Computational Method Predicts New Uses for Existing Medicines
• Drug News • • Public Health • Aug 19 11
For the first time ever, scientists are using computers and genomic information to predict new uses for existing medicines.
A National Institutes of Health-funded…
Headaches are common in year following traumatic brain injury, especially among females
• Headaches • • Trauma & Injuries • Aug 18 11
Recurring headaches are common during the year following a traumatic brain injury (TBI), regardless of the severity of the TBI, and they tend to…
Strengthening fragile immune memories to fight chronic infections
• Infections • Aug 18 11
After recovering from the flu or another acute infection, your immune system is ready to react quickly if you run into the same virus…
Popular Herbal Supplements May Adversely Affect Chemotherapy Treatment
• Alternative Medicine • • Cancer • Aug 18 11
Acai berry, cumin, herbal tea, turmeric and long-term use of garlic – all herbal supplements commonly believed to be beneficial to your health –…
Milk better than water to rehydrate kids: McMaster study
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Aug 18 11
Active children need to be watered with milk. It’s a more effective way of countering dehydration than a sports drink or water itself, say…
Testing for food allergies
• Allergies • • Nutrition and Food Safety • Aug 17 11
It can be hard to tell if a case of hives or an upset stomach is a sign of a food allergy because so…
Food allergies and food intolerance
• Children's Health • • Allergies • • Nutrition and Food Safety • Aug 17 11
Some children can enjoy a peanut butter and jelly sandwich every day. Others cannot even be in the same room with a peanut butter…
Study focuses on relationship between glaucoma and diabetes, hypertension
• Diabetes • • Eye / Vision Problems • • Heart • Aug 17 11
Many Americans suffer from diabetes and hypertension and, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, these individuals…
College students not eating enough fruits and veggies
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 17 11
College students aren’t eating enough fruits and vegetables – in fact, a new study shows students aren’t even eating one serving per day, far…
Cigarette makers sue FDA over new labeling rules
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 17 11
Four big cigarette makers sued the Food and Drug Administration, seeking to void as unconstitutional new graphic labels and advertising that warn consumers about…
Consumer’s Role in Food Safety
• Nutrition and Food Safety • Aug 17 11
Starting in the thirteenth century, English bakers worked under laws that controlled the quality and price of bread. There followed a succession of laws…
Food and Drug Administration - Regulation of food safety
• Nutrition and Food Safety • Aug 17 11
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was initiated in 1906 when Congress passed the Food and Drug Act and charged the agency with prohibiting…
Developing Food Safety Measures
• Nutrition and Food Safety • Aug 17 11
Over time, as the food supply was transferred more and more from local farm families into the hands of food producers and merchants, more…
Overview of Food Production
• Nutrition and Food Safety • Aug 17 11
Colonial America was a farming society. As of 1776, 90% of Americans were farmers. Today, less than 1% of Americans claim farming as their…
History of food safety
• Nutrition and Food Safety • Aug 17 11
It is likely that the first prehistoric people to enjoy a meal of roasted meat were delighted at how much better it tasted compared…
Introduction to food safety
• Nutrition and Food Safety • Aug 17 11
Food safety was far from dance instructor Stephanie Smith’s mind as she enjoyed the hamburger her mother prepared for dinner one fall Sunday in…
A faster, cheaper way to diagnose TB
• Tuberculosis • Aug 17 11
Researchers have discovered a faster, cheaper method for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). A major barrier in TB prevention, especially in developing countries, is…
Scientists show how gene variant linked to ADHD could operate
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 17 11
A study using mice provides insight into how a specific receptor subtype in the brain could play a role in increasing a person’s risk…
Experts redesign common microbe to fight drug-resistant bacteria
• Infections • Aug 16 11
Researchers in Singapore have re-engineered a harmless strain of bacteria to fight another common, drug-resistant microbe that spreads in hospitals and is deadly to…
Can oral care for babies prevent future cavities?
• Children's Health • • Dental Health • Aug 16 11
New parents have one more reason to pay attention to the oral health of their toothless babies. A recent University of Illinois study confirms…
Want to keep your exercise resolutions? New research offers pointers
• Public Health • Aug 16 11
Sticking with an exercise routine means being able to overcome the obstacles that invariably arise. A key to success is having the confidence that…
More evidence that caffeine lowers risk of skin cancer
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • • Skin Care • Aug 16 11
There might be a time when instead of just drinking that morning cup of coffee you lather it on your skin as a way…
Positive impact of growing public awareness of obesity epidemic
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 15 11
Increasing public awareness of the childhood obesity epidemic may be contributing to evidence of overall reductions in body mass index (BMI), a measure of…
Toronto researchers first to discover new genetic clue in the development of rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Aug 15 11
Scientists at Mount Sinai Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Toronto, University Health Network and McGill University have obtained significant new…
Scientists highlight link between stress and appetite
• Dieting • • Neurology • Aug 15 11
Researchers in the Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Medicine have uncovered a mechanism by which stress increases food…