Gene therapy sets stage for new treatments for inherited blindness, Penn veterinary researchers say
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Genetics • Apr 29 10
Veterinary vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have safely and successfully used a viral vector in targeting a class of photoreceptors of the…
The Kiss of Death: Research targets lethal disease spread by insect that bites lips
• Public Health • Apr 29 10
It makes your skin crawl—a bug that crawls onto your lips while you sleep, drawn by the exhaled carbon dioxide, numbs your skin,…
Toolkit Evaluates Youth Smoking Cessation Programs
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 29 10
Health care providers and educators nationwide who run youth smoking cessation programs now have access to a free toolkit to improve their programs.
The…
Should Children Be Told They Are ‘Test-Tube’ Babies?
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 28 10
Some people may pine for the good old days when parents could tell children that the stork delivered them. Today that discussion is much…
Urban migrants in India risk obesity, diabetes: Study
• Diabetes • • Obesity • • Public Health • Apr 28 10
People who move from villages to cities to work are more likely to end up obese and suffer from diabetes compared to their siblings…
Women with diabetes may develop cancer
• Cancer • • Diabetes • Apr 28 10
A new study has revealed that women with diabetes are 25 per cent more likely to develop cancer.
The study, led by Tel Aviv…
Obesity might be a factor in how kids metabolize drugs
• Obesity • Apr 28 10
Obesity could affect how children metabolize medication, according to a study presented this week.
Researchers from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy tested…
Obesity: The walking financial time bomb
• Obesity • • Public Health • Apr 28 10
While many countries watch their financial debts mount, there is another ticking timebomb walking the streets, says obesity expert Professor Tony Leeds.
In this…
Local study links teen obesity to mothers who smoked during pregnancy
• Obesity • • Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 28 10
Mothers who smoke during pregnancy are not only increasing the risk of their babies being born with a low birth weight, respiratory problems and…
Winning The Fight Against Childhood Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 28 10
As a father of a nine-year-old, I see millions, perhaps billions of dollars spent on primary colored workbooks and take home paraphernalia for children.…
New Treatment Option for Major Cause of Blindness in Adults
• Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 27 10
A drug may be more effective against the leading cause of adult blindness than laser treatments, a new study has shown.
Researchers at the…
Men and Women Differ in Pain Drug Abuse Risks
• Drug Abuse • • Pain • Apr 27 10
There are distinct gender differences underlying the risks for abuse of prescription pain drugs, according to a Harvard study published in The Journal…
Eating Like the Greeks Can Improve Brain Power
• Brain • • Dieting • Apr 27 10
Findings about what specific components of diets are most beneficial are frequently changing. However, an ongoing study of older adults shows evidence that one…
Cigarette smoking, fructose consumption exacerbates liver disease
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 27 10
Recent studies suggest that modifiable risk factors such as cigarette smoking and fructose consumption can worsen nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). With NAFLD, fat…
How many urologists does the U.S. need?
• Public Health • • Urine Problems • Apr 27 10
Fewer people die of prostate, bladder, and kidney cancers in counties with at least one urologist per 100,000 people, a new study shows. However,…
Genes affect smoking behavior, lung cancer risk
• Cancer: Lung • • Genetics • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 27 10
Addicted to smoking and unable to quit? Your genes may be partly to blame, according to a trio of studies published Sunday in…
Grapes reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, U-M animal study shows
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Heart • Apr 26 10
Could eating grapes slow what’s for many Americans a downhill sequence of high blood pressure and insulin resistance leading to heart disease and…
Pennsylvania makes inroads into reducing child obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 26 10
Pennsylvania school districts set goals and improved snacks and a la carte offerings to meet federal legislation for reducing childhood obesity, but opportunities for…
No link between infertility, rare infant cancer
• Cancer • • Fertility and pregnancy • Apr 26 10
Children conceived with the help of infertility treatment are no more likely than those conceived naturally to develop infant leukemia, according to the…
Improved doping test for growth hormone on its way
• Endocrinology • Apr 26 10
Anti-doping agents may soon get a better shot at catching athletes who inject growth hormone to bulk up and enhance performance.
Agents currently…
Swaddling effects could pose SIDS risk: study
• Children's Health • Apr 26 10
The calming effects of swaddling might make it more difficult for some infants to rouse from sleep - raising the possibility that the practice…
Weighty problem clogging U.S. health insurance
• Obesity • • Public Health • • Weight Loss • Apr 26 10
Americans are living large — and health officials say it is costing them their health and savings.
One-third of the American population is obese.…
Obesity – a threat to national security as well as health?
• Obesity • • Public Health • Apr 26 10
Back in the age of harvest gold and avocado green appliances, school cafeterias were bad, real bad.
Children sat at lunch tables wearing double-knit…
CDC says obesity costs US more than US$145b annually
• Obesity • • Public Health • Apr 26 10
WASHINGTON : The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said obesity costs the US more than US$145 billion annually.
Local governments shoulder much…
Vatican backs adult stem cell research
• Public Health • Apr 25 10
The Vatican is pushing for research on adult stem cells as an alternative to the use of embryonic stem cells, which the Catholic Church…