2 new studies describe likely beneficiaries of health care reform in California
• Public Health • May 10 11
According to two new policy briefs from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, the majority of state residents likely to be eligible for…
Less than half of patients with MS continually adhere to drug therapies for treatment: Study
• Neurology • May 10 11
Disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) are injected medications used to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), and have been shown to reduce the frequency and…
Lessons from major heart trial need implementation
• Heart • May 10 11
A NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center review of almost 500,000 cardiac cases nationally shows that the clinically indicated medical therapy reported in a widely…
When It Comes to Clearing Arteries – Sex Plays a Part
• Heart • • Stroke • May 09 11
Gender may play an important role when choosing treatment options for clearing dangerously clogged arteries, according to a new study from researchers at the…
mHealth Technology Speeds Cardiac Diagnoses
• Heart • • Public Health • May 09 11
Handheld ultrasound from new pocket-sized devices now allows cardiac imaging to be performed in locations previously inaccessible to traditional ultrasound. GW researchers have shown…
Health-Care Providers Are Prescribing Nontraditional Medicine
• Alternative Medicine • May 09 11
More than a third of Americans use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and that number continues to rise attributed mostly to…
1 in 7 Strokes Occurs During Sleep, Many Go Without Clot-Busting Treatment
• Stroke • May 09 11
Approximately 14 percent of all strokes occur during sleep, preventing many from getting clot-busting treatment, according to a study published in the May 10,…
Earlier flu shot better for pregnant women: study
• Flu • • Pregnancy • May 09 11
Experts recommend that pregnant women get a flu shot each year, and now a new study suggests that the earlier they do it, the…
A little waiting may be good for head-injured kids
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • May 09 11
Observing some kids after a head injury may help doctors decide which ones need a head x-ray, according to a new study published in…
Smokers undergo the same changes in gene expression as patients with COPD
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 09 11
‘Healthy’ smokers experience changes in the gene expression of their lungs similar to that suffered by smokers who have developed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease…
Hepatitis C cases rising among Massachusetts youth
• Infections • • Public Health • May 06 11
Hepatitis C infections are rising quickly among white youth in Massachusetts, fueled by increases in the use of heroin and other injection drugs, local…
Foot and mouth study suggests culls may be reduced
• Infections • May 05 11
Scientists studying foot and mouth disease have found that cattle with the virus are infectious for only a very short time, suggesting that mass…
Breastfeeding OK for moms with hepatitis B: study
• Infections • May 05 11
New mothers with hepatitis B can safely breastfeed their babies, as long as they take a few important precautions, according to a new study.
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Food allergies cost $500 million a year: study
• Allergies • • Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • May 05 11
Doctor visits, hospital care, and lost work days due to food allergies come with an annual $500 million price tag, according to a new…
Drinking coffee, having sex are triggers that raise rupture risks for brain aneurysm
• Brain • • Dieting • • Neurology • • Stroke • May 05 11
From drinking coffee to having sex to blowing your nose, you could temporarily raise your risk of rupturing a brain aneurysm - and suffering…
Few African-Americans call 911 immediately for stroke symptoms
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Stroke • May 05 11
Most African-Americans say they’d call 9-1-1 if stroke symptoms occurred - but few do, according to research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American…
BMI differences: The immigrant equation
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 05 11
The obesity problem plaguing Canadians is a story heard frequently these days. For Katerina Maximova, making connections between the rising body mass index, or…
Drug-resistance fears for deadly fungal disease
• Infections • May 05 11
Deadly human fungal infections caused by certain strains of Aspergillus fungi appear to be developing resistance to current drug treatments at an alarming rate,…
Worm discovery could help 1 billion people worldwide
• Infections • • Public Health • May 05 11
Scientists have discovered why some people may be protected from harmful parasitic worms naturally while others cannot in what could lead to new therapies…
When the lungs come under pressure
• Respiratory Problems • May 05 11
Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension struggle with severe symptoms, which include shortness of breath, exhaustion and a lack of vitality. Moreover, the disease, which…
Einstein researchers find key gene in childhood cancer
• Cancer • • Genetics • May 05 11
There are no effective treatments for rhabdoid tumors – aggressive childhood cancers that usually strike children under three years old and affect the brain…
Brain Surgeon Saves Young Mother from Illness That Nearly Killed His Own Mother
• Brain • • Neurology • May 04 11
This Mother’s Day holds special meaning for John Whapham, MD, neurologist at Loyola University Health System (LUHS). Whapham recently performed a life-saving procedure on…
Estimated Costs of Environmental Disease in Children at $76.6 Billion Per Year
• Children's Health • • Public Health • May 04 11
In three new studies published in the May issue of the journal Health Affairs, Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers reveal the staggering economic…
New UTHealth Trial Aimed at Helping Pregnant Women Stop Smoking
• Drug News • • Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 04 11
A clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of a medication that could help pregnant women stop smoking has begun enrollment at The…
University of Md. Dental School Praised for Bringing Oral Health Research Home
• Dental Health • May 04 11
Basic dental science often helps ease health disparities, a panel of leading oral health experts said at the first town hall meeting of the…