Half of Americans sip sugary drinks daily
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 01 11
When it was first invented, soda pop was a treat most people had once in a while for special occasions.
Now it’s a daily…
5 ways to get cheaper medical care
• Public Health • Sep 01 11
It was the worst possible news at the worst possible time.
In summer 2009, photographer Joel Maus learned he might go blind if he…
Avastin Injections Are Reported to Cause Blindness
• Drug Abuse • • Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 01 11
At least 16 people in two states have gotten severe eye infections, and some have been blinded, from injections of the drug Avastin, according…
Colleges tell smokers, ‘You’re not welcome here’
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 01 11
This summer, a group of University of Kentucky students and staff has been patrolling campus grounds - scouting out any student, employee or visitor…
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Help Treat Patients With Dental Phobia
• Dental Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 01 11
According to a study published in the latest issue of the British Dental Journal (BDJ), a single session of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) could…
Link Found Between Poor Epilepsy Control And Higher Healthcare Costs
• Epilepsy • • Public Health • Sep 01 11
Results of a new investigation have revealed that during a two-year period, the overall U.S. healthcare costs were twice as much for epilepsy patients…
Motivating Workers To Wash Their Hands
• Public Health • Sep 01 11
Can changing a single word on a sign motivate doctors and nurses to wash their hands?
Campaigns about hand-washing in hospitals usually try to…
Insomnia costing US workforce $63.2 billion a year in lost productivity, study shows
• Public Health • Sep 01 11
Insomnia is costing the average U.S. worker 11.3 days, or $2,280 in lost productivity every year, according to a study in the September 1…
Increased prevalence of stroke hospitalizations seen in teens and young adults
• Stroke • Sep 01 11
Ischemic stroke hospitalization rates in adolescents and young adults aged 15 to 44 increased up to 37% between 1995 and 2008 according to a…
Experts offer pointers for optimizing radiation dose in chest CT
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Respiratory Problems • Sep 01 11
An article in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology summarizes methods for radiation dose optimization in chest computed…
Massage device eyed in doctor’s death
• Drug Abuse • • Neurology • Aug 31 11
The death of Florida radiologist found strangled on Christmas Eve has prompted an FDA recall of the neck massager that led to her death.
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High-sodium diet can also damage the brain
• Brain • • Dieting • Aug 31 11
By now, most of us know the dangers of a high-sodium diet. But beyond causing high blood pressure and heart disease, a new study…
Future climate change may increase asthma attacks in children
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Aug 31 11
Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have found that climate change may lead to more asthma-related health problems in children, and more emergency room…
Happiness: All in who you know, goals
• Public Health • Aug 31 11
An Indiana University study that compared strategies used by extroverted college students and their less socially inclined peers found that happy people who are…
Women may get unneeded osteoporosis screening
• Endocrinology • • Gender: Female • Aug 30 11
Many women who get screened for the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis may not actually need such testing, a new study suggests.
A number of expert…
It’s official—chocolate linked to heart health
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Aug 29 11
High levels of chocolate consumption might be associated with a one third reduction in the risk of developing heart disease, finds a study published…
Cigarette smoking causes more arterial damage in women than in men
• Gender: Female • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 29 11
The harmful effects of tobacco smoke on atherosclerosis, one of the driving forces of cardiovascular disease, are greater in women than in men. This…
Bilingual babies’ vocabulary linked to early brain differentiation
• Children's Health • • Brain • Aug 29 11
Babies and children are whizzes at learning a second language, but that ability begins to fade as early as their first birthdays.
Researchers at…
65 million more obese adults in the US and 11 million more in the UK expected by 2030
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 28 11
The rising prevalence of obesity around the globe places an increasing burden on the health of populations, on healthcare systems and on overall economies.…
Statins reduce deaths from infection and respiratory illness, 8 years on from trial
• Infections • • Respiratory Problems • Aug 28 11
The death rate among patients prescribed a statin in a major trial that ended in 2003 is still lower than those given a placebo,…
Apixaban superior to warfarin for preventing stroke, reducing bleeding and saving lives
• Stroke • Aug 28 11
A large-scale trial finds that apixaban, a new anticoagulant drug, is superior to the standard drug warfarin for preventing stroke and systemic embolism in…
Obesity to worsen, weigh heavily on healthcare costs
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 26 11
Obesity is most widespread in Britain and the United States among the world’s leading economies and if present trends continue, about half of both…
Global Rates of Obesity Doubled in 30 Years
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 26 11
The world is becoming a heavier place, especially in the West.
Obesity rates worldwide have doubled in the last three decades, even as blood…
Call to measure duration of obesity
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 26 11
Experts say the health hazards of obesity may have been grossly underestimated because we are not measuring the condition adequately.
Risk calculations have focused…
Hospital-related infections drop under California initiative
• Infections • • Public Health • Aug 26 11
Scores of California hospitals, under pressure to reduce infections that kill an estimated 12,000 patients every year, say they have managed to cut costs…