Naturally occurring brain signaling chemical may be useful in understanding Parkinson’s
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 14 11
Targeting the neuroinflammatory causes of Parkinson’s disease with a naturally present brain chemical signal could offer a better understanding of the clinical mechanisms of…
Eating berries may lower risk of Parkinson’s
• Dieting • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 14 11
New research shows men and women who regularly eat berries may have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, while men may also further…
Partnership of genes affects the brain’s development
• Brain • Feb 14 11
The human brain consists of approximately one hundred billion nerve cells. Each of these cells needs to connect to specific other cells during the…
Severely obese women may need to gain less weight during pregnancy
• Obesity • • Pregnancy • • Weight Loss • Feb 12 11
Extremely obese women may not need to gain as much weight during pregnancy as current guidelines suggest, according to a new study presented today…
Study yields promising results for patients with stroke
• Stroke • Feb 12 11
One year after having a stroke, 52% of people who participate in either a physical therapy program that includes a walking program using a…
Preliminary new blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease uncovered
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 12 11
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have helped develop a novel technology to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease from blood samples long before symptoms appear.
This preliminary…
Drink cherry juice to recover quicker
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 11 11
Gym-goers and joggers have been advised to drink cherry juice after a study found that it helps reduce muscle damage caused by exercise.
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Injections are less painful if you don’t look away, scientists claim
• Pain • Feb 11 11
Injection are less painful if you resist the natural impulse to look away, scientists have claimed.
The body naturally reduces the pain experienced…
Woman who died after buttock injection swore never to repeat procedure
• Public Health • Feb 11 11
A woman who died after travelling to America to have a buttock enlargement operation had sworn never to have another cosmetic injection after the…
Obesity Tied to Education, Income, but Not Suburbia: Study
• Obesity • Feb 11 11
Low levels of education and income, but not suburban sprawl, are associated with higher rates of obesity, researchers report.
The finding challenges the widely…
Strokes are rising fast among young, middle-aged
• Stroke • Feb 10 11
Strokes are rising dramatically among young and middle-aged Americans while dropping in older people, a sign that the obesity epidemic may be starting to…
Study finds magnesium sulfate may offer protection from cerebral palsy
• Neurology • Feb 10 11
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in San Francisco, researchers…
Robot therapy can improve arm, shoulder mobility after stroke
• Stroke • Feb 10 11
Therapy in which robots manipulate paralyzed arms, combined with standard rehabilitation, can improve arm and shoulder mobility in patients after stroke, according to research…
Final data show experimental agent better than aspirin at preventing stroke
• Stroke • Feb 10 11
A new anti-clotting agent is vastly superior to aspirin at reducing stroke risk (1.6 percent per year versus 3.6 percent per year) in atrial…
MRI can help decide therapy in patients with unclear-onset stroke
• Stroke • Feb 10 11
Among patients who have had strokes but aren’t sure when symptoms began, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can help distinguish who might benefit from clot-busting…
Look at your body to reduce pain
• Pain • Feb 10 11
Simply looking at your body reduces pain, according to new research by scientists from UCL (University College London) and the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
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Coastal Canadians living in high-risk neighborhoods in poorer health: Study
• Public Health • Feb 10 11
Canadians living in deprived neighbourhoods are twice as likely to have poor health if they live on the Atlantic or Pacific Coast, according to…
Exercise helps overweight children think better, do better in math
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 10 11
Regular exercise improves the ability of overweight, previously inactive children to think, plan and even do math, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers report.
They…
Extensive research demonstrates fructose does not increase food intake or impact weight
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 10 11
A new comprehensive review, recently published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, concludes that fructose does not increase food intake or impact…
New online tool predicts probability of death from stroke
• Stroke • Feb 10 11
Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES) in Toronto have developed a new tool that will help…
Immune imbalance in gut may trigger celiac disease
• Immunology • Feb 10 11
People who have high levels of an immune system compound called Interleukin-15 may be primed to develop celiac disease, a digestive disorder that keeps…
Solid food for infants should be carefully timed to lower obesity risk
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Feb 09 11
Solid foods should not be given to infants before 4 months of age, according to guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics. A new…
Study: Global obesity rates double since 1980
• Obesity • • Public Health • Feb 09 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…
Obesity, cheese politics and the USDA
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Feb 09 11
The U.S. is in the midst of an obesity epidemic, one of the most pressing public health issues today. Two-thirds of Americans, including 37…
We need to listen to doctors and lower smoking and obesity rates
• Obesity • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 09 11
A recent message from the acting chief of professional staff at Bluewater Health offered a strong message about the dire need to decrease obesity…