Trojan Horse ploy to sneak protective drug into brains of stroke patients
• Neurology • • Stroke • Nov 10 10
Scientists are reporting development of a long-sought method with the potential for getting medication through a biological barrier that surrounds the brain, where it…
Obesity not linked to breast cancer in Mexican-American women
• Cancer: Breast • • Gender: Female • • Obesity • Nov 09 10
Obesity was not associated with breast cancer risk in Mexican-American women, even when measured at numerous ages throughout a woman’s lifetime, according to data…
Do not abandon new cigarette warning labels
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 09 10
Health Canada’s cancellation of plans to renew tobacco warning labels on cigarette packages may lead to increased smoking rates and smoking-related illnesses and deaths,…
Differences in human and Neanderthal brains set in just after birth
• Brain • • Neurology • Nov 09 10
The brains of newborn humans and Neanderthals are about the same size and appear rather similar overall. It’s mainly after birth, and specifically…
Using CT, radiologists can pinpoint cause of some strokes
• Stroke • Nov 09 10
Multidetector computed tomography (CT) helps pinpoint the causes of ischemic strokes, the most common type of stroke, potentially speeding the delivery of life-saving treatments,…
Drinking 100 percent fruit juice is linked to higher intake of essential nutrients
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 09 10
With so few Americans consuming the recommended amounts of fruit each day, finding quick and simple ways to add additional fruit servings – and…
Common Adult Vaccinations Do Not Increase The Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Nov 08 10
Common adult vaccinations are not associated with an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, according to research presented this week at the American College…
New ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria May Identify Rheumatoid Arthritis In At-Risk People Prior to Clinical Presentation
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Nov 08 10
Rheumatoid arthritis researchers are using the 2010 ACR/EULAR Rheumatoid Arthritis Classification Criteria in hopes of improving the ability to identify people with the RA…
Gout in Women: a Not So Sweet Outcome of Sugar-Sweetened Drinks
• Gender: Female • • Rheumatic Diseases • Nov 08 10
Women who consume fructose-rich beverages, such as sugar-sweetened soft drinks and orange juice, are at an increased risk for gout, according to research presented…
New Study Links Inflammation to Plaque Buildup In the Arteries of People with Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Nov 08 10
New data presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta show that systemic inflammation and rheumatoid arthritis disease…
Bacteria Inside One’s Own Body Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Autoimmune Diseases
• Rheumatic Diseases • Nov 08 10
The Body Against Itself: Bacteria Inside One’s Own Body Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Autoimmune Diseases
Researchers are using 21st-century technologies to…
You May Have Inherited Your Bad Feet
• Public Health • • Rheumatic Diseases • Nov 08 10
Foot disorders might be passed down from one generation to the next, according research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual…
Cell phones help save the lives of mothers, infants and children
• Public Health • Nov 08 10
Simple mobile technology, like basic cell phones, can be used to save the lives of mothers in childbirth, and improve the care of newborns…
Statins don’t prove useful for general pediatric lupus population
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Immunology • Nov 08 10
Lupus puts children at higher risk for coronary artery disease when they become adults, but routinely using statins doesn’t provide enough benefit to…
‘Spiral’ CT scans reduce smoker deaths: U.S. study
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 08 10
Screening smokers and former smokers for lung tumors using three-dimensional X-rays reduced their risk of dying from lung cancer by 20 percent, researchers said…
Gene test users largely satisfied, survey finds
• Genetics • • Public Health • Nov 08 10
Most people who have used direct-to-consumer genetic tests bought them to improve their health and say they found the tests easy to interpret, but…
Overweight children have different eating patterns than normal weight children
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Nov 08 10
Overweight children reported more frequent intake of healthy foods such as fruit, vegetables, fish, brown bread and potatoes as well as low-energy cheese and…
Looking older than your age may not be a sign of poor health: Study
• Aging and Gerontology • • Public Health • Nov 08 10
Even though most adults want to avoid looking older than their actual age, research led by St. Michael’s Hospital shows that looking older does…
Georgetown study: Scleroderma dramatically under-diagnosed with commercial screening method
• Rheumatic Diseases • Nov 08 10
New research from Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) suggests that up to 40 percent of scleroderma patients will not be correctly diagnosed with…
Studying the metabolome of smokers, Lombardi researchers find early signs of damage
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 08 10
Examining the blood “metabolomics” profile of smokers immediately after they had a cigarette revealed activation of pathways involved in cell death, inflammation, and…
Gene identified for spread of deadly melanoma
• Cancer • • Genetics • Nov 04 10
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a gene linked to the spread of eye melanoma.
Although more research…
UK tuberculosis rates highest in 30 years
• Public Health • • Tuberculosis • Nov 04 10
Cases of tuberculosis in Britain reached their highest level for 30 years in 2009 with 9,040 cases and the number of new drug-resistant TB…
Arsenic in drinking water tied to stroke risk
• Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • Nov 04 10
People who live in areas with moderately elevated levels of arsenic in the drinking-water supply may have a somewhat increased risk of stroke, a…
Republicans to attack healthcare law funding
• Public Health • Nov 04 10
Congressional Republicans will try to repeal President Barack Obama’s healthcare law next year but their leader in the Senate on Thursday acknowledged they will…
Americans sicker but English die quicker says study
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Nov 04 10
Older Americans suffer more chronic disease than their English counterparts, but the English die earlier, according to a study on Thursday that could revive…