Apartment-dwelling children in nonsmoking units still exposed
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 13 10
Children living in apartments are exposed to secondhand smoke even when no one smokes inside their own unit. This study, released online today by…
Experts call for vaccination, antibiotics in Haiti
• Public Health • Dec 13 10
Simply setting up clinics to treat Haitians with cholera is not doing anywhere near enough to tackle the epidemic there, health experts said on…
Ten dead as H1N1 flu returns to Britain
• Flu • Dec 13 10
The H1N1 swine flu virus which swept the globe last year has returned to Britain with 10 people dying in the last six weeks,…
Intercell kills diarrhea vaccine after study
• Drug Abuse • Dec 13 10
Austrian biotech company Intercell said it won’t develop its Travelers’ Diarrhea vaccine candidate and will post a much wider than expected 2010 loss, because…
Researchers establish new rule to predict risk of stroke, death from surgery that prevents it
• Stroke • Dec 11 10
It’s a medical Catch-22: carotid artery surgery can itself cause stroke, but so can asymptomatic carotid disease if left untreated.
UT Southwestern Medical Center…
Tobacco smoke causes immediate damage: U.S. report
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 09 10
Cigarette smoke causes immediate damage to a person’s lungs and their DNA even in small amounts, including from second-hand smoke, U.S. federal officials said…
U.S. life expectancy falls slightly in 2008: CDC
• Public Health • Dec 09 10
American life expectancy slipped slightly in 2008 to 77.8 years, the first dip since 2004, U.S. health experts said on Thursday.
Stroke has slipped…
Incense burning tied to asthma risk in some kids
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Dec 09 10
Children from homes with regular incense burning have a higher risk of developing asthma, according to a Taiwanese study that hints a particular gene…
Secondhand smoke tied to kids’ poor mental health
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 09 10
Kids who breathe secondhand smoke are more likely to struggle with mental health problems, suggests a large new study of British children.
The findings…
Baby illness can be scanned in mother’s blood: study
• Children's Health • Dec 09 10
Parents may soon be able to find out if their unborn child is prone to any inherited diseases, researchers said on Thursday, after developing…
‘Tis the Season for Being Happy …Or Not the Holiday Blues
• Neurology • • Public Health • Dec 08 10
With the holiday season in full swing, many people find themselves battling a form of the “holiday blues.” According to Ronald M. Podell, M.D.,…
New Test Shows Promise for Accurate Early Diagnosis of Turner Syndrome
• Endocrinology • Dec 08 10
A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) has demonstrated a novel and accurate test…
New Blood Test Could Detect Heart Disease in People with No Symptoms
• Heart • Dec 08 10
A more sensitive version of a blood test typically used to confirm that someone is having a heart attack could indicate whether a seemingly…
Seizure Generation in Brain is Isolated from Surrounding Brain Regions
• Brain • • Epilepsy • • Neurology • Dec 08 10
Mayo Clinic researchers found that the part of the brain generating seizures in individuals with epilepsy is functionally isolated from surrounding brain regions. The…
Reducing maternal and newborn deaths globally
• Children's Health • • Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Dec 08 10
On Tuesday 7 December 2010, maternal health professionals from Africa and Asia will be attending a workshop in Liverpool to discuss the effects of…
Parasites may protect against allergies
• Children's Health • • Allergies • Dec 08 10
Children infected with hookworm or other intestinal parasites may be less likely than uninfected children to have allergies, a new research review finds.
The…
When the state paid, people stopped smoking: study
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 08 10
When Massachusetts started paying for stop-smoking treatments, people not only kicked the habit but also had fewer heart attacks, researchers reported on Tuesday in…
FDA cannot block e-cigarette imports: court
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 08 10
The Food and Drug Administration can only regulate “e-cigarettes” as tobacco products and not as drugs, and thus cannot block their import, a U.S.…
Home monitoring devices may ease world health burden
• Public Health • Dec 08 10
Many people believe devices that allow doctors to monitor patients’ vital signs in their homes offer a potential way to save health costs and…
Influenza virus strains show increasing drug resistance and ability to spread
• Flu • • Public Health • Dec 08 10
Two new studies raise public health concerns about increasing antiviral resistance among certain influenza viruses, their ability to spread, and a lack of alternative…
Social tools prove powerful for online health programs
• Public Health • Dec 08 10
In an era when social networking sites and blogs are visited by three quarters of online users, it’s only natural that the medical profession…
Developing robots for the hospital emergency room
• Emergencies / First Aid • Dec 07 10
Are you ready for robots in the ER?
A group of computer engineers at Vanderbilt University is convinced that the basic technology is now…
New hope for Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 07 10
Investigators at Southern Methodist University and The University of Texas at Dallas have discovered a family of small molecules that shows promise in protecting…
Teens Get More Ear Infections When Someone Smokes at Home
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 07 10
Family members who smoke are more apt to feel it is OK to smoke indoors as their children get older. But in households with…
Kids Who Are Sick Have Fewer Friends
• Children's Health • Dec 07 10
A new study reveals that sick teens are more isolated than other kids, but they do not necessarily realize it and often think…