Health workers march in Spain’s capital against cuts, reforms
• Public Health • Dec 09 12
Thousands of health workers, on strike since last month, marched on Sunday in Madrid to protest against budget cuts and plans from the Spanish…
Marijuana goes legal in Washington state amid mixed messages
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 06 12
Washington state made history on Thursday as the first in the nation to legalize marijuana possession for adult recreational use, an occasion celebrated by…
Treat nutrition and cancer research cautiously: study
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 06 12
Studies suggesting that everything from cinnamon to lobster either raises or lowers a person’s risk of cancer may sometimes be a bunch of baloney,…
Scientists Discover Mechanism That Could Reduce Obesity
• Obesity • Dec 06 12
Approximately 68 percent of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, according to the National Cancer Institute, which puts them at greater risk for developing…
Patients with severe back pain who quit smoking report less pain than patients who continue to smoke
• Backache • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 06 12
For years, research has shown a link between smoking and an increased risk for low back pain, intervertebral (spine) disc disease, and inferior patient…
Bye bye Mediterranean diet, the poorest can’t afford it anymore
• Dieting • Dec 05 12
The results of a large study published in the Bmj Open by Italian scientists, at the Fondazione di ricerca e cura Giovanni Paolo II…
Teen smoking decreases bone accumulation in girls, may increase osteoporosis risk
• Endocrinology • • Gender: Female • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 04 12
Teenage girls who smoke accumulate less bone during a critical growth period and carry a higher risk of developing osteoporosis later in life, according…
Moderate coffee consumption may reduce risk of diabetes by up to 25 percent
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 04 12
Drinking three to four cups of coffee per day may help to prevent type 2 diabetes according to research highlighted in a session report…
Fruits, Vegetables Linked With Lower Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke: Study
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • • Stroke • Dec 04 12
Eating a diet heavy in vegetables, fruits, grains and fish could protect people with heart disease from experiencing a dangerous - and often fatal…
Flu season starts out early, deadly
• Flu • Dec 04 12
The flu season is off to an early and deadly start in Wisconsin, with 26 hospitalizations and four flu-related deaths reported here already, according…
Scientists find gene link to teenage binge drinking
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 04 12
Scientists have unpicked the brain processes involved in teenage alcohol abuse and say their findings help explain why some young people have more of…
Baby’s health is tied to mother’s value for family
• Children's Health • Dec 04 12
The value that an expectant mother places on family - regardless of the reality of her own family situation - predicts the birthweight of…
Western University researchers make breakthrough in arthritis research
• Arthritis • Dec 04 12
Researchers at Western University have made a breakthrough that could lead to a better understanding of a common form of arthritis that, until now,…
Teens may buy less tobacco when displays are hidden
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 03 12
A new study conducted using a virtual reality game suggests teens may be less likely to try to buy cigarettes at convenience stories if…
Drugmakers step up search for hearing loss medicines
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Dec 02 12
When Swiss biotech firm Auris Medical wanted to recruit patients to test its experimental hearing loss drug, it decided to enlist partygoers deafened by…
Genes linked to low birth weight, adult shortness and later diabetes risk
• Childbirth • • Diabetes • • Public Health • Dec 02 12
An international team of genetics researchers has discovered four new gene regions that contribute to low birth weight. Three of those regions influence adult…
Extended sleep reduces pain sensitivity
• Pain • • Sleep Aid • Dec 01 12
A new study suggests that extending nightly sleep in mildly sleepy, healthy adults increases daytime alertness and reduces pain sensitivity.
“Our results suggest…
Emerging vector-borne diseases create new public health challenges
• Public Health • Dec 01 12
West Nile virus, Lyme disease, dengue fever, and plague are examples of “vector-borne zoonotic diseases,” caused by pathogens that naturally infect wildlife and are…
Obese children more vulnerable to food advertising
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Nov 30 12
Rates of childhood obesity have tripled in the past 30 years, and food marketing has been implicated as one factor contributing to this trend.…
U.S. diets not up to U.S. standards: study
• Dieting • Nov 30 12
In a broad comparison of U.S. dietary standards and real Americans’ eating habits, researchers found that people fall short of nutritional recommendations overall, but…
Drug, alcohol abuse tied to early-life strokes: study
• Stroke • Nov 30 12
Younger adults who suffered a stroke were often smokers or had abused drugs or alcohol, according to a U.S. study that looked at over…
Health officials tell Greece to act fast to control HIV
• AIDS/HIV • • Public Health • Nov 30 12
A spiraling outbreak of HIV in debt-stricken Greece could run out of control if urgent action is not taken, European health officials said on…
Australia’s tobacco marketing laws give retailers a headache
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 30 12
James Yu, who runs the King of the Pack tobacconist in central Sydney, is indignant about Australia’s stringent anti-tobacco laws making manufactures package cigarettes…
Judge orders tobacco companies to admit deception
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 28 12
Major tobacco companies that spent decades denying they lied to the U.S. public about the dangers of cigarettes must spend their own money on…
Gene linked to respiratory distress in babies
• Children's Health • • Genetics • Nov 28 12
Some infants are more susceptible to potentially life-threatening breathing problems after birth, and rare, inherited DNA differences may explain why, according to research at…