Legumes May Aid Glycemic Control, Cut Lipids
• Diabetes • • Dieting • Oct 23 12
Eating more legumes such as beans and chickpeas helped improve glycemic control and lowered total cholesterol and triglycerieds in patients with type 2 diabetes,…
Fewer patient deaths after surgery in hospitals known for good nursing care
• Surgery • Oct 23 12
Patients treated in magnet hospitals (specially designated for their nursing excellence) had 14 percent lower odds of death than those in non-magnet hospitals in…
Docs call for changes to prevent cheer injuries
• Trauma & Injuries • Oct 22 12
A group of U.S. pediatricians on Monday recommended that cheerleading be designated an official sport, mainly to help prevent injuries, which the doctors say…
Killer disease reaches Uganda capital, five dead
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 22 12
An outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Uganda has spread to the capital Kampala after an infected woman travelled to the city and…
Marijuana use may cause severe cyclic nausea, vomiting, a little-known, but costly effect
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 22 12
Marijuana use - both natural and synthetic - may cause cannabinoid hyperemesis (CH) a little-known but costly effect that researchers suggest is a serious…
Mock clinical exams boost pediatric residents’ comfort in addressing breastfeeding
• Children's Health • Oct 22 12
A simulated clinical experience guiding future pediatricians through interactions with breastfeeding moms appears to put the doctors at ease with the sensitive and important…
Gastric bypass surgery just as effective in teenagers as in adults
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Oct 22 12
Teenagers with severe obesity can benefit from gastric bypass surgery just as much as adults. A study by Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden…
Like girls, U.S. boys may be hitting puberty earlier
• Children's Health • • Sexual Health • Oct 22 12
Boys in the United States may be entering puberty earlier than in generations past, a new study has found, suggesting it’s not just…
U.S. stance on marijuana unchanged by legalization votes: official
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 22 12
A top Justice Department official has told “60 Minutes” the federal government is ready to combat any “dangers” of state-sanctioned recreational pot, amid criticism…
Extra weight tied to higher risk of hospitalization: study
• Obesity • • Public Health • Oct 22 12
Regardless of lifestyle and other health-related factors, heavier people were more likely than lean ones to be hospitalized for a variety of conditions, according…
Injuries, manufacturer warnings do not deter ATV use by children under age 16
• Trauma & Injuries • Oct 22 12
All-terrain vehicle (ATV) manufacturer warning labels aimed at children under age 16 are largely ineffective, and formal dealer-sponsored training is infrequently offered and deemed…
Many high school football players not concerned about concussions
• Trauma & Injuries • Oct 22 12
Despite an increase in media attention, as well as national and local efforts to educate athletes on the potential dangers of traumatic brain injuries,…
Canada beef plant samples test negative for E. coli
• Infections • • Nutrition and Food Safety • Oct 20 12
Test samples from the XL Foods meat plant in Alberta have come back negative for E. coli bacteria, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)…
Extra pounds tied to higher risk of hospitalization
• Obesity • Oct 20 12
Regardless of lifestyle and other health-related factors, heavier people were more likely than lean ones to be hospitalized for a variety of conditions in…
Heart Attacks Twice as Deadly for Women
• Gender: Female • • Heart • Oct 20 12
A heart attack is more likely to kill a woman than a man, perhaps because women are more likely to delay seeking treatment for…
Calling an ambulance improves heart attack survival
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Heart • Oct 19 12
The Acute Cardiac Care Congress 2012 is the first annual meeting of the newly launched Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA) of the European Society…
Weight loss does not lower heart disease risk from type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Weight Loss • Oct 19 12
Intervention stopped early in NIH-funded study of weight loss in overweight and obese adults with type 2 diabetes after finding no harm, but no…
Health initiative to study causes of obesity
• Obesity • Oct 19 12
Eat carbs. Don՛t eat carbs. Eat as little fat as possible. Cut out white food. Eat like the Greeks. No, eat like paleolithic humans.…
After counseling, people ate more fruit - not more vegetables
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Oct 19 12
African American adults who were counseled to eat more produce and get more exercise as ways to reduce their chances of getting cancer and…
Disorder makes man’s scalp look like brain
• Cosmetics • • Skin Care • Oct 19 12
A Brazilian man is suffering from an unusual disorder that makes his scalp look like the surface of his brain.
According to a study…
Nixing Time Wasters Speeds Stroke Treatment
• Stroke • Oct 19 12
The same techniques that streamlined assembly lines in the auto industry can expedite receipt of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for patients with an acute…
FDA finds fungus in steroid shots, meningitis toll rises
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 19 12
U.S. health officials made their first confirmation of the presence of a deadly fungus in one of three lots of steroids tied to a…
Fungal meningitis death toll may rise
• Infections • Oct 19 12
Health officials have traced an outbreak of rare fungal meningitis to a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy that distributes a steroid injection commonly used to treat…
What we know and don’t know about fungal meningitis outbreak
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 19 12
In a new perspective piece being published Online First tonight in Annals of Internal Medicine, a physician recalls lessons learned from treating patients affected…
Few teens undergo pregnancy testing in the emergency department
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Pregnancy • Oct 19 12
Few adolescent females undergo pregnancy testing in the hospital emergency department (ED), even when they complain of lower abdominal pain, or before they are…