Meat lovers may pack on the pounds over time
• Food & Nutrition • Jul 20 10
Being a little less carnivorous may help you stay slim, a study in hundreds of thousands of Europeans suggests.
Dr. Anne-Claire Vergnaud of Imperial…
How Memory Is Disrupted in People with Disease Linked to Learning Disabilities
• Brain • • Neurology • Jul 20 10
Imagine if your brain lost its working memory — the ability to hold and manipulate information in your mind’s eye. That’s the plight faced…
Iced Tea May Raise Your Risk of Painful Kidney Stones, Urologist Warns
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Urine Problems • Jul 20 10
Mark Mulac was an “avid lover” of iced tea, downing up to six glasses a day of the popular summertime thirst-quencher.
A Silent Death
• Children's Health • • Mortality and Morbidity • Jul 20 10
As temperatures continue to rise across the country, more and more parents will no doubt take their children to the nearest pool to cool…
Disease genes that followed the Silk Road identified
• Genetics • • Immunology • • Public Health • Jul 20 10
Scientists have identified key genes responsible for a severe inflammatory disease that has spread along the old silk trading routes from the Far East…
Beach umbrellas do not block out all solar radiation
• Dermatology • • Skin Care • Jul 20 10
A team of researchers from the University of Valencia (UV) has proven that 34% of ultraviolet radiation filters through under beach umbrellas. According to…
Are all meditation techniques the same?
• Alternative Medicine • • Neurology • Jul 20 10
As doctors increasingly prescribe meditation to patients for stress-related disorders, scientists are gaining a better understanding of how different techniques from Buddhist, Chinese, and…
Study examines sepsis and septic shock after surgery
• Surgery • Jul 20 10
Sepsis and septic shock appear to be more common than heart attacks or pulmonary blood clots among patients having general surgery, and the death…
Combat injuries may cause epilepsy years later
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • • Trauma & Injuries • Jul 20 10
Soldiers may develop epilepsy from a head injury as many as 30 years down the road, hints a new study of Vietnam veterans.
Fish eaters show lower risk of age-related eye disease
• Dieting • • Eye / Vision Problems • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 20 10
Older adults who eat fatty fish at least once a week may have a lower risk of serious vision loss from age-related macular degeneration,…
Kids’ high cholesterol may drop naturally
• Children's Health • Jul 20 10
Very high cholesterol levels in kids may decline over time even without intervention, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Study shows how memory is disrupted in those with disease linked to learning disabilities
• Neurology • Jul 18 10
Imagine if your brain lost its working memory — the ability to hold and manipulate information in your mind’s eye. That’s the plight faced…
Morning Test Helps Doctors Save Kidneys
• Urine Problems • Jul 18 10
A morning urine test is superior to all other tests for detecting declining kidney performance in patients with diabetic kidney disease, according to…
Steroids Help Preserve Kidney Function in Type of Kidney Disease
• Urine Problems • Jul 18 10
For patients with IgA nephropathy, a type of kidney disease, steroid treatment can prevent or delay loss of kidney function, according to a study…
Scientists Identify Critical Genes for Down Syndrome
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 18 10
Down syndrome is a well known cause of mental retardation and other medical problems, including early onset of Alzheimer disease. It has long been…
Children in good shape have better appetite control and energy expenditure
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jul 15 10
The research conducted at the University of Granada reveals that this improvement may be caused by the metabolic changes generated by physical activity through…
Stroke risk temporarily increases for an hour after drinking alcohol
• Stroke • Jul 15 10
Call it the not-so-happy hour. The risk of stroke appears to double in the hour after consuming just one drink — be it wine,…
Health providers need to do more to understand and support lesbians who are overweight
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • • Sexual Health • Jul 15 10
Healthcare professionals need to develop greater understanding of the specific needs of lesbian patients and adopt a more sensitive approach to the advice they…
Scientists Find Cause of Metabolic Disease - and Possible Cure
• Obesity • Jul 15 10
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has discovered the gene mutation…
Study Links Exhaled Nitric Oxide With Increased Risk of Childhood Asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Jul 15 10
Children with elevated levels of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) are at increased risk for developing asthma, particularly among children without a parental history of…
Obesity harms women’s memory and brain function
• Brain • • Obesity • Jul 14 10
The more an older woman weighs, the worse her memory, according to new research from Northwestern Medicine. The effect is more pronounced in women…
Researchers study relationship of oral cancers and periodontal disease
• Dental Health • Jul 14 10
Today during the 88th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research, in Barcelona, Spain, presenting author J. Meyle, Justus Liebig…
Half of swine flu deaths were in previously healthy people, research finds
• Flu • • Public Health • Jul 14 10
13 July 2010: Over half of UK swine flu hospital admissions and inpatient deaths occurred in people with no underlying health problems or obvious…
Tea contains more fluoride than once thought
• Food & Nutrition • Jul 14 10
Black tea, a Southern staple and the world’s most consumed beverage, may contain higher concentrations of fluoride than previously thought, which could pose problems…
Longer breastfeeding may raise infants’ eczema risk
• Children's Health • • Dermatology • • Skin Care • Jul 14 10
Longer breastfeeding may increase, not decrease, the risk of a common itchy skin condition called atopic dermatitis that develops in about 12 percent of…