2015

May

• Breastfeeding protects against environmental pollution

• Natural plant chemicals could help fight tooth decay, study shows

• Study: Include men in osteoporosis screening guidelines

• ‘Insufficient evidence’ on degenerative brain disease in athletes

• Diagnostic errors linked to high incidence of incorrect antibiotic use

• Concussion in former NFL players related to brain changes later in life, UTSW study finds

• Youth dance classes score low in physical activity

• Men far less likely to prevent, screen for osteoporosis

• Aging baby boomers, childless and unmarried, at risk of becoming ‘elder orphans’

• Researchers discover new ways to shut down signals involved in brain diseases

• Tackling obesity needs a number of magic bullets

• Smoking induces early signs of cancer in cheek swabs

• Study implicates new gene in multiple sclerosis disease activity

• Diabetes drug may reduce heart attack risk in HIV patients

• Men who exercise may delay age-related high cholesterol

• ‘Extreme’ exposure to secondhand cannabis smoke causes mild intoxication

• Novel biomarkers may provide guide to personalized hepatitis C therapy

• Dartmouth study shows that playing games can shift attitudes

• Potential obesity treatment targets the 2 sides of appetite: Hunger and feeling full

• How used coffee grounds could make some food more healthful

• Childhood cancer treatment and age influence obesity risk for childhood cancer survivors

• Family genetics study reveals new clues to autism risk

• Kids and parents worry about schoolwork after concussions

• Researchers examine the dangers bubbling up from hookah steam stones

• Nurses cut stress 40 percent with relaxation steps at work

• Certain treatments for childhood cancer may increase obesity risk later in life

• Competitive high-school sports linked to gambling

• California may require warnings on products containing chemical BPA

• Food ads during children’s TV don’t meet proposed guidelines

• Heroin sends more young adults to California emergency rooms

• Moving to a depressed neighborhood linked to weight gain

• Will Mexico’s aging population see cancer care as a priority?

• Healthcare spending for privately insured children with diabetes rises sharply, 2011-2013

• Popular media influences choice of childbirth

• Antioxidant effects of coffee by-products 500 times greater than vitamin C

• Are parents oblivious to obesity in their children?

• Is diet or exercise the best way to reduce diabetes risk?

• Brain chemical may offer new clues in treating chronic pain

• How noise changes the way the brain gets information

• Youth just as likely to try e-cigarettes as smoking

• Late-night snacking: It it your brain’s fault?

• Green tea extract and exercise hinder progress of Alzheimer’s disease in mice

• Interferon-free therapy clears hepatitis C in 93 percent of patients in trial

• Treatment reduces risk of recurrence of C. difficile infection

• Connecting uninsured patients to primary care could reduce emergency department use

• Ontario adults who reported a TBI also reported more road rage than people who did not have a TBI

• Rheumatoid arthritis patients at increased risk of surprise heart attack

• Kids of severely obese moms have higher risk of ADHD

• U.S. CDC cautions against unprotected sex with Ebola survivors

• Study questions quality of US health data

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