Parents feel racial socialization may help minority children succeed in school
• Children's Health • • Public Health • May 29 15
A child’s ability to succeed academically is one of the strongest determinants of his or her future quality of life. In particular, it has…
Earning a college degree before, but not after, getting married protects against obesity
• Obesity • May 28 15
People who earn a college degree before getting married are much less likely to become obese than those who graduate from college after…
Metformin use associated with reduced risk of developing open-angle glaucoma
• Eye / Vision Problems • May 28 15
Taking the medication metformin hydrochloride was associated with reduced risk of developing the sight-threatening disease open-angle glaucoma in people with diabetes, according to a…
Nearly 1 in 7 Hispanic/Latino adults has some hearing loss
• Ear / Nose / Throat • May 28 15
In the largest study to date of hearing loss among Hispanic/Latino adults in the United States, researchers have found that nearly 1 in 7…
New cancer cases rise globally, but death rates are declining in many countries
• Cancer • • Public Health • May 28 15
New cases of virtually all types of cancer are rising in countries globally - regardless of income - but the death rates from cancer…
Prepare for Questions on Cannabis as an Analgesic
• Pain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 27 15
Physicians must become better prepared to answer patients’ questions about cannabis because its use in medicine is exploding, according to a leading researcher.
“It’s…
Vision Problems Rare in Children With Dyslexia
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • May 27 15
A large, cross-sectional British study of almost 7000 children aged 7 to 9 years has confirmed previous findings that visual impairment is rarely the…
Febuxostat More Effective Than Allopurinol at Usual Doses
• Rheumatic Diseases • May 27 15
The 2012 American College of Rheumatology gout treatment guidelines recommend titration of urate-lowering medication doses to achieve target serum uric acid (sUA) levels of…
Stroke: not just an adult’s condition
• Stroke • May 27 15
When you hear the word “stroke,” the first picture that pops into your mind is likely to be of an elderly individual. It’s true…
Cannabis use can be prevented, reduced or delayed
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 26 15
Responding to rapidly shifting legal and cultural environments, researchers at the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine Children’s Hospital have found a way to…
Research ‘challenges assumption that arthritis patients take their medication regularly’
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • May 26 15
New UK research has challenged the assumption that people with rheumatoid arthritis always take their medication as prescribed.
Researchers from the Arthritis Research UK…
Smokers more likely to think cancer is a death sentence
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 25 15
Smokers have more pessimistic attitudes about cancer and may be more likely to delay getting screened, according to a new survey from the…
Wal-Mart urges meat suppliers to curb antibiotic use
• Food & Nutrition • • Nutrition and Food Safety • • Public Health • May 25 15
Wal-Mart Stores Inc is pressing meat, seafood, dairy and egg suppliers to reduce the use of antibiotics, becoming the first large retailer to take…
In study, new swab reveals one-third of babies with severe diarrhea had undiagnosed, treatable infection
• Children's Health • • Bowel Problems • • Infections • May 25 15
With Canadian government funding, medical scientists have created and demonstrated a new tool that could dramatically lower the tragic annual toll of 760,000 infants…
Exercise and age
• Aging and Gerontology • May 22 15
It’s never too late to start exercising. Exercise has benefits at any age.
Don’t worry if you’ve never exercised, or if you stopped exercising…
Successful Aging
• Aging and Gerontology • May 22 15
The term “successful aging” first appeared in professional literature in 1961, in the inaugural issue of The Gerontologist. While much has been written…
7 pillars to successful aging
• Aging and Gerontology • May 22 15
“It’s no accident that I’ve reached age 88 in great health,” says Bill Zinke, who recently launched Enrich Life Over 50, a grassroots movement…
Successful aging: THE SECOND 50
• Aging and Gerontology • May 22 15
The 16th century Spanish explorer, Ponce de Leon, marched off in search of the fountain of youth, only to discover death. Intruding into hostile…
Planning for “Successful Aging” at Mid-life
• Aging and Gerontology • May 22 15
A phrase we see quite a bit these days is “successful aging.” As a gerontologist, I probably see it more often than most of…
Obesity and weight loss change splicing pattern of obesity and type 2 diabetes genes
• Diabetes • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • May 22 15
Alternative splicing of obesity and type 2 diabetes related genes may contribute to the pathophysiology of obesity, according to research from the University of…
Team publishes findings about compound with potential for treating rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • May 22 15
Montana State University researchers and their collaborators have published their findings about a chemical compound that shows potential for treating rheumatoid arthritis.
The paper…
Obese teens’ brains unusually susceptible to food commercials, Dartmouth study finds
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Neurology • May 22 15
A Dartmouth study finds that TV food commercials disproportionately stimulate the brains of overweight teen-agers, including the regions that control pleasure, taste and -…
Smoking and drug abuse could more than triple annual ER visits
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 22 15
Smokers are four times more likely than non-smokers to become frequent visitors of emergency rooms.
That is one of the findings uncovered by a…
Faster heart rate linked to diabetes risk
• Diabetes • • Heart • May 22 15
An association between resting heart rate and diabetes suggests that heart rate measures could identify individuals with a higher future risk of diabetes, according…
Subconscious learning shapes pain responses
• Pain • May 22 15
In a new study led from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet, researchers report that people can be conditioned to associate images with particular pain responses -…