More Reasons to Be Nice: It’s Less Work for Everyone
• Public Health • Mar 10 11
A polite act shows respect. But a new study of a common etiquette -holding a door for someone - suggests that courtesy may have…
UK to ban displays of cigarettes, tobacco in shops
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 09 11
All shops in England will be banned from openly displaying tobacco products by April 2015 as part of a government package of measures to…
Obama administration appeals healthcare ruling
• Public Health • Mar 09 11
The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a judge’s ruling in Florida that struck down its landmark healthcare overhaul law as unconstitutional because it required…
New study proves the brain has 3 layers of working memory
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 09 11
Researchers from Rice University and Georgia Institute of Technology have found support for the theory that the brain has three concentric layers of working…
How do we combine faces and voices?
• Public Health • Mar 09 11
Human social interactions are shaped by our ability to recognise people. Faces and voices are known to be some of the key features that…
Michigan Tech Students, Staff Belly Up to Healthy Eating
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 08 11
March is National Nutrition Month, and Michigan Technological University is taking that seriously. The public research university in Houghton, on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, encourages…
Gene Therapy Treatment to Combat Parkinson’s Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 08 11
Physicians at Rush University Medical Center are testing a unique gene therapy product called CERE-120 to evaluate if its use can improve the symptoms…
The safety of daily magnesium oxide treatment for children with chronic constipation
• Children's Health • • Bowel Problems • Mar 08 11
Magnesium-containing cathartics are commonly used to treat chronic constipation. Although hypermagnesemia is a rare clinical condition, it can occur as a side effect of…
Sildenafil reduces Raynaud’s frequency in patients with systemic sclerosis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Mar 08 11
Researchers in Europe reported that treatment with modified-release sildenafil significantly reduced the frequency of attacks of Raynaud’s phenomenon in patients with limited cutaneous systemic…
Homeless patients cost $2,500 more than the average patient for each hospital stay
• Public Health • Mar 08 11
Homeless patients cost about $2,500 more per hospital stay than the average patient, according to a new study by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital.
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Right-handers, but not left-handers, are biased to select their dominant hand
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 08 11
The vast majority of humans – over 90% – prefer to use their right hand for most skilled tasks. For decades, researchers have been…
Body mass index and risk of death in Chinese population
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Obesity • Mar 07 11
Chinese people with a body mass index (BMI) of 24-25.9 had the lowest risk of death, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian…
Older parents are happier with more children
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Mar 07 11
“Children may be a long-term investment in happiness,” says MPIDR demographer Mikko Myrskylä. Together with Rachel Margolis from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia,…
Helicobacter pylori Infection Linked to Decreased Iron Levels in Otherwise Healthy Children
• Children's Health • • Infections • Mar 07 11
Children without previous iron deficiencies or anemia who remained infected with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) had significantly lower levels of iron compared to children…
New Perspective Diminishes Racial Bias in Pain Treatment
• Pain • Mar 07 11
Years of research show black patients getting less treatment in the American health care system than their white counterparts, but a new study suggests…
Better than a BMI? New obesity scale proposed
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Mar 07 11
Scientists have developed a new way to measure whether a person is too fat without having people step on the scale.
The new measure,…
Some overweight adolescents may be at risk for weak bones
• Obesity • Mar 04 11
Overweight adolescents already struggling with risk factors such as insulin resistance may need to add weak bones to their list of health concerns, researchers…
The Tooth About Zinc
• Dental Health • • Dieting • Mar 04 11
From its involvement in a healthy immune system to its role in cell growth, zinc is an essential mineral for the human body. Zinc…
Bone-creating protein could improve dental implant success
• Dental Health • Mar 04 11
Using a bone-creating protein to augment the maxillary sinus could improve dental implant success, according to Georgia Health Sciences University researchers.
Dental implants, screws…
Stigma weighs heavily on obese people, contributing to greater health problems
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 04 11
The discrimination that obese people feel, whether it is poor service at a restaurant or being treated differently in the workplace, may have a…
Better brain wiring linked to family genes
• Brain • • Genetics • Mar 04 11
How well our brain functions is largely based on our family’s genetic makeup, according to a University of Melbourne led study.
The study published…
Ibuprofen May Lower Risk of Parkinson’s Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 03 11
New research suggests that ibuprofen may offer protection against developing Parkinson’s disease, according to one of the largest studies to date investigating the possible…
Computerized Tomography Scanning Offers New Uses in Oral Surgery Recovery
• Dental Health • • Surgery • Mar 03 11
Journal of Oral Implantology – Computerized tomography (CT) has proved a useful tool in reconstructive dental implant surgery where a bone graft is required.…
Portable, Less Costly Peritoneal Dialysis Shows No Additional Catheter Risk Factors
• Surgery • • Urine Problems • Mar 03 11
Patients with end-stage renal disease who opt for peritoneal dialysis experience no greater risk of catheter infection than those who undergo hemodialysis, a retrospective…
$1 Million USDA Grant Aims to Reduce Obesity in Preschoolers
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 02 11
The preschool years are a critical period for addressing weight-related behaviors among at-risk groups, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Among…