Five babies at suburban Chicago daycare center have measles
• Children's Health • • Infections • Feb 06 15
Five babies at a suburban Chicago daycare center have been diagnosed with measles, adding to a growing outbreak of the disease across the United…
Medical marijuana for children with developmental and behavioral disorders
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 06 15
As medical marijuana becomes increasingly accepted, there is growing interest in its use for children and adolescents with developmental and behavioral problems such as…
Meditation might slow the age-related loss of gray matter in the brain
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 06 15
Since 1970, life expectancy around the world has risen dramatically, with people living more than 10 years longer. That’s the good news.
The bad…
Acute psychological stress reduces ability to withstand physical pain
• Neurology • • Pain • Feb 05 15
Traffic slows to a crawl, then a stop. You are trapped in a bottleneck nightmare, and late for a meeting. The stress takes a…
Taking immunosuppressives, anti-cancer drugs may reactivate hepatitis B
• Cancer • • Drug News • • Infections • Feb 05 15
Individuals previously infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) who receive chemotherapy or immunosuppressive treatment may be at risk of reactivating the disease according…
Lyme disease costs up to $1.3 billion per year to treat, study finds
• Infections • Feb 05 15
Lyme disease, transmitted by a bite from a tick infected by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, had long been considered easy to treat, usually requiring…
Researchers find gene that confirms existence of psoriatic arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 05 15
PsA is a common form of inflammatory form of arthritis causing pain and stiffness in joints and tendons that can lead to joint damage.…
Bariatric surgery may reduce life expectancy for super obese diabetic patients
• Diabetes • • Surgery • • Weight Loss • Feb 04 15
Bariatric surgery improves life expectancy for many obese diabetic patients, but it may cut life expectancy for patients who are super obese with very…
Anti-epilepsy drug preserves brain function after stroke
• Drug News • • Stroke • Feb 04 15
New research suggests that an already-approved drug could dramatically reduce the debilitating impact of strokes, which affect nearly a million Americans every year.
In…
Opioid and heroin crisis triggered by doctors overprescribing painkillers
• Drug Abuse • • Pain • Feb 04 15
According to researchers at Brandeis University, the University of North Florida and Johns Hopkins University, policymakers must look beyond painkiller abuse, also called non-medical…
Swedish researchers question treatment of infertility with stem cells
• Fertility and pregnancy • Feb 04 15
Whether or not infertility can be treated with stem cells has been a matter of debate for many years.
The classical theory is based…
An end to the medicine dropper for eye injuries?
• Eye / Vision Problems • Feb 04 15
For years, treating scratches and burns to the eyes has usually involved dropping medicine onto the eyes several times a day, sometimes for weeks…
Researchers identify 2 genetic mutations that interact to lower heart attack risk
• Genetics • • Heart • Feb 03 15
Researchers have determined that two mutations on a single gene can interact in a way that lowers the carrier’s risk for a heart attack.
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Partner caregivers of veterans with brain injuries may be at risk for chronic disease
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • Feb 03 15
Blame and anger associated with the grief of caring for a loved one with a traumatic-brain injury (TBI) may be related to inflammation and…
Birth method, gestation duration may alter infants’ gut microbiota
• Childbirth • • Infections • Feb 03 15
Environmental factors like mode of delivery and duration of gestation may affect how infants’ gut bacteria mature, and that rate could help predict later…
Smoking linked to higher risk of death among colorectal cancer survivors
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 03 15
Colorectal cancer survivors who smoke cigarettes were at more than twice the risk of death than non-smoking survivors, adding to existing evidence that cigarette…
LSU Health New Orleans makes discovery key to preventing blindness and stroke devastation
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Neurology • • Stroke • Jan 30 15
Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor, Ernest C. and Yvette C. Villere Chair of Retinal Degeneration Research, and Director of the…
She thinks friends, he thinks sex
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • • Sexual Health • Jan 29 15
Imagine the following scenario: a woman and a man are having a conversation. She is interested in the conversation, and is friendly, smiling and…
Study analyses internet, mobile and video game effects on young users
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Gambling addictions • Jan 29 15
A study conducted by researchers at the UAB, the Catalan Institute of Health (ICS) and the FPCEE Blanquerna (Ramon Llull University), and which included…
Walking on ice takes more than brains
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 29 15
Walking across an icy parking lot in winter - and remaining upright - takes intense concentration. But a new discovery suggests that much of…
Seeing selves as overweight may be self-fulfilling prophecy for some teens
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 28 15
Teens who mistakenly perceive themselves as overweight are actually at greater risk of obesity as adults, according to research findings forthcoming in Psychological Science,…
Communication is key when dealing with aging parents
• Aging and Gerontology • Jan 28 15
Headstrong elderly parents and their adult children may be able to find common ground with proper intervention, according to researchers in human development.
Recent…
LSU Health New Orleans research finds novel compound switches off epilepsy development
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • Jan 28 15
Researchers at the LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence have found that a novel compound they discovered helps curtail the onset and…
Hygiene practices affect contact lens case contamination, reports Optometry and Vision Science
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 28 15
Contact lens wearers who don’t follow certain hygiene habits have increased bacterial contamination of their contact lens cases, reports a study in the…
Cochlear implant users can hear, feel the beat in music
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Jan 26 15
People who use cochlear implants for profound hearing loss do respond to certain aspects of music, contrary to common beliefs and limited scientific research,…