Reducing school bus pollution improves children’s health
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • Apr 23 15
Use of clean fuels and updated pollution control measures in the school buses 25 million children ride every day could result in 14 million…
Montreal discovery could impact the study of chronic pain conditions
• Pain • Apr 22 15
Researchers at the IRCM led by Artur Kania, PhD, uncovered the critical role in pain processing of a gene associated with a rare disease.…
Researchers discover new drugs to combat the root cause of multiple sclerosis
• Neurology • Apr 22 15
New research published this week in Nature has found several drugs could lead to new treatment options for multiple sclerosis (MS), including two drugs…
Backache - a matter of mechanics
• Backache • • Pain • Apr 22 15
Some say that back pain is the price we pay for walking upright. Others claim that the problem of back pain only really started…
Hasbro Children’s Hospital study links adverse childhood experiences to pediatric asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Apr 22 15
Robyn Wing, M.D., an emergency medicine physician at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, recently led a study that found children who were exposed to an adverse…
Regular consumption of yogurt does not improve health
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 21 15
Dietary recommendations support the consumption of dairy products as part of a healthy diet. However, after a Spanish study involving more than 4,000 people…
Cannabis consumers show greater susceptibility to false memories
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 21 15
A new study published in the American journal with the highest impact factor in worldwide, Molecular Psychiatry, reveals that consumers of cannabis are more…
What happens when multiple sclerosis patients stop taking their medication?
• Neurology • Apr 21 15
New research led by NYU Langone Medical Center examines what happens when a patient with multiple sclerosis (MS) who is clinically stable stops taking…
Electronic cigarettes are not a ‘safe alternative’ for young people
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 21 15
Although heavily promoted as a safer cigarette and an aid to quit smoking, electronic cigarettes and the nicotine they deliver pose particular risks to…
Scientists identify brain circuitry responsible for anxiety in smoking cessation
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 21 15
In a promising breakthrough for smokers who are trying to quit, neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and The Scripps Research…
Study sheds new light on a crucial enzyme for the immune response
• Immunology • Apr 20 15
A new study by immunology researchers at the IRCM led by Javier M. Di Noia, PhD, sheds light on a mechanism affecting AID, a…
New signaling pathway discovered in HER2-positive breast cancer, and 2 powerful drug targets
• Cancer: Breast • • Genetics • Apr 20 15
One of the most promising ideas in cancer treatment is to apply a lesson learned in the fight against AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome):…
New guidelines inform clinicians how to treat a first seizure
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • Apr 20 15
Following a first seizure, physicians should discuss with patients whether it is appropriate to prescribe medication to reduce risk of another seizure, according to…
Happiness can be spread through the smell of sweat, study finds
• Public Health • Apr 19 15
Pharrell Williams should probably watch out - the “Happy” hitmaker might get an influx of fans trying to sniff him if the results of…
Smokers underestimate risks of a few cigarettes
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 17 15
Many people still dangerously underestimate the health risks associated with smoking even a few cigarettes a day, despite decades of public health campaigning, French…
A game-changer for stroke treatment
• Stroke • Apr 17 15
Stroke is the leading cause of severe long-term disability in the United States, and less than 40 percent of patients who experience the most…
Effectiveness of new stroke treatment confirmed
• Stroke • Apr 17 15
A research paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) today confirms earlier findings that a procedure called endovascular therapy (ET) for…
New research finds smoking and mother’s genetics combine to increase likelihood of twins
• Genetics • • Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 17 15
African American mothers who smoke and have a genetic profile that includes a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the TP53 gene have an increased…
Droperidol is safe for agitated ER patients, despite black box warning
• Drug Abuse • • Emergencies / First Aid • • Heart • Apr 17 15
Droperidol is safe and effective for calming violent and aggressive emergency patients, and the negative effects that garnered a black box warning from the…
Study finds major vascular anomalies in the brains of people with Huntington’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 16 15
An international study led by researchers from Université Laval and CHU de Québec-Université Laval has identified significant vascular changes in the brains of people…
Survey shows half of older adults in US now taking aspirin
• Aging and Gerontology • Apr 16 15
A national survey suggests that slightly more than half of the older adults in the United States are now taking a daily dose of…
59 percent of California physicians support Affordable Care Act, UCLA study shows
• Public Health • Apr 15 15
UCLA researchers have found that 77 percent of California primary care and specialty physicians understand the basics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care…
Does home care serve men and women equally?
• Public Health • Apr 15 15
As the population ages, there is increasing demand for publicly funded home care services to help older people preserve their independence, improve their quality…
Disruption of sleep in children could hamper memory processes
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Apr 15 15
Sleep disordered breathing can hamper memory processes in children, according to a new study.
The research, which will be presented today at the Sleep…
Scientists develop new technique that reduces halo effect caused by lenses
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Aging and Gerontology • Apr 15 15
In a recent study published in Optics Communications, scientists from Bar-Ilan University in Israel have presented a new technique that significantly reduces the…