Discovery helps mice beat urinary tract infections
• Infections • • Urine Problems • Jun 18 12
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found new clues to why some urinary tract infections recur persistently after multiple…
Researchers say hotel rooms are full of fecal matter
• Infections • • Public Health • Jun 18 12
Picking up the remote control in a hotel room may also mean picking up fecal matter, a new study found.
Researchers from the University…
Toronto psychologist studies how the brain responds to beauty
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 18 12
For Toronto psychologist Oshin Vartanian, it’s not enough to say beauty is in the eye of the beholder – the beholder’s brain is his…
Prochymal approval makes Canada first country to OK stem cell therapy
• Public Health • Jun 18 12
Osiris Therapeutics Inc. said on Thursday that Canadian health regulators have approved its treatment for acute graft-versus host disease in children, making it the…
Canadian researchers thwart Ebola virus
• Infections • Jun 18 12
A team of Canadian researchers has developed one of the most effective cures yet for the Ebola virus. That’s big news both for treating…
U.S. kids getting more ADHD drugs, fewer antibiotics
• Children's Health • Jun 18 12
The number of drugs dispensed to U.S. minors has dropped slightly over the past decade, bucking the rise in prescriptions to adults, according to…
Musical brain patterns could help predict epileptic seizures
• Brain • • Epilepsy • Jun 16 12
The research led by Newcastle University’s Dr Mark Cunningham and Professor Miles Whittington and supported by the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research, indicates…
Secondhand smoke tied to more health effects
• Public Health • Jun 16 12
People regularly exposed to secondhand smoke may have increased risks of dying from various causes, a long-term study from China suggests.
Researchers found that…
U.S. agency urges new charge for Medicare patients
• Public Health • Jun 16 12
A congressional agency on Friday recommended making traditional Medicare beneficiaries pay more money upfront for medical services as a way to insulate the popular…
Can a placebo reduce the urge to cough?
• Respiratory Problems • Jun 16 12
The desire to cough after inhaling the spicy substance in chili peppers can be soothed by a placebo, suggesting that coughing can be controlled…
Vitamin D plus calcium tied to longer life
• Dieting • • Aging and Gerontology • Jun 16 12
Older adults who take vitamin D and calcium supplements may live a bit longer than their peers, a new research review suggests.
Researchers found…
Soft drink consumption not the major contributor to childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jun 14 12
Most children and youth who consume soft drinks and other sweetened beverages, such as fruit punch and lemonade, are not at any higher risk…
Contraceptive pill, ring tied to higher stroke risk
• Stroke • Jun 14 12
The largest study to examine the risks of hormone-based birth control has concluded the contraceptives carry a small risk of stroke and heart attack,…
Childhood obesity linked to math performance, MU researcher says
• Obesity • Jun 14 12
Childhood obesity has increased dramatically throughout the past 40 years and has been tied to many health problems. Now, a University of Missouri researcher…
Childhood obesity found linked to math performance
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jun 14 12
Obesity among children has increased dramatically over the past 40 years and has been tied to many health problems. Now a new study has…
You’re more likely to die on your birthday: report
• Public Health • Jun 14 12
It’s the most unwelcome birthday surprise: death.
People are 14% more likely to die on the day they were born than any other day…
Health spending likely to keep rising with or without Obama’s plan
• Public Health • Jun 14 12
Even as President Obama’s healthcare law expands health coverage and transforms the way millions of Americans get medical care, it will have little effect…
Lack of Sleep Can Lead to Unhealthy Food Choices
• Food & Nutrition • Jun 14 12
Two recent studies presented at the SLEEP Medicine Conference in Boston this week suggest that sleep deprivation may lead to poor or unhealthy food…
Just what America needs: Pizza vending machines
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 14 12
Ever have a sudden urge for crisp-crusted, ooey-gooey, cheesy pizza? You want it STAT. Not in the time it takes to preheat the oven…
Innovations in anticoagulation for stroke prevention
• Stroke • Jun 13 12
New scientific findings in anticoagulation for stroke prevention are paving the way for updates to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the…
Male doctors make $12K more per year than female doctors
• Public Health • Jun 13 12
Male doctors make more money than their female counterparts, even when factoring in medical specialty, title, work hours, productivity and a host of other…
Many poor pregnant women with HIV go untreated for depression
• AIDS/HIV • • Depression • • Gender: Female • Jun 13 12
It seems logical that programs to screen and manage depression in pregnant, HIV-positive Medicaid patients should already be in place, but they aren’t.
It’s…
Fewer maternal and child deaths
• Gender: Female • • Mortality and Morbidity • Jun 13 12
Since 1990, annual maternal deaths have declined by almost one half and the deaths of young children have declined from 12 million to 7.6…
‘Bad’ dieting increases cardiovascular disease risk
• Dieting • • Heart • Jun 10 12
A 25 year study in Northern Sweden, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Nutrition Journal, is the first to show that a regional…
4 more test positive in hepatitis investigation
• Infections • Jun 10 12
State health officials say four more cases of hepatitis C involving patients at Exeter Hospital have been identified in addition to the 10 who…