmaceuticals might sharpen the brain’s performance
One factor…
Parents may protect babies against future allergies by sucking on kids’ pacifiers
• Children's Health • • Allergies • • Public Health • May 07 13
To protect a baby against future allergies, parents may want to consider sucking on their kid’s pacifier.
New research finds kids whose parents “cleaned”…
More US babies die on their first day than in 68 other countries, report shows
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • May 07 13
The U.S. is a worse place for newborns than 68 other countries, including Egypt, Turkey and Peru, according to a report released Tuesday by…