Report says obesity surgery can save health costs
• Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 08 10
Providing surgical treatment for people who are morbidly obese could save British taxpayer-funded health services and the wider economy hundreds of millions of pounds…
Half of ‘untreatable’ asthma cases may be treatable
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Sep 08 10
Good news for kids with treatment-resistant asthma: Their breathing troubles just might be treatable.
Approximately one in every 10 kids in the U.S.…
Brain cells determine obesity—not lack of willpower: Study
• Brain • • Neurology • • Obesity • Sep 08 10
An international study has discovered the reason why some people who eat a high-fat diet remain slim, yet others pile on the weight.
The…
Expert Advisory: Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 07 10
Virginia Commonwealth University has experts available in pediatric obesity, psychology, medicine and fashion to discuss a variety of topics including healthy eating, physical activity,…
Penn Receives NIH Grant for Personalized Smoking Cessation Research
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 07 10
A variety of smoking cessation treatments are currently available for the more than 18 million adult Americans try to quit smoking each year, but…
Johns Hopkins researchers unravel clues to infertility among obese women
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Obesity • Sep 07 10
Obese women have a well-known risk for infertility, but a new Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study has unraveled what investigators there believe is the…
Is hand washing enough to stop the spread of disease?
• Infections • • Public Health • Sep 07 10
Not drying your hands thoroughly after washing them, could increase the spread of bacteria and rubbing your hands whilst using a conventional electric hand…
Short nighttime sleep duration among infants, young children associated with obesity in later life
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Sleep Aid • Sep 07 10
Insufficient amounts of nighttime sleep among infants and preschool-aged children may be a significant risk factor for developing childhood obesity, according to a report…
Pharmaceutical conservation key to slowing rise of antibiotic-resistant infections
• Infections • • Public Health • Sep 07 10
The United States must focus on conserving the use of antibacterial drugs, or face a public health crisis from rapidly rising rates of antibiotic-resistant…
Experts recommend universal screening of newborns for congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Children's Health • • Endocrinology • Sep 07 10
Today, The Endocrine Society released a new clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). The guideline features a…
Antidepressant patch doesn’t help smokers quit
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 06 10
An antidepressant drug delivered through a patch on the skin is no better than placebo for helping smokers kick the habit, new research shows.
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Aqua Bounty biotech salmon OK to eat: FDA staff
• Dieting • Sep 06 10
Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc’s genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said in a preliminary analysis…
Moscow bans night-time vodka sales in health drive
• Public Health • Sep 02 10
Moscow banned night-time sales of vodka and other spirits on Wednesday, part of a nationwide drive to curb crime and disease linked with…
Babies Born Past Term Associated With Increased Risk of Cerebral Palsy
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 01 10
While preterm birth is a known risk factor for cerebral palsy, an examination of data for infants born at term or later finds that…
Action Needed to Eliminate Food Insecurity in the U.S
• Dieting • Sep 01 10
The American Dietetic Association has published an updated position paper on food insecurity in the United States, calling for funding for food and nutrition…
10 minutes could prevent one-third of road deaths
• Emergencies / First Aid • Sep 01 10
Spanish researchers have calculated the probability of dying in road accidents on the basis of the time taken for the emergency services to arrive.…
What Causes Childhood Strokes, and Is Stenting an Effective Treatment?
• Children's Health • • Stroke • Aug 19 10
University at Buffalo neurosurgeon Elad Levy, MD, implanted a stent in an artery inside the skull of a 14-year-old boy to prevent a…
Obesity top threat to children’s health: poll
• Obesity • Aug 19 10
Adults consider obesity the number one threat to children’s health in the United States and many believe the problem is getting worse, according to…
Novel autoantibodies identified in patients with necrotizing myopathy
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Aug 19 10
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have identified a subgroup of patients with necrotizing myopathy who have a novel autoantibody specificity that…
Delaying fat digestion to curb appetite
• Fat, Dietary • Aug 19 10
Institute of Food Research scientists have discovered an unexpected synergy that helps break down fat. The discovery provides a focus to find ways to…
Black patients, women miss out on strongest medications for chronic pain
• Pain • Aug 18 10
Black patients are prescribed fewer pain medications than whites and few women receive medications strong enough to manage their chronic pain, according to…
Moderate drinking, especially wine, associated with better cognitive function
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 18 10
A large prospective study of 5033 men and women in the Tromsø Study in northern Norway has reported that moderate wine consumption is independently…
New screen offers hope for copper deficiency sufferers
• Neurology • Aug 17 10
Copper deficiency diseases can be devastating. Symptoms can range from crippling neurological degeneration in Menkes disease – a classic copper deficiency disease – to…
Immune system gene linked with Parkinson’s: study
• Immunology • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 17 10
A gene linked with the immune system may play a role in developing Parkinson’s disease, researchers said on Sunday, marking a possible advance in…
U.S. hopeful Pakistan can avert big cholera outbreak
• Infections • • Public Health • Aug 17 10
A senior U.S. aid official said on Saturday he was optimistic a serious cholera outbreak could be averted in flood-hit Pakistan after emergency steps…