Researchers call for early diagnosis of flesh-eating infections
• Infections • Sep 17 12
Dr. Russell Russo, an Orthopedic Surgeon at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and other researchers stress that orthopedists should have a high index…
Sex matters: Guys recognize cars and women recognize birds best
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • Sep 17 12
Women are better than men at recognizing living things and men are better than women at recognizing vehicles.
That is the unanticipated result of…
McDonald’s Posts Calorie Counts on Menu Boards
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 16 12
McDonald’s is going to start posting calorie counts for all of its products on menu boards starting the week of September 16, 2012. The…
Poland bans Czech alcohol after deaths
• Public Health • Sep 16 12
Poland has banned the sale of strong drink from the Czech Republic after 19 deaths attributed to the consumption of bootleg spirits containing poisonous…
Work stress ‘raises heart risk’
• Heart • • Neurology • Sep 16 12
Having a highly demanding job, but little control over it, could be a deadly combination, UK researchers say.
They analysed 13 existing European studies…
Pre-marriage doubts signal unhappy unions, divorce
• Neurology • • Public Health • Sep 16 12
Those wedding cold feet are a real signal of trouble ahead, according to a study that shows premarital jitters can predict splitsville later.
Norway rules in favor of tobacco display ban
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 16 12
A Norwegian court has upheld a ban on displaying tobacco products in stores, in a closely-watched ruling as governments across the world look to…
Passive smoking also affects neurodevelopment in babies
• Brain • • Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 16 12
A new study shows that newborns that have been exposed to nicotine from both active and passive smoking mothers show poor physiological, sensory, motor…
Study shows breath analysis could help diagnose pulmonary nodules
• Public Health • • Respiratory Problems • Sep 16 12
A pilot study, published in the October 2012 issue of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s (IASLC) Journal of Thoracic Oncology,…
British engineers develop ultra-cheap ultrasound
• Public Health • Sep 14 12
Engineers in Britain have developed an ultrasound scanner that costs under 40 pounds to make and could improve prenatal care in parts of the…
Fruit and vegetable school programs help a little
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 14 12
School-based programs aimed at getting children to eat more fruits and vegetables were somewhat successful in a new review of the interventions - although…
Smokers may have more sleep problems: study
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Sleep Aid • Sep 14 12
Smokers may get fewer hours of sleep and have less restful slumber than non-smokers, according to a German study that looked at more than…
Yosemite extends hantavirus warning; 9th infection confirmed
• Infections • • Public Health • Sep 14 12
Yosemite National Park expanded a warning about the deadly hantavirus to 230,000 more recent visitors and confirmed on Thursday that a ninth person had…
New York OKs nation’s first ban on super-sized sugary drinks
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 14 12
New York City passed the first U.S. ban of oversized sugary drinks on Thursday in its latest controversial step to reduce obesity and its…
“Mini” stroke can cause major disability, may warrant clot-busters
• Stroke • Sep 14 12
A transient ischemic attack TIA or a “mini stroke,” can lead to serious disability, but is frequently deemed by doctors too mild to treat,…
Kids With Food Allergies Can Fall Through the Cracks
• Children's Health • • Allergies • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 13 12
More can be done to properly manage the care of American children with food allergies, especially when it comes to diagnostic testing and…
Cystic fibrosis patients of low SES are less likely to be accepted for lung transplant
• Respiratory Problems • Sep 13 12
Adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients of low socioeconomic status (SES) have a greater chance of not being accepted for lung transplant after undergoing initial…
Parental divorce linked to stroke in males
• Gender: Male • • Stroke • Sep 13 12
Men with divorced parents are significantly more likely to suffer a stroke than men from intact families, shows a new study from the University…
People who read food labels stay thinner
• Dieting • • Obesity • Sep 13 12
An international team of scientists headed from the University of Santiago de Compostela ensures that reading the labels on food products is linked to…
Low ghrelin - reducing appetite at the cost of increased stress?
• Dieting • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Weight Loss • Sep 13 12
Ghrelin is a hormone released by the lining of the stomach that promotes feeding behavior. Decreasing ghrelin levels could potentially help combat obesity -…
BYU study says exercise may reduce motivation for food
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Sep 13 12
Research challenges assumption that you can ‘work up an appetite’
It is commonly assumed that you can “work up an appetite” with a vigorous…
Smoking: Quitting is tough for teens, too
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 13 12
A new study finds that relatively early into tobacco addiction, teens experience many of the same negative psychological effects during abstinence as adults…
Puberty turned on by brain during deep sleep
• Brain • • Endocrinology • Sep 13 12
Slow-wave sleep, or ‘deep sleep’, is intimately involved in the complex control of the onset of puberty, according to a recent study accepted for…
Mild increases in thyroid-stimulating hormone not harmful in the elderly
• Endocrinology • Sep 13 12
There is no evidence to link mildly elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels to an increase in mortality among the elderly, according to a recent…
Gut microbes help the body extract more calories from food
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 12 12
You may think you have your food all to yourself, but you’re actually sharing it with a vast community of microbes waiting within…