Tobacco Company Misrepresented Danger from Cigarettes
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 07 12
A new UCSF analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris USA manipulated data on the effects of additives in cigarettes, including menthol,…
Wealthier Nations Have More Fast Food and More Obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jan 06 12
New research from the University of Michigan suggests obesity can be seen as one of the unintended side effects of free market policies.
Outside Temperatures, Sun Exposure and Gender May Trigger Glaucoma
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 06 12
When it comes to whether or not you will develop exfoliation syndrome (ES) - an eye condition that is a leading cause of secondary…
Make Your Teeth Whiter By Taking This Guidance
• Dental Health • Jan 06 12
Our teeth are important to us. Not only do they supply us by using a strategy to eat food items, but our teeth are…
Study finds e-cigarettes affect airways, and quickly
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 05 12
The electronic cigarettes marketed as a safer alternative to the real thing produce immediate changes in users’ airways, a small study suggests.
25 Of The Best Diets Are Rated
• Dieting • Jan 04 12
It seems as though every month there is another dieting fad, that promises to melt away the pounds over night and keep you trim.…
Overall Fatness, Not Just BMI, Weight, for Measuring Obesity?
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Jan 04 12
A new JAMA study published online on Wednesday suggests that when people consistently eat more calories than their bodies can burn each day, it…
Want your kids to do better in school? Try exercise
• Children's Health • Jan 04 12
Children who get more exercise also tend to do better in school, whether the exercise comes as recess, physical education classes or getting exercise…
Teen Obesity Tied to Poor Mom-Child Relationship
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 03 12
Toddlers who have poor relationships with their moms are more likely to pack on extra pounds as they grow up, a new U.S. study…
FDA Warns of Changes in Infant Acetaminophen Dosage
• Children's Health • • Drug News • Jan 03 12
In an effort to reduce accidental overdoses that occur in infants given acetaminophen products, manufacturers have reduced the concentration of pain and fever reducing…
Latitude And Gender Influences Glaucoma Risk
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 03 12
When it comes to whether or not you will develop exfoliation syndrome (ES) - an eye condition that is a leading cause of secondary…
Really? The Claim: Listening to Music Can Relieve Pain
• Alternative Medicine • • Pain • Jan 03 12
Can the right sonata soothe the pain of a medical operation?
A growing number of doctors have been using music in clinical settings, believing…
For Neck Pain, Chiropractic and Exercise Are Better Than Drugs
• Pain • Jan 03 12
Seeing a chiropractor or engaging in light exercise relieves neck pain more effectively than relying on pain medication, new research shows.
Mom’s Poverty, Diabetes Might Raise ADHD Risk in Kids
• Diabetes • • Pregnancy • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 03 12
New research suggests that the combination of poverty and having diabetes during pregnancy significantly raises the risk of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a…
French diet guru urges students be graded on weight
• Dieting • • Weight Loss • Jan 03 12
France’s top diet guru Pierre Dukan is urging the government to grade students on their weight in a bid to curb growing obesity.
How obesity alters the brain area involved in body weight control
• Brain • • Obesity • Dec 27 11
The number of people who suffer from one or more of the adverse complications of obesity, including type 2 diabetes and heart disease is…
Toddlers don’t listen to their own voice like adults do
• Children's Health • Dec 23 11
When grown-ups and kids speak, they listen to the sound of their voice and make corrections based on that auditory feedback. But new evidence…
Fish oil may hold key to leukemia cure
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 23 11
A compound produced from fish oil that appears to target leukemia stem cells could lead to a cure for the disease, according to Penn…
Surgery complications down with better teamwork
• Surgery • Dec 21 11
Hospitals that introduced a program to boost communication and teamwork among doctors and nurses saw a decrease in surgery-related complications, according to a new…
California sperm donor at odds with federal regulators
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Public Health • Dec 21 11
An electronics company engineer who the U.S. government considers a one-man sperm bank has fathered an estimated 14 children through free donations of his…
Experimental malaria vaccine shows early promise
• Drug News • Dec 21 11
British scientists have developed an experimental malaria vaccine that may have the potential to neutralize all strains of the most deadly species of malaria…
Breastfeeding saved babies in 19th- Century Montreal
• Children's Health • Dec 20 11
Breastfeeding increased infant survival rates in 19th -Century Montreal in two major ways, according to research from Concordia University and McGill University. Mother’s milk…
Mediterranean diet gives longer life
• Dieting • Dec 20 11
A Mediterranean diet with large amounts of vegetables and fish gives a longer life. This is the unanimous result of four studies to be…
Elite athletes at greater risk for arthritis
• Arthritis • Dec 17 11
Elite male athletes who participate in high-contact sports like football, soccer and rugby have a higher risk of developing knee and hip arthritis later…
States to weigh in on basic health coverage
• Public Health • Dec 17 11
U.S. health officials will allow states to select the basic set of medical benefits that must be offered by insurance plans participating in new…