Flu shot does not reduce risk of death
• Flu • Aug 29 08
The widely-held perception that the influenza vaccination reduces overall mortality risk in the elderly does not withstand careful scrutiny, according to researchers in Alberta.…
Heavy breathing—an obscure link in asthma and obesity
• Asthma • • Obesity • • Respiratory Problems • Aug 29 08
There is a strong link between obesity and asthma and as the prevalence of both conditions has been increasing steadily, epidemiologists have speculated that…
Magnesium Sulfate Infusions Reduce Cerebral Palsy Risk in Preterm Births
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Aug 28 08
Giving an infusion of magnesium sulfate just before delivery to pregnant women who were at high risk for preterm birth cut the rate of…
First Gene Associated with Dry Macular Degeneration Found
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Genetics • Aug 28 08
In a study that underscores the important role that individual genetic profiles will play in the development of new therapies for disease, a…
Experimental Therapy May Lead to Macular Degeneration
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Neurology • Aug 28 08
Having discovered a genetic trigger for age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss in people over 50, researchers report that an experimental…
Orthopaedic Surgeons Play Key Role in Stroke Recovery
• Surgery • • Stroke • Aug 27 08
In the United States, nearly 730,000 first-ever strokes occur each year, with a survival rate of more than 80 percent. These survivors often experience…
Army personnel show increased risk for migraine
• Headaches • • Migraine • Aug 27 08
Two new studies show that migraine headaches are very common among U.S. military personnel, yet the condition is frequently underdiagnosed. The studies, appearing in…
Study examines use of opioids
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Cocaine Addiction • Aug 27 08
Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center have found that in a given week, over 10 million Americans are taking opioids, and more than…
Pregnancy situations have impact on brain development in pre-term infants
• Brain • • Neurology • • Pregnancy • Aug 27 08
Brain development in infants who are born very prematurely is still incomplete. Factors that cause premature birth may have an impact on the development…
Scientists unmask brain’s hidden potential
• Brain • • Neurology • Aug 27 08
Previous research has found that when vision is lost, a person’s senses of touch and hearing become enhanced. But exactly how this happens has…
Medication slows progression of myopia in children
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Aug 27 08
Daily treatment with a medication called pirenzepine can slow the rate of progressive myopia, or nearsightedness, in children, reports a study in the August…
Spanish adolescents who play a sport do not smoke
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 26 08
8 of every 10 Spanish adolescents who play a sport do not smoke, and more than 40% do not practice any physical activity
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New Hope for Stroke Patients
• Neurology • • Stroke • Aug 25 08
If a stroke patient doesn’t get treatment within approximately the first three hours of symptoms, there’s not much doctors can do to limit damage…
Major life changes may lead to chronic headache
• Headaches • • Migraine • Aug 23 08
Major life changes may play a role in as many as a quarter of chronic daily headache cases that arise among otherwise healthy adult…
Exercise, limited TV time may keep kids trim
• Children's Health • Aug 23 08
Children who regularly exercise and limit their time in front of the TV and computer are much less likely to be overweight than their…
A reason to smile: New immigrants respond best to oral hygiene campaign
• Dental Health • Aug 22 08
apping into the desire to have an attractive smile is the best motivator for improving oral hygiene, and new immigrants are the most receptive…
Seeing through tooth decay
• Dental Health • Aug 22 08
Dental caries afflict at least 90% of the world’s population at some time in their lives. Detecting the first signs of this disease, which…
Study Highlights Link Between Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis
• Neurology • Aug 22 08
Vitamin D, the principal regulator of calcium in the body, may prevent the production of malignant cells such as breast and prostate cancer cells…
Pain Perception – It’s All in the Genes
• Genetics • • Pain • • Surgery • Aug 22 08
Previous studies have shown that women experience more severe postoperative pain and require more narcotics than men in the early postoperative period. A study…
Have you had your handful of tree nuts today?
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Heart • Aug 21 08
“More and more research shows the positive impact of tree nut consumption on satiety and weight management, as well as a number of chronic…
YOU: Four-Step Plan to Quit Smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 21 08
Why do 45 million Americans keep smoking, even though they know their addiction is killing them? The fact is, quitting cigarettes is just as…
New test to diagnose osteoarthritis early
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Aug 21 08
A newly developed medical imaging technology may provide doctors with a long-awaited test for early diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA), scientists from New York reported…
Study Shows Link Between Spanking and Physical Abuse
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 21 08
Spanking has been, and still is, a common method of child discipline used by American parents.
But mothers who report that they or their…
Smoking doubles stroke risk in younger women
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Stroke • Aug 15 08
Younger women who smoke have more than double the risk of stroke compared to nonsmokers, with the heaviest smokers among them having nine times…
Stroke treatment still very often delayed
• Neurology • • Stroke • Aug 15 08
Stroke victims frequently fail to seek emergency treatment promptly enough, and even when they do get to the ER quickly, their treatment is often…