Smokeless tobacco may increase stroke risk
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Stroke • Nov 28 08
Results of a new study suggest that the use of oral moist snuff, a type of smokeless tobacco widely used in Sweden that is…
Flu vaccination rates low in high-risk teens
• Children's Health • • Flu • Nov 28 08
From 1992 to 2002, influenza (flu) vaccination rates for adolescents with high-risk conditions increased, yet still the overwhelming majority are not being immunized, researchers…
Eye Divergence in Children Triples Risk of Mental Illness
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 27 08
Children whose eyes are misaligned and point outward are at significantly increased risk of developing mental illness by early adulthood, according to findings of…
Urine Protein Test Detects Kidney Dysfunction in Transplant Patients
• Urine Problems • Nov 27 08
A noninvasive test that analyzes proteins in the urine can correctly identify patients whose transplanted kidneys are failing, according to a study appearing…
Do You Know You’re Having a Stroke?
• Neurology • • Stroke • Nov 26 08
A Mayo Clinic study shows a majority of stroke patients don’t think they’re having a stroke - and as a result - delay seeking…
Researchers Find Potential Drug Target for Leukemia
• Drug News • Nov 25 08
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center have discovered what could be a novel drug target…
Growth Hormone Not Beneficial for ALS
• Endocrinology • Nov 24 08
A growth hormone that had shown some promise for treating people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) showed no benefit in a new study published…
Smoking, Teens and Their Parents: New Research
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 24 08
A new study found that adolescents were at the greatest risk of smoking when their parents began smoking at an early age and the…
Women More Likely than Men to be Hospitalized for Chest Pain
• Gender: Female • • Heart • • Pain • Nov 24 08
Women are more likely than men to be hospitalized for chest pain for which doctors cannot find a cause, according to the latest News…
Childhood Constipation Deemed Significant Health Issue
• Children's Health • • Bowel Problems • Nov 24 08
According to new research conducted at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the burden of illness in children suffering from constipation, and the costs associated with…
Long-Term Antibiotics Reduce COPD Exacerbations, Raise Questions
• Respiratory Problems • Nov 21 08
Long-term use of a macrolide antibiotic may reduce the frequency of exacerbations in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by…
Experts Available to Discuss Alzheimer’s Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Nov 21 08
An estimated five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, a disease that affects parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language and…
Smoking, Teens and Their Parents: New Research
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 21 08
A new study found that adolescents were at the greatest risk of smoking when their parents began smoking at an early age and the…
Where there’s wildfire smoke, there’s toxicity
• Public Health • Nov 20 08
The health threat to city dwellers posed by Southern California wildfires like those of November 2008 may have been underestimated by officials.
Detailed particulate…
Very Low Birth Weight is a Risk Factor for One Cause of CKD
• Urine Problems • Nov 20 08
Individuals who were underweight at birth are at increased risk of developing a condition called secondary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, according to a study appearing…
New Compounds Aimed at Muscular Dystrophy
• Neurology • Nov 19 08
Scientists have identified a promising set of new compounds in the fight against muscular dystrophy.
Using a drug-discovery technique in which molecules compete against…
Scientists are High on Idea that Marijuna Reduces Memory Impairment
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 19 08
The more research they do, the more evidence Ohio State University scientists find that specific elements of marijuana can be good for the aging…
Study Shows How Social Support May Protect Brain During Stroke
• Brain • • Stroke • Nov 18 08
New research in mice suggests that high levels of social support may provide some protection against strokes by reducing the amount of damaging inflammation…
One More Reason to Quit: Smoking Causes Bladder Cancer
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 17 08
The Great American Smokeout is this Thursday, and the American Urological Association (AUA) gives smokers another good reason to quit: Smoking causes bladder cancer.…
Expectations Drive Patient Preferences for Treatment of Spine Problems
• Neurology • Nov 17 08
For patients with low back pain caused by a herniated disk, expectations of good results without surgery are the main factor affecting the preference…
Drug-related preference in cocaine addiction extends to images
• Cocaine Addiction • Nov 17 08
When given a choice between viewing pictures of cocaine and a variety of other images, cocaine addicted individuals, as compared to healthy, non-addicted research…
Benefits of epilepsy surgery predicted pre-op
• Epilepsy • Nov 14 08
Whether brain surgery is likely to improve or worsen memory in a patient with epilepsy can be predicted before the operation is performed,…
In child care, relationships with caregivers key to children’s stress levels
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Nov 14 08
How children are affected by out-of-home care depends not only on the qualities of their teacher and the classroom, but also on the nature…
UK study shows kids are active but not eating their ‘5-a-day’
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Nov 14 08
Most children are still failing to eat five pieces of fruit and veg a day, though their levels of physical activity do meet current…
Plastic surgeons warn of malnutrition in body contouring patients
• Cosmetics • • Surgery • • Weight Loss • Nov 14 08
Identifying malnutrition before surgery in massive weight loss patients seeking body contouring will significantly decrease surgical complications, accelerate wound healing, improve scar quality and…