New insight into links between obesity and activity in the brain
• Brain • • Obesity • Oct 26 10
Scientists have revealed that an anti-obesity drug changes the way the brain responds to appetising, high-calorie foods in obese individuals. This insight may aid…
Mosquito monitoring saves lives and money, analysis finds
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 26 10
Cutting surveillance for mosquito-borne diseases would likely translate into an exponential increase in both the number of human cases and the health costs when…
Study identifies potential stroke triggers
• Stroke • Oct 26 10
Downing a few drinks or contracting an infection such as the flu seem to be connected to a short-term spike in the risk of…
Conception is a rare event, fertility study shows
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Pregnancy • Oct 26 10
Fewer than 8 percent of all tries at making a baby in a lab dish will succeed, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
Airbags protect the kidneys during a crash
• Surgery • • Trauma & Injuries • • Urine Problems • Oct 26 10
Airbags not only protect people from head and chest injuries during car accidents, they may also protect individual organs - particularly the kidneys.
Kids benefit from strength training a few times a week
• Children's Health • Oct 26 10
While strength training was once doubted to benefit kids, a new research review confirms that children and teenagers can boost their muscle strength with…
Race, Ethnicity Impact Access to Care for Children with Frequent Ear Infections
• Children's Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • Oct 26 10
Ear infections are one of the most common health problems for children, with most kids experiencing at least one by their third birthday. Annual…
DGAC report offers food and nutrition practitioners insights on helping combat obesity epidemic
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Oct 26 10
In an insightful Commentary in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD, Editor-in-Chief of the…
Newfoundland researchers crack the genetic code of a sudden death cardiac killer
• Genetics • • Heart • Oct 26 10
Researchers in Newfoundland have cracked the genetic code of a sudden death cardiac killer.
As a result, they have developed a unique prevention program…
Consuming polyunsaturated fatty acids may lower the incidence of gum disease
• Dental Health • Oct 26 10
Periodontitis, a common inflammatory disease in which gum tissue separates from teeth, leads to accumulation of bacteria and potential bone and tooth loss. Although…
Heat, smoke sent Russia deaths soaring in 2010
• Mortality and Morbidity • Oct 26 10
A heat wave that fanned wildfires and blanketed Moscow with acrid smoke pushed up the number of deaths in Russia by nearly a fifth…
Do specialist doctors make too much money?
• Public Health • Oct 26 10
Primary care physicians earn as little as half what their colleagues who specialize in areas such as surgery and oncology are taking home, according…
Medical groups push to expand heart x-ray
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Heart • Oct 26 10
More patients could benefit from x-ray scans of their hearts, according to new advice put forth in a report from several medical societies.
Contraband cigarettes main source of supply for Ontario youth
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 25 10
A new study from The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) found that contraband tobacco accounts for 43% of all cigarettes consumed by…
Daily vibration may help aging bones stay healthy
• Public Health • Oct 25 10
A daily dose of whole body vibration may help reduce the usual bone density loss that occurs with age, Medical College of Georgia researchers…
Haiti cholera toll tops 250
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 25 10
A multinational medical response has slowed deaths in a Haitian cholera epidemic that has killed more than 250 people so far, but the outbreak…
Nigeria cholera death toll rises above 1,500: UN
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 25 10
Cholera has killed more than 1,500 people in Nigeria this year, more than four times the death toll reported by the government in August,…
Obese children have signs of heart disease typically seen in middle-aged adults
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Obesity • Oct 25 10
The blood vessels of obese children have stiffness normally seen in much older adults with cardiovascular disease, Dr. Kevin Harris today told the Canadian…
Kryptonite superglue improving the quality of life in heart patients recovering from surgery
• Heart • • Surgery • Oct 25 10
New research shows that a surgical procedure using a cutting-edge super glue pioneered a year ago by Calgary researchers can improve the recovery of…
Unexplained differences in hospital death rates
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Oct 24 10
Most of the two-fold variation between U.S. hospitals in heart attack death rates remains a mystery, according to a new study.
Simple blood test helps predict chronic kidney disease
• Urine Problems • Oct 24 10
Measuring three biomarkers in a single blood sample may improve physicians’ ability to identify patients at high risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD),…
U.S. teen birth rates highest in southern states
• Childbirth • • Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Oct 21 10
Birth rates among U.S. teenagers vary widely by region, with the highest rates clustered in southern states and the lowest in the Northeast and…
Outdoor smoking ban plan angers some New Yorkers
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 21 10
Finding a place to smoke could get even harder in New York City.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to expand his ban on smoking in…
Baldness drug works, but some have sexual problems
• Dermatology • • Hair Loss • • Sexual Health • Oct 21 10
The widely used baldness drug finasteride (Propecia) indeed boosts hair growth in men, but some may develop sexual problems, according to a new analysis.
…Fatter smokers gain more weight after quitting
• Obesity • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 21 10
Smokers who quit really do gain weight-especially if they are already obese, according to a new study that followed people for eight years after…