Physical therapy in the intensive care unit benefits hospital’s bottom line
• Emergencies / First Aid • Jan 13 13
In a study evaluating the financial impact of providing early physical therapy for intensive care patients, researchers at Johns Hopkins found that the up-front…
Treating eye diseases with anti-VEGF therapies may have side effects
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 13 13
A new Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS) article reveals that increasingly aggressive therapies that block VEGF could cause damage in treating eye diseases.…
Almost one in six couples face infertility: study
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jan 13 13
Close to one in six U.S. couples don’t get pregnant despite a year of trying - after which doctors typically recommend evaluation for infertility,…
Patients rarely told about medication errors
• Drug Abuse • • Public Health • Jan 13 13
Patients and their families are rarely told when hospitals make mistakes with their medicines, according to a new study.
Most medication mistakes did not…
Bangladesh sets “death clock” updating tobacco-related deaths
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 13 13
Bangladesh unveiled a “Death Clock” in its capital to raise awareness about smoking-related deaths in a country which ranks among the world’s highest in…
New York governor declares public health emergency to combat flu
• Flu • • Public Health • Jan 13 13
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a public health emergency on Saturday, giving pharmacists permission to administer flu vaccinations to more people as officials…
Unnecessary antimicrobial use increases risk of recurrent infectious diarrhea
• Infections • Jan 10 13
The impact of antibiotic misuse has far-reaching consequences in healthcare, including reduced efficacy of the drugs, increased prevalence of drug-resistant organisms, and increased risk…
Drug resistance: ‘Baby steps’ can pay off big
• Public Health • Jan 10 13
Rice University scientists have found that mutations of small effect can turn out to be game changers in the bacterial fight against antibiotic drugs.
…
Moffitt Cancer Center Researchers Find Hispanics Lack Trust in Health Care Professionals, More Often Avoid Cancer Screenings
• Cancer • • Public Health • Jan 10 13
When researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues conducted a random telephone survey among blacks, whites and Hispanics in New York, Baltimore and San…
The Benefits of Being Bilingual
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 10 13
Some grow up speaking one language at home with their family and another at school and with their friends. Being bilingual can help these…
Weight Watchers Best Commercial Diet
• Dieting • Jan 10 13
A ranking of U.S. diet programs found among the 12 commercial programs marketed to the public, Weight Watchers was the best.
In Best Diets…
Flu sweeping across region, nation
• Flu • Jan 10 13
The flu is sweeping across the nation earlier than normal this year, and the North Shore is not immune.
Health officials nationally are warning…
Brown eyes appear more trustworthy than blue
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 10 13
People view brown-eyed faces as more trustworthy than those with blue eyes, except if the blue eyes belong to a broad-faced man, according to…
E-games boost physical activity in children; might be a weapon in the battle against obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Physical activity -exercise • Jan 10 13
Video games have been blamed for contributing to the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States. But a new study by researchers at…
Obesity drops among children enrolled in NY state WIC nutrition program
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Jan 09 13
New York children participating in a federal nutrition program had healthier eating behaviors and lower rates of obesity two years after improvements to the…
Weight counseling decreases despite rise in obesity
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Jan 09 13
While the number of overweight and obese Americans has increased, the amount of weight counseling offered by primary care physicians has decreased - especially…
Disappearing bacterium may protect against stroke
• Stroke • Jan 09 13
A new study by NYU School of Medicine researchers reveals that an especially virulent strain of the gut bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) isn’t…
Cancer death rates fall in U.S.
• Cancer • • Public Health • Jan 08 13
Death rates from cancer are continuing to inch down, U.S. researchers report.
Now the question is how to hold onto those gains, and do…
Few Americans Know All the Risks of Obesity
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jan 08 13
Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but what about the many other ways obesity can damage your health?
Carrying too many…
Physicians learn to ask about exercise
• Heart • • Public Health • Jan 08 13
Roll up a sleeve for the blood pressure cuff. Stick out a wrist for the pulse-taking. Lift your tongue for the thermometer. Report how…
Obese Moms Risk Having Babies With Low Vitamin D
• Gender: Female • • Obesity • • Pregnancy • Jan 08 13
Women who are obese at the start of their pregnancy may be passing on insufficient levels of vitamin D to their babies, according to…
Sublingual immunotherapy shows promise as treatment for peanut allergy
• Allergies • • Immunology • Jan 08 13
Peanuts are one of the most common triggers of severe food-induced allergic reactions, which can be fatal, and the prevalence of peanut allergy is…
Why do age-related macular degeneration patients have trouble recognizing faces?
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 08 13
Abnormalities of eye movement and fixation may contribute to difficulty in perceiving and recognizing faces among older adults with age-related macular degeneration (AMD),…
All in the family: A genetic link between epilepsy and migraine
• Epilepsy • • Migraine • Jan 07 13
New research reveals a shared genetic susceptibility to epilepsy and migraine. Findings published in Epilepsia, a journal of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE),…
Breastfeeding Tips Women Share Intrigues Doctors
• Childbirth • • Gender: Female • Jan 07 13
Breastfeeding can be a difficult time for both mother and baby, so using cabbage leaves and tea bags to ease pain or eating oatmeal…