Graphic anti-smoking ad launched
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 30 12
A series of hard-hitting government adverts featuring people smoking cigarettes with a tumour growing from the end is being launched in England.
Rush University Medical Center scientists home in on cause of osteoarthritis pain
• Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Dec 30 12
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center, in collaboration with researchers at Northwestern University, have identified a molecular mechanism central to the development of osteoarthritis…
56 percent of female university students get drunk in record time
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 30 12
Female university students get drunk – on purpose – quicker than their male counterparts, and live a more sedentary life than they do, according…
Nap Nanny baby recliners recalled in U.S. after 5 deaths
• Children's Health • • Mortality and Morbidity • Dec 27 12
Four U.S. retailers have agreed to recall more than 150,000 Nap Nanny baby recliners after at least five infant deaths and dozens of reports…
US cancer screening rates decline over the last 10 years, finds new study
• Cancer • • Public Health • Dec 27 12
The rate of people who seek preventive cancer screenings has fallen over the last ten years in the United States with wide variations between…
Poor reading skills tied to risk of teen pregnancy
• Pregnancy • Dec 27 12
Seventh grade girls who have trouble reading are more likely to get pregnant in high school than average or above-average readers, according to a…
Rates of Childhood Obesity Fall Slightly
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Dec 27 12
New data suggest that we may have turned an important corner in the childhood obesity epidemic.
While rates of obesity and extreme obesity in…
For pre-teens, kindness may be key to popularity
• Children's Health • Dec 27 12
Nine to twelve-year-olds who perform kind acts are not only happier, but also find greater acceptance in their peer groups, according to research published…
Obesity declining in young, poorer kids: study
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Dec 27 12
The number of low-income preschoolers who qualify as obese or “extremely obese” has dropped over the last decade, new data from the Centers for…
Web-based info may not increase cancer screening
• Cancer • Dec 27 12
Offering women information on colon cancer screening via the web does not get them to take up screening any more effectively than printed materials,…
Simple eye scan can predict how quickly Multiple Sclerosis patients will decline
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Neurology • Dec 26 12
A quick and easy eye test could offer an effective way of measuring how fast multiple sclerosis is progressing in someone with the disease.
…Flu activity at highest level in a decade
• Flu • • Public Health • Dec 26 12
State and county health officials said Friday that flu activity across North Carolina is at the highest levels recorded in the past decade.
Obesity may be declining among preschool-aged children living in low-income families
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Dec 26 12
“Obesity and extreme obesity in childhood, which are more prevalent among minority and low-income families, have been associated with other cardiovascular risk factors, increased…
Study examines overuse of ambulatory health care services in United States
• Public Health • Dec 25 12
An analysis of nationally representative survey data found significant improvement in the delivery of underused care, but more limited changes in the reduction of…
Big transfusions add risk for heart attack patients with anemia
• Anemia • • Heart • Dec 25 12
When heart attack patients present in the emergency department with some degree of anemia, or anemic patients have a heart attack, physicians have…
Children with chronic conditions increasingly use available resources in children’s hospitals
• Children's Health • Dec 25 12
Children with chronic conditions increasingly used more resources in a group of children’s hospitals compared with patients without a chronic condition, according to…
Allergies, extra weight tied to bullying
• Children's Health • • Allergies • Dec 24 12
Kids who have food allergies or are overweight may be especially likely to get bullied by their peers, two new studies suggest.
Idaho, California cities deemed best in U.S. for men
• Public Health • Dec 24 12
U.S. men looking for the best place to find happiness, health and a good quality of life might consider heading to Boise, Idaho, or…
Mount Sinai survey shows that nearly 1 in 3 children with food allergies experience bullying
• Children's Health • • Allergies • Dec 24 12
Nearly a third of children diagnosed with food allergies who participated in a recent study are bullied, according to researchers at the Icahn School…
Attention pot smokers: Cannabis makes enduring pain more bearable
• Pain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 24 12
Good news for pot smokers: Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered evidence that cannabis may make enduring pain more bearable. However, researchers…
Chinese medicine yields secrets to scientists at The Scripps Research Institute
• Chinese Medicine • Dec 24 12
The mysterious inner workings of Chang Shan - a Chinese herbal medicine used for thousands of years to treat fevers associated with malaria—have been…
Antibiotic No Help for Cough
• Respiratory Problems • Dec 23 12
An antibiotic widely used to treat uncomplicated lower respiratory tract infections had little benefit in a placebo-controlled clinical trial, researchers reported.
Soda and Food Ads Aimed at Kids Decline
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 23 12
Food and beverage marketing directed at youth dropped by nearly 20% between 2006 and 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Friday.
Cannabis can make patients ‘less bothered by pain’
• Pain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 22 12
Cannabis makes pain more bearable rather than actually reducing it, a study from the University of Oxford suggests.
Using brain imaging, researchers found that…
“Never” surgery mistakes still happening to patients
• Public Health • • Surgery • Dec 22 12
“Never say never” is a phrase that should often apply when striving for a goal in life, but there are places you never want…