Babies born earlier in areas near busy road junctions
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • Apr 04 11
Babies are born earlier when their mothers live near a concentration of freeways and main roads, a study of 970 mothers and their newborn…
Researchers link herpes to Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 04 11
Laboratories at the University of New Mexico (UNM), Brown University, and House Ear Institute (HEI) have developed a new technique to observe herpes simplex…
Men who lose their jobs at greater risk of dying prematurely
• Gender: Male • • Mortality and Morbidity • Apr 04 11
Research by McGill Sociology Professor Eran Shor, working in collaboration with researchers from Stony Brook University, has revealed that unemployment increases the risk of…
China halts nearly half dairy producers in quality crackdown
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Apr 03 11
China’s quality inspection agency has ordered nearly half the nation’s dairy firms to halt production as part of a campaign to clean up an…
Scientists find five new Alzheimer’s risk genes
• Brain • • Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 03 11
Scientists looking for the genetic triggers that lead to Alzheimer’s have identified five more, doubling the number linked with the mind-wasting disease.
If drugs…
Age-Related Conditions Develop Faster in Adults with Diabetes
• Diabetes • • Aging and Gerontology • Mar 31 11
Middle-aged adults with diabetes are much more likely to develop age-related conditions than their counterparts who don’t have diabetes, according to a new study…
Pricey cigarettes mean fewer teens smoke
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 31 11
Australia seems to have found ways to cut back on teen smoking, researchers from there report.
Higher taxes on cigarettes, expanded no-smoking rules, and…
Half a million die from smoking yearly in U.S.
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 31 11
Smoking causes half a million deaths each year in the U.S., killing slightly more men than women, new statistics show.
The rates of smoking-related…
New strategic plan for NIH obesity research seeks to curb epidemic
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 31 11
To combat the obesity epidemic, the National Institutes of Health is encouraging diverse scientific investigations through a new Strategic Plan for NIH Obesity Research.
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Remove children’s catheters as soon as possible to prevent bloodstream infections
• Children's Health • • Infections • Mar 31 11
Hospitals can reduce the risk of life-threatening bloodstream infections in children with peripherally inserted central venous catheters by assessing daily the patient’s progress and…
Immune therapy can control fertility in mammals
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Immunology • Mar 31 11
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have shown that it is possible to immunize mammals to control fertility. They say their technique could possibly…
Bariatric surgery highly cost-effective treatment for type 2 diabetes in the obese
• Diabetes • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Mar 29 11
Bariatric surgery is an especially cost-effective therapy for managing Type 2 diabetes in moderately and severely obese patients. These findings and others were presented…
Nine die in Alabama during bacteria outbreak
• Infections • • Public Health • Mar 29 11
Nine patients in Alabama have died after receiving intravenous nutrition that authorities say was contaminated, but it was unclear whether the bacteria contributed to…
Evidence ties smoking to throat, stomach cancer
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 29 11
Smokers face an increased risk of certain types of throat and stomach cancers, even years after they quit, a new study finds.
Combining the…
Greater brain risks from “real-world” ecstasy use
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 29 11
For a glimpse into real-world drug use, Australian researchers went to parties where people were using a drug known as ecstasy - and discovered…
Stop Torture in Health Care Trailer
• Public Health • Mar 29 11
When I go to a hospital or clinic, I expect to receive good quality, respectful care, and I usually do. Unfortunately, that is not…
Babies who sleep with smoker parents exhibit high nicotine levels
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 29 11
“Third-hand smoke” stuck to skin or clothing is responsible for the high nicotine levels seen in babies who share a bedroom with their smoker…
Free phone app helped doctors perform better in simulated cardiac emergency
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Heart • Mar 29 11
Doctors who used a free iPhone application provided by the UK Resuscitation Council performed significantly better in a simulated medical emergency than those who…
K-State chemists’ biosensor may improve food, water safety and cancer detection
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Mar 29 11
A nanotechnology-based biosensor being developed by Kansas State University researchers may allow early detection of both cancer cells and pathogens, leading to increased food…
Medical Student Brings Radiology to Uganda
• Public Health • Mar 28 11
Benjamin Johnson, a fourth-year student at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is determined to make medical imaging technology widely available…
Indications of Alzheimer’s Disease May Be Evident Decades Before First Signs of Cognitive Impairment
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 28 11
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that patients with Alzheimer’s disease have lower glucose utilization in the brain than those with…
Marijuana Use May Hurt Intellectual Skills in MS Patients
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 28 11
Any possible pain relief that marijuana has for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may be outweighed by the drug’s apparent negative effect on thinking…
Predicting serious drug side effects before they occur
• Drug Abuse • Mar 28 11
All medications have side-effects from common aspirin to herbal remedies and from standard anticancer drugs to experimental immunosuppressants. However, predicting important side effects, serious…
Early indications of Parkinson’s disease revealed in dream sleep
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 28 11
During a large-scale study of the socioeconomic costs of this neurodegenerative disease, Danish researchers, some from the University of Copenhagen, discovered that very early…
New direction for epilepsy treatment
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • Mar 28 11
If common anticonvulsant drugs fail to manage epileptic seizures, then perhaps the anti-inflammatory* route is the way to go. That’s according to Mattia Maroso…