Treating Osteoporosis Calls for Physician, Dentist Collaboration
• Dental Health • • Gender: Female • • Public Health • May 15 08
Physicians and dentists should collaborate to improve early detection and treatment of patients who have or may develop osteoporosis, say researchers in the cover…
Popcorn fans eat more whole grain: study
• Dieting • May 15 08
People who snack on popcorn may consume more whole grains and less meat than their peers who don’t, new research shows.
Fewer than 10…
Maternal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants Linked to Urologic Conditions in Boys
• Urine Problems • May 15 08
Higher incidences of congenital anomalies, including cryptorchidism (undescended testicles) and hypospadias, were found in boys whose mothers had higher serum levels of certain organochlorine…
Green Tea Compounds Beat OSA-Related Brain Deficits
• Brain • • Food & Nutrition • May 15 08
Researchers examined the effects green tea polyphenols (GTP), administered through drinking water, on rats who were intermittently deprived of oxygen during 12-hour “night” cycles,…
Research sheds new light on heroin addiction
• Cocaine Addiction • May 14 08
Researchers from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne have identified a factor that may contribute towards the development of heroin addiction by manipulating the…
Researchers Find New Treatment for Hepatitis C
• Immunology • • Infections • May 14 08
Researchers at the OU Health Sciences Center have found a new use for an old drug. Their findings appear online Friday in the…
Air Pollution, Smoking Affect Latent Tuberculosis
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Tuberculosis • May 13 08
A toxic gas present in air pollution and tobacco smoke plays a significant role in triggering tuberculosis infection, according to a new study from…
Study finds possible connection between marijuana abuse and stroke or heart attacks
• Heart • • Tobacco & Marijuana • • Stroke • May 13 08
Long-term harmful effects of marijuana (MJ) include risk for heart attacks and strokes in addition to impaired learning and memory. The active chemical in…
Gene therapy slows progression of fatal neurodegenerative disease in children
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Neurology • May 13 08
Gene therapy to replace the faulty CLN2 gene, which causes a neurodegenerative disease that is fatal by age 8-12 years, was able to slow…
Girls and children exposed to tobacco smoke benefit more from montelukast (singulair)
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 13 08
Girls and children exposed to tobacco smoke respond particularly well to montelukast (Singulair) according to researchers at National Jewish Medical and Research Center. Associate…
Chinese drugs driving down generic prices
• Drug News • May 13 08
A coming wave of Chinese pills is set to push down the price of generic drugs, as more low-cost finished medicines from the country…
Peer-led program helps keep teens smoke-free
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 12 08
Smoking rates among teenagers can be cut by training influential peers to spread anti-smoking messages in everyday conversations with their friends and peer group,…
What Does the Label on Your Chicken Really Mean?
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • May 12 08
Buying chicken these days is not like it used to be. With labels like “100 percent natural,” “organic,” “grain-fed,” and “free range,” many consumers…
Would You Allow Your Child to Participate in Medical Research?
• Children's Health • • Public Health • May 12 08
Advances in medicine – new treatments, cures, vaccines and medicines – are driven by research involving humans. But when it comes to medical research…
How Not to Get Sick on Your Summer Trip
• Public Health • May 09 08
Planning for a summer vacation is time-consuming business - coordinating schedules, researching destinations, booking reservations, packing clothes. The last thing we want is to…
“Think First” for Summertime Safety
• Children's Health • May 09 08
Summer is here and the kids are out of school. While summer is the perfect time for fun and games, it’s important to keep…
New Help to Stop Smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 08 08
An updated clinical practice guideline released today by the U.S. Public Health Service has identified new counseling and medication treatments that are effective for…
Breastfeeding May Improve Children’s Intelligence Scores
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 06 08
Long-term, exclusive breastfeeding appears to improve children’s cognitive development, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one…
Macular Degeneration, Age-Related Vision Disorder Linked to Cell’s ‘Power Plant’
• Eye / Vision Problems • May 06 08
Genetic variation in the DNA of mitochondria – the “power plants” of cells – contributes to a person’s risk of developing age-related macular degeneration…
Cilostazol found may be safer than aspirin post-stroke
• Neurology • • Stroke • May 06 08
The anti-platelet drug cilostazol is as effective as aspirin at preventing recurrent stroke and appears to be linked to fewer bleeding events, a study…
Laugh Your Way to Wellness with Yoga Trend
• Alternative Medicine • May 05 08
“Ho ho, ha ha ha,” students in a fitness class at the University of Michigan Health System chant repeatedly while clapping their hands and…
Benefits and risks in ending regulatory exceptionalism for tobacco
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 04 08
It has often been noted that the tobacco industry is cosseted by regulatory exceptionalism. Unlike food, drink and pharmaceuticals that are taken into the…
China issues virus alert after 23 die
• Infections • • Public Health • May 03 08
Enterovirus-71 has killed 23 children, sickened 4,000 others. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Vietnam also have outbreaks. Beijing seeks to avoid coverup charges as…
Researchers Find Link Between Advertising and Increased Tobacco Use Among India’s Youth
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 02 08
As the westernization of India accelerates, tobacco advertising and marketing have been linked to increased tobacco use by urban Indian children as young as…
Prevention and control of childhood pneumonia: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 02 08
This month’s WHO Bulletin, led by the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia (GAPP), focuses on the prevention and control…