Study shows effectiveness of switching antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children
• Children's Health • • AIDS/HIV • Nov 04 15
A study led by Louise Kuhn, PhD, professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, evaluated whether HIV-infected children in South…
Resistance exercise during pregnancy has perceived positive effects
• Physical activity -exercise • • Pregnancy • Nov 04 15
Swimming, walking and other mild physical activities, along with avoidance of resistance exercise, are often recommended for pregnant women. But a new PhD thesis…
Scientists identify main component of brain repair after stroke
• Brain • • Stroke • Oct 28 15
Looking at brain tissue from mice, monkeys and humans, scientists have found that a molecule known as growth and differentiation factor 10 (GDF10) is…
Testing for secondhand marijuana exposure
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 28 15
With increased legalization of marijuana for medicinal and recreational purposes, interest is growing in the potential health effects of its secondhand smoke. A team…
Driving with glaucoma? Some patients increase scanning to adapt for impaired vision
• Eye / Vision Problems • Oct 27 15
Some people with glaucoma-related binocular (both eyes) vision loss can pass a standard driving test by adopting increased visual scanning behavior, reports a study…
Discovery could lead to better recovery after stroke
• Stroke • Oct 26 15
UCLA researchers have identified a molecule that, after a stroke, signals brain tissue to form new connections to compensate for the damage and initiate…
Researchers discover an epilepsy switch
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • Oct 26 15
Scientists at the University of Bonn and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) have decoded a central signal cascade associated with epileptic seizures. If…
Online gambling to get safer through better prediction of addiction
• Addiction • • Gambling addictions • Oct 23 15
A new ‘early warning’ system that automatically informs gamblers as soon as their behaviour shows signs of turning into an addiction is helping people…
Advocating for raising the smoking age to 21
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 22 15
Henry Ford Hospital pulmonologist Daniel Ouellette, M.D., who during his 31-year career in medicine has seen the harmful effects of smoking on his patients,…
Gene therapy treats all muscles in the body in muscular dystrophy dogs
• Genetics • • Neurology • Oct 22 15
Muscular dystrophy, which affects approximately 250,000 people in the U.S., occurs when damaged muscle tissue is replaced with fibrous, fatty or bony tissue and…
How diet may affect the progression of multiple sclerosis
• Dieting • • Neurology • Oct 21 15
Dietary fatty acids affect the development and progression of autoimmune chronic-inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis. In a collaborative study between the Departments of…
Diamonds - a tooth’s best friend?
• Dental Health • Oct 21 15
Gold, silver and porcelain are among the many materials dentists can use to fix damaged teeth. Soon diamonds - at least tiny, microscopic ones…
Being rich in the Middle Ages led to an unhealthy life
• Public Health • Oct 20 15
In the Middle Ages only wealthy town people could afford to eat and drink from beautiful, colored glazed cups and plates. But the glazing…
Nicotine gives brain more codeine relief, risk of addiction
• Addiction • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 16 15
According to new research in rat models, nicotine use over time increases the speed that codeine is converted into morphine within the brain, by…
Developing the tools to find new generation antibiotics
• Drug News • • Infections • Oct 15 15
Scientists at the University of York have taken an important step in the search to find new antibiotics that are effective against resistant bacteria.
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Laser-based imaging tool could increase accuracy, safety of brain tumor surgery
• Brain • • Surgery • Oct 15 15
Brain tumor tissue can be hard to distinguish from normal brain during surgery. Neurosurgeons use their best judgment in the operating room but often…
What metabolism could reveal about aging and mortality
• Aging and Gerontology • • Mortality and Morbidity • Oct 14 15
Why some people live much longer than others is an enduring mystery. Now, based on a study of a worm, scientists are getting one…
Researchers develop tool to predict need for life support
• Public Health • Oct 14 15
It is now possible to determine which patients have an increased chance of one day needing life support with mechanical ventilation. Researchers have developed…
New research discovers that drinking cranberry juice may protect the heart
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Oct 12 15
Results from a new study presented at the Cranberry Health Research Conference preceding the annual Berry Health Benefits Symposium 2015 in Madison, WI, revealed…
Children born in the summer more likely to be healthy adults
• Children's Health • Oct 12 15
Women who were born in the summer are more likely to be healthy adults, suggests new research published in the journal Heliyon. The authors…
Magnet hospitals better patient experiences may positively enhance reimbursement
• Public Health • Oct 09 15
Patients’ experience with healthcare has become the focal point for quality improvement among hospitals and care providers. The Affordable Care Act incentivizes hospitals to…
Mental disorders as risk factors for chronic pain in teenagers
• Children's Health • • Pain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 08 15
One in four young people have experienced chronic pain and a mental disorder. According to a new report in the Journal of Pain, the…
Satiety hormone leptin plays a direct role in cardiovascular disease in obesity
• Endocrinology • • Heart • • Obesity • Oct 07 15
While high levels of the satiety hormone leptin don’t help obese individuals lose weight, they do appear to directly contribute to their cardiovascular disease,…
Later bedtimes may lead to an increase in body mass index over time
• Obesity • • Sleep Aid • Oct 01 15
A new study suggests that going to bed late during the workweek from adolescence to adulthood is associated with an increase in body mass…
Unexplained chronic cough treatment subject of updated evidence-based guideline
• Respiratory Problems • Oct 01 15
Persistent, unexplained cough is a significant health issue that occurs in up to 5-10 percent of patients seeking medical assistance for chronic cough. Patients…