Common Method for Smoking Cessation May Not be Best Option
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 21 10
Motivational interviewing, a popular counseling technique for many addictive behaviors, might not be the ideal treatment choice for those who smoke cigarettes. A University…
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Public Health • Dec 21 10
Snowstorms are a time of excitement and wonder for a child: snowball fights, sledding and closed schools. For adults, it’s the dreaded shoveling season…
Exome Sequencing Provides New Approach to Diagnosis of Rare Genetic Disorders
• Genetics • Dec 20 10
A genetic testing approach called exome sequencing—which provides a clinically practical alternative to whole-genome sequencing—led to correct diagnosis and life-saving treatment in a child…
Researchers discover human immune system has emergency backup plan
• Immunology • Dec 20 10
New research by scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences reveals that…
Study finds food in early life affects fertility
• Dieting • • Fertility and pregnancy • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 20 10
The research, which was published online this month (17 December 2010) in the journal Ecology, is the first study of its kind to show…
Genome-wide hunt reveals links to abnormal rhythms behind sudden death, heart damage
• Genetics • • Heart • Dec 20 10
A study among almost 50,000 people worldwide has identified DNA sequence variations linked with the heart’s electrical rhythm in several surprising regions among 22…
Scientists and physicians use genetic sequencing to identify and treat unknown disease
• Genetics • • Immunology • Dec 20 10
A collaborative team of scientists and physicians at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin uses genetic sequencing to identify and…
Massachusetts physician groups improving patient experience, study finds
• Public Health • Dec 20 10
Most Massachusetts physician groups are using results from a statewide patient survey to help improve patient experiences, but a significant number are not making…
Ion Channel Responsible for Pain Identified
• Pain • Dec 19 10
University at Buffalo neuroscience researchers conducting basic research on ion channels have demonstrated a process that could have a profound therapeutic impact on pain.
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Kroger recalls pet foods at some stores
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Dec 19 10
The Kroger Co is recalling select packages of dog and cat foods at some of its retail stores because the products may pose a…
Age doesn’t matter: New genes are as essential as ancient ones
• Genetics • Dec 18 10
New genes that have evolved in species as little as one million years ago – a virtual blink in evolutionary history – can be…
Most Medicare stroke patients die or are rehospitalized within year after discharge
• Stroke • Dec 18 10
A UCLA-led has study found that after leaving the hospital, nearly two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute ischemic stroke either died or were…
Ben-Gurion U. researchers: High resistance rates among acute otitis media pathogens in children
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Dec 18 10
As middle ear infections increase during the winter months, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) suggest that in many cases the most…
Beetroot juice could help people live more active lives
• Dieting • Dec 18 10
New research into the health benefits of beetroot juice suggests it’s not only athletes who can benefit from its performance enhancing properties – its…
Study Reveals Major Shift in How Eczema Develops
• Dermatology • Dec 18 10
Like a fence or barricade intended to stop unwanted intruders, the skin serves as a barrier protecting the body from the hundreds of allergens,…
Don’t trouble your heart: Naturally high hemoglobin OK in dialysis patients
• Heart • • Urine Problems • Dec 18 10
Naturally occurring high hemoglobin levels are safe for kidney disease patients on dialysis, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of…
Health organization to pursue cholera vaccination in Haiti
• Infections • • Public Health • Dec 18 10
The Pan American Health Organization hopes to start a cholera vaccination program in Haiti by April but must first boost and fund production of…
U.N. chief launches probe of Haiti cholera epidemic
• Public Health • Dec 18 10
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Friday the creation of an independent panel to investigate Haiti’s cholera epidemic, which some Haitians have blamed on…
MRI scans reveal brain changes in people at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 16 10
People with a known, high risk for Alzheimer’s disease develop abnormal brain function even before the appearance of telltale amyloid plaques that are characteristic…
Evidence Suggests E-Cigs Safer than Cigarettes, Researcher Claims
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 16 10
In a new report that bucks the concerns raised by the Food and Drug Administration, a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher…
It’s a pain to take care of pain
• Pain • Dec 16 10
While many studies have looked at the treatment of chronic pain from the patient’s perspective, there has been little research on those who provide…
Study shows caffeine negatively affects children
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Dec 16 10
Caffeine consumption in children is often blamed for sleep problems and bedwetting. Information on childhood caffeine consumption is limited, and many parents may not…
Immune cell plays unexpected role in autoimmune disease
• Immunology • Dec 16 10
A new study provides fascinating insight into the underlying pathology associated with the autoimmune disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The research, published by Cell…
When the brain knows no fear
• Brain • Dec 16 10
A new study, published online on December 16 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, offers new insight into the emotional life of a…
Feast, famine and the genetics of obesity: You can’t have it both ways
• Genetics • • Obesity • Dec 16 10
In addition to fast food, desk jobs, and inertia, there is one more thing to blame for unwanted pounds-our genome, which has apparently not…