2015

August

• Chickenpox continues to decline in US thanks to vaccination

• Energy expenditure increases after gastric bypass surgery

• Controlling inflammation to reduce chronic disease risk

• Scientists adopt new strategy to find Huntington’s disease therapies

• SLU research finds hospital physicians fail to identify, address weight issues in children

• High salt intake could be a risk factor for multiple sclerosis

• Scientists identify that memories can be lost and found

• Teen marijuana use not linked to later depression, lung cancer, other health problems, study finds

July

• Most adolescents feel better after gastric bypass

• Hepatitis B continues to be a global health problem

• Specific cardiovascular risk factors may predict Alzheimer’s disease

• Sleep makes our memories more accessible, study shows

• New scoring system may help identify surgical patients at risk for pulmonary complications

• Surgical teams reduce urinary tract infection rate by focusing on catheter use in the OR

• New insights into the circuitry of PTSD and mild traumatic brain injury

• Current dietary protein recommendations need updating

• Progressively reducing the nicotine content of cigarettes may not lead smokers to quit

• Low-nicotine cigarettes fail to sway smokers

• Fatherhood makes men fat

• Transgender youth have typical hormone levels

• Stanford scientists see iron-containing inflammatory cells in Alzheimer’s brains

• Antibiotic exposure could increase the risk of juvenile arthritis

• Dairy products boost effectiveness of probiotics

• No bones about it: Cannabis may be used to treat fractures

• Eating habits matter most with overweight children

• Taxing the dose of calories in sugary drinks could help reduce obesity

• Is this restaurant making me fat?

• Obesity-related behaviors increase when school’s out

• High-pressure oxygen can effectively treat fibromyalgia

• MRI studies point to brain connectivity changes in autism spectrum disorders

• Airway test reveals e-cigarette vapor produces similar result as air

• How the lung repairs its wounds

• Memory-loss man case ‘like nothing we have ever seen before’

• Study links Prozac, Paxil use with birth defects

• Elderly want to control what health information families see

• Recipe winners dine on brussels sprouts, smoothies at White House

• Obesity drug has no effect on baby birthweights, study finds

• New understanding of genetic susceptibility to infections by Candida and Mycobacterium

• Marijuana users substitute alcohol at 21

• Millions of children’s lives saved through low-cost investments

• Review indicates where cardio benefits of exercise may lie

• Clemson research: Bad sleep habits linked to higher self-control risks

• Mortality rates in Europe vary depending on the socioeconomic level of the residence area

• Preemies at high risk of autism don’t show typical signs of disorder in early infancy

• Study: Restaurant meals can be as bad for your waistline as fast food is

• Penn team identifies gene responsible for some cases of male infertility

June

• Two techniques of temporal migraine surgery are ‘equally effective’

• Bisexual men and women report poorer health than gays, lesbians and heterosexuals

• Having a stroke? Where you are makes a huge difference in your treatment

• More secondary schooling reduces HIV risk

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