E-cigarette maker accepts California marketing limits
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 30 10
A leading U.S. maker of electronic cigarettes has agreed not to target its sales and advertisements to minors or to claim its products are…
China extends pension system, healthcare
• Public Health • Oct 30 10
Chinese lawmakers have adopted new legislation that could potentially extend basic pension and healthcare coverage to more people, especially rural residents and migrant workers…
Immune system may help cancer cells hide: study
• Cancer • • Immunology • Oct 30 10
Cancer cells may find a hideout in the body’s immune system, researchers said on Thursday in a study that may help explain why tumors…
Extending daylight could boost health, help planet
• Public Health • Oct 30 10
Putting the clocks back in winter is bad for health, wastes energy and increases pollution, scientists say, and putting an end to the practice…
Vitamin B12 tied to Alzheimer’s
• Neurology • Oct 30 10
Vitamin B12 may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study out Monday.
The study suggests that seniors with more of the active…
Stress may have only small impact on weight
• Neurology • • Obesity • Oct 30 10
Despite the common belief that stress causes people to pack on the pounds, a new research review finds that, on average, stress has little…
Scientists call for tighter regulations on food adverts during children’s TV viewing
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Oct 28 10
The researchers, in partnership with the Cancer Council, Australia, studied 12,618 food advertisements from 11 countries and found that 67 per cent endorsed unhealthy…
Obese children experience later mortality post liver transplantation
• Children's Health • • Mortality and Morbidity • • Obesity • Oct 28 10
A new study from the University of Washington reported obese children are at increased mortality risk in later years following primary liver transplantation (LT).…
The more someone smokes, the smaller the number of grey cells
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 28 10
Is there a relation between the structure of specific regions of the brain and nicotine dependence? This is the question researchers of the…
Multiple sclerosis will become a controlled disease like AIDS
• AIDS/HIV • • Neurology • Oct 28 10
The complexity of the immune system and nervous system turn Neuroimmunology into one of the most exciting fields of modern biomedicine. Between October 26th…
Race/ethnicity affect a child’s therapy
• Children's Health • Oct 28 10
Race and/or ethnicity affect access to medical care for U.S. children with frequent ear infections, researchers say.
Researchers at University of California, Los Angeles,…
Fatty fish may help prevent gum disease
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Oct 28 10
Polyunsaturated fatty acids like fish body oils show promise in preventing and treating periodontitis, gum disease, U.S. researchers suggest.
4 deaths tied to bacteria at food processing plant, Texas says
• Food & Nutrition • Oct 28 10
Authorities have shut down a Texas food processing plant, saying it was contaminated by bacteria linked to the deaths of four people, state health…
Smoking isn’t just bad for your lungs
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 28 10
No matter how you slice it, puffing on a cigarette, or any other tobacco product for that matter, simply ups the ante for more…
Study Finds Adversity Does Make Us Stronger
• Public Health • Oct 28 10
Friedrich Nietzsche was right - sort of.
The German philosopher’s oft-quoted adage, “What does not destroy me, makes me stronger,” was put to the…
Children often trust what they’re told
• Children's Health • Oct 28 10
Little children are particularly trusting of things adults tell them, a University of Virginia researcher says.
Vikram K. Jaswal says children are more trusting…
Young kids trust adults despite evidence to the contrary
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 28 10
Very young children are extraordinarily trusting of what adults tell them, even if there is repeated evidence to the contrary, finds a new study.
…Not so fast - sex differences in the brain are overblown
• Brain • • Neurology • Oct 27 10
People love to speculate about differences between the sexes, and neuroscience has brought a new technology to this pastime. Brain imaging studies are published…
Researchers find a ‘liberal gene’
• Genetics • Oct 27 10
Liberals may owe their political outlook partly to their genetic make-up, according to new research from the University of California, San Diego, and Harvard…
New study suggests most preschool-age children exceed daily screen time recommendations
• Children's Health • Oct 27 10
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that parents limit combined screen time from television, DVDs, computers, and video games to 2 hours per…
Blind people perceive touch faster than those with sight
• Public Health • Oct 27 10
People who are blind from birth are able to detect tactile information faster than people with normal vision, according to a study in…
Narcotics and diagnostics overused in treatment of chronic neck pain
• Arthritis • Oct 27 10
Duke University and University of North Carolina (UNC) researchers report in the November issue of Arthritis Care & Research that narcotics and diagnostic testing…
When do babies start sleeping through the night?
• Children's Health • • Sleep Aid • Oct 27 10
Sleep-deprived new moms and dads can’t wait to have their baby sleep through the night. A new study suggests that about half of babies…
Restaurant customers willing to pay more for local food
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Oct 26 10
Not only are restaurant patrons willing to pay more for meals prepared with produce and meat from local providers, the proportion of customers preferring…
A new player in the innate immunity game?
• Immunology • Oct 26 10
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a certain class of RNA (known as long non-protein-coding RNA [lncRNA]) are involved in the host…