Birth order has no effect on intelligence
• Children's Health • Apr 12 06
A recent study provides some of the best evidence to date that birth order really doesn’t have an effect on intelligence.
The findings contradict…
Teens turn to pot after parental bust-ups
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 12 06
Splitting parents who shack up with new partners can unwittingly push their children towards cannabis use.
University of Queensland research has shown a link…
Dealing with children’s misbehavior
• Children's Health • Apr 12 06
When children’s misbehavior or delinquency creates problems, it’s not enough to deal with the children alone. Mental health professionals recommend behavioral parent training as…
Vitamin K deficiency linked to osteoarthritis
• Arthritis • Apr 12 06
Study findings support an association between low blood levels of vitamin K and an increased prevalence of hand and knee osteoarthritis - the most…
Rebound Headaches—How to Stop the Cycle of Pain
• Headaches • Apr 11 06
When you feel a headache coming on, you reach for the pain reliever. But if you are taking pain relievers for headaches more than…
Infant Snoring Linked to Parental Snoring
• Children's Health • Apr 11 06
Young children born to parents who snore have an increased risk of snoring. New research published in the April issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed…
People with Near Death Experiences Can Differ in Sleep
• Neurology • Apr 11 06
People who have had near death experiences often have different arousal systems controlling the sleep-wake states than people who have not had a near…
A history of stroke is related to a progressive decline in memory
• Stroke • Apr 11 06
A history of stroke may be associated with progressive memory difficulties in patients without dementia or cognitive impairment, according to a study in the…
Snoring Highest Among Middle-Aged Women
• Gender: Female • Apr 11 06
A new study finds that habitual snoring in women is strongly tied to body mass index (BMI) and age, with snoring prevalence reaching its…
Preventing Periodontal Disease
• Dental Health • Apr 11 06
Gum disease, not dental cavities, is the primary cause of adult tooth loss. And the bad news is that 95 percent of people over…
Epstein-Barr Virus May Be Associated with Multiple Sclerosis
• Neurology • Apr 11 06
Young adults with high levels of antibodies against the Epstein-Barr virus, the virus that most often causes mononucleosis, may be more likely to…
Scientists find that growth hormone is produced in the brain
• Endocrinology • Apr 11 06
Scientists have found that growth hormone, a substance that is used for body growth, is produced in the brain, according to an article published…
Large scale study shows success of epilepsy surgery
• Epilepsy • Apr 11 06
In one of the largest epilepsy surgery studies ever conducted, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that 81 percent of patients with intractable epilepsy become…
Salivary biomarkers of existing periodontal disease
• Dental Health • Apr 11 06
A University of Kentucky study published in the Journal of American Dental Association could help change the diagnosis and treatment of periodontal disease.
The…
Passive smoking increases diabetes risk
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 11 06
A study published on the British Medical Journal website shows for the first time that breathing other people’s smoke raises the risk of developing…
Evaluation of an inactivated subunit H5N1 influenza virus vaccine in humans
• Flu • Apr 11 06
Results from a clinical trial demonstrate that high doses of an experimental H5N1 avian influenza vaccine can induce immune responses in healthy adults.
Approximately…
Guidelines for medication withdrawal
• Public Health • Apr 11 06
Although thousands of scientific papers evaluate and compare new and established drugs each year, providing evidence to help doctors prescribe safe and effective doses,…
Bird flu could kill 100,000 British children-report
• Flu • Apr 10 06
A bird flu pandemic among humans could kill 100,000 children in Britain, said a government health adviser who recommended schools draw up plans to…
Electronic lenses could replace bifocals
• Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 07 06
Researchers have developed an electro-optic lens that can shift its focusing power with the flick of a switch, and may someday replace bifocal lenses.
…
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy as an indicator of liver and biliary diseases
• Bowel Problems • Apr 07 06
A retrospective case-control study of 21,008 women in Finland has found that those with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), an itchy skin condition when…
Bed-Wetting Often Caused by Diet—Follow These Tips to Help Your Child
• Children's Health • Apr 06 06
As many as 30 percent of young school-aged children wet the bed, but while there are medications available to help, doctors say something as…
Physically active kids get into less trouble
• Children's Health • Apr 06 06
Teenagers who are physically active in any way are less likely than their TV-watching peers to smoke, drink or take other health risks, a…
Yoga improves respiratory function
• Respiratory Problems • Apr 06 06
Young and healthy Thais who participated in just 18 short yoga sessions showed significant improvements on six of seven measures of respiratory function, according…
Men with MS may benefit from testosterone
• Neurology • Apr 06 06
Daily testosterone treatment of men with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) - the most common form of the disease in which symptoms wax and…
Bird flu kills third Egyptian
• Flu • Apr 06 06
An Egyptian girl died from bird flu on Thursday, taking to three the country’s human death toll from the virus, the official MENA news…