End-of-life talks lacking between doctors, patients
• Public Health • Apr 01 13
Although many older patients in Canada have thought about end-of-life care and discussed it with family members, a new study suggests fewer have spoken…
Questions In China On How H7N9 Flu Strain Killed 2
• Flu • • Public Health • Apr 01 13
Health officials say they still don’t understand how a lesser-known bird flu virus was able to kill two men and seriously sicken a woman…
Have asthma? You likely have an allergy as well
• Allergies • • Asthma • Apr 01 13
Asthma is becoming an epidemic in the United States. The number of Americans diagnosed with asthma grows annually, with 26 million currently affected. And…
Diet shown to be critical factor in improving type 2 diabetes after bariatric surgery
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Weight Loss • Apr 01 13
Patients with type 2 diabetes who consume a diet identical to the strict regimen followed after bariatric surgery are just as likely to see…
The Future of Nicotine Addiction: When Smokers Become Vapers
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 01 13
The nation’s tobacco industry is facing one monumental impediment to future growth: a shrinking (and dying) customer base of cigarette smokers.
Business 101 suggests…
Nothing fishy about it: Fish oil can boost the immune system
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Immunology • Apr 01 13
Fish oil rich in DHA and EPA is widely believed to help prevent disease by reducing inflammation, but until now, scientists were not entirely…
Good News for Overweight Children and Their Parents
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 01 13
Good news for overweight children and their parents: A study published in the journal Pediatrics today shows that small steps – and a self-help…
Michigan Medical Marijuana laws get tweaked
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 01 13
As of today, it will be tougher to obtain a Medical Marijuana card, but once you get one, it will be good for two…
Health screenings continue for dental patients
• Dental Health • Apr 01 13
Former patients of Dr. Scott Harrington are still being urged to get tested for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV this morning.
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Adolescents’ poor health behaviors raise risk of heart disease as adults
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Public Health • Apr 01 13
U.S. adolescents’ high levels of poor health behaviors and unfavorable cardiovascular risk factors may increase their chances of heart disease as adults, according to…
Is guided self-help effective in treating childhood obesity?
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 01 13
It is known that family-based treatment that combines nutrition and exercise education, along with behavior modification, is a good approach to help children lose…
New technique shows promise in restoring near vision without glasses
• Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 01 13
By middle age, most people have age-related declines in near vision (presbyopia) requiring bifocals or reading glasses. An emerging technique called hyperopic orthokeratology (OK)…
Study reveals how diabetes drug delays ageing in worms
• Drug News • Mar 31 13
A widely prescribed type 2 diabetes drug slows down the ageing process by mimicking the effects of dieting, according to a study published today…
Wilderness Therapy Programs Less Risky Than Daily Life, UNH Research Finds
• Children's Health • • Trauma & Injuries • Mar 31 13
Adolescents participating in wilderness and adventure therapy programs are at significantly less risk of injury than those playing football and are three times…
Two die in China from bird flu strain not previously seen in humans: Xinhua
• Flu • • Infections • Mar 31 13
Two people in Shanghai, one of China’s largest cities, died this month after contracting a strain of avian influenza that had never been passed…
Chinese herbs may reduce hot flashes
• Alternative Medicine • • Chinese Medicine • • Menopause • Mar 31 13
Women taking a Chinese herbal formula experienced less than half the number of menopausal hot flashes they had before the treatment, according to a…
HIV, hepatitis tests urged for 7,000 Oklahoma dental patients
• Dental Health • • Infections • Mar 31 13
A Tulsa, Oklahoma, health center on Saturday began drawing blood samples from patients who may have been exposed to viruses at an oral surgery…
Head-on collisions between DNA-code reading machineries accelerate gene evolution
• Genetics • Mar 31 13
Bacteria appear to speed up their evolution by positioning specific genes along the route of expected traffic jams in DNA encoding. Certain genes are…
Children with sleep apnea have higher risk of behavioral, adaptive and learning problems
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Respiratory Problems • Mar 31 13
A new study found that obstructive sleep apnea, a common form of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), is associated with increased rates of ADHD-like behavioral problems…
Smoking immediately upon waking may increase risk of lung and oral cancer
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 31 13
The sooner a person smokes a cigarette upon waking in the morning, the more likely he or she is to acquire lung or oral…
Robotic surgery tied to temporary nerve injuries
• Neurology • • Surgery • Mar 31 13
One in 15 people undergoing robot-assisted prostate, kidney or bladder surgery develops a nerve injury related to pressure from positioning on the operating table,…
U.S. to reexamine health effects of cellphone radio waves
• Public Health • Mar 31 13
U.S. regulators are looking into how radio frequencies emitted by cellphones and other wireless devices affect people amid lingering concerns about the risks of…
Monounsaturated fats reduce metabolic syndrome risk
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Mar 31 13
Canola oil and high-oleic canola oils can lower abdominal fat when used in place of other selected oil blends, according to a team of…
What advances are driving clinical applications of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine?
• Public Health • Mar 31 13
Explosive growth in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine has led to innovative and promising applications and techniques, many of which are…
Surgical menopause may prime brain for stroke, Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Gender: Female • • Neurology • Mar 28 13
Women who abruptly and prematurely lose estrogen from surgical menopause have a two-fold increase in cognitive decline and dementia.
“This is what the clinical…