UCSD Experts Expand Older Driver Screening Program
• Public Health • Jan 18 11
Keeping older drivers safe behind the wheel is the goal of a successful program at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine…
Trauma in Childhood Could Contribute to Obesity in Adults
• Obesity • • Trauma & Injuries • Jan 18 11
Scientific studies often attribute obesity to poor nutrition and lack of activity, but recent research has identified childhood traumatic stress as a potential risk…
Mother’s stem cells likely key to treating genetic disease before birth
• Genetics • Jan 18 11
UCSF researchers have tackled a decade-long scientific conundrum, and their discovery is expected to lead to significant advances in using stem cells to treat…
For heart failure, better care comes at a cost
• Public Health • Jan 18 11
Hospitals that see a lot of heart failure cases give better care, but it also costs more, according to a new study.
Bayer to test drug to treat eye disease in Asia
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 18 11
German drugmaker Bayer will launch a phase III trial in several Asian countries this year to test a compound to treat an eye disease…
New Treatment Unlocks Curled Fingers
• Neurology • • Trauma & Injuries • Jan 18 11
Loyola University Health System is among the first centers to offer a new, nonsurgical treatment for Dupuytren’s contracture, a debilitating condition that curls fingers…
Exercise prevents knee injuries in army recruits
• Trauma & Injuries • Jan 18 11
Stretching and strengthening exercises help new military recruits avoid knee pain from hard training, UK researchers have found.
Nearly a quarter of physically active…
Americans to avoid doctor again in coming months
• Public Health • Jan 18 11
Americans stepped up their use of medical services at the end of 2010, but are likely to hold back on healthcare spending again in…
Protect Your Kids This Flu Season
• Children's Health • • Flu • Jan 17 11
Doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center want to make sure children are protected from influenza this flu season. The flu is an infection…
‘A stark warning:’ Smoking causes genetic damage within minutes after inhaling
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 17 11
In research described as “a stark warning” to those tempted to start smoking, scientists are reporting that cigarette smoke begins to cause genetic damage…
Henry Ford Hospital study: Shoulder function not fully restored after surgery
• Surgery • Jan 17 11
Shoulder motion after rotator cuff surgery remains significantly different when compared to the patient’s opposite shoulder, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
Big breakfast bunkum
• Dieting • • Weight Loss • Jan 17 11
Does eating a big breakfast help weight loss or is it better to skip breakfast altogether? Available information is confusing but new research published…
When a kidney transplant fails, home-based dialysis is an option
• Urine Problems • Jan 14 11
Patients returning to dialysis after kidney transplant failure present unique challenges compared with other dialysis patients: they have been exposed to very powerful immunosuppressive…
Room light before bedtime may impact sleep quality, blood pressure and diabetes risk
• Diabetes • • Endocrinology • Jan 14 11
According to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), exposure to electrical light between…
Enhanced early childhood education pays long-term dividends in better health
• Children's Health • Jan 14 11
Intensive early education programs for low-income children have been shown to yield numerous educational benefits, but few studies have looked more broadly at their…
Researchers show how one gene becomes two (with different functions)
• Genetics • • Public Health • Jan 13 11
Researchers report that they are the first to show in molecular detail how one gene evolved two competing functions that eventually split up –…
Musical chills: Why they give us thrills
• Brain • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Neurology • Jan 13 11
Scientists have found that the pleasurable experience of listening to music releases dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain important for more tangible pleasures associated…
‘Yo-yo’ effect of slimming diets explained
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Jan 13 11
If you want to lose the kilos you’ve put on over Christmas, you may be interested in knowing that the hormones related to appetite…
Hold the Red Bull: Energy Drinks Don’t Blunt Effects of Alcohol, Study Finds
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 13 11
Marketing efforts that encourage mixing caffeinated “energy” drinks with alcohol often try to sway young people to believe that caffeine will offset the sedating…
Study sheds new light on river blindness parasite
• Immunology • • Infections • Jan 13 11
The team found that a bacterium inside the worm acts as a ‘disguise’ for the parasite, resulting in the immune system reacting to it…
Nature article focuses on tinnitus treatment
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Neurology • Jan 13 11
Targeted nerve stimulation could yield a long-term reversal of tinnitus, a debilitating hearing impairment affecting at least 10 percent of senior citizens and up…
Link between fracture prevention and treatment adherence not fully understood by patients
• Gender: Female • • Trauma & Injuries • Jan 13 11
Newly released findings of a multinational survey conducted on behalf of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) show clear disparities between patients’ and doctors’ perceptions…
New insight into neuronal survival after brain injury
• Brain • • Neurology • • Trauma & Injuries • Jan 13 11
A new study identifies a molecule that is a critical regulator of neuron survival after ischemic brain injury. The research, published by Cell Press…
GUMC researcher says tinnitus is much more than a ‘hearing problem’
• Brain • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Neurology • Jan 13 11
Tinnitus appears to be produced by an unfortunate confluence of structural and functional changes in the brain, say neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center…
Family, friends, social ties influence weight status in young adults
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Jan 12 11
Does obesity tend to “cluster” among young adults? And if so, what impact does it have on both their weight and weight-related behaviors? That’s…