No Proven Role for Diet in Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Arthritis • • Dieting • Jan 28 09
A new review finds no definitive connection between diet and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a disease in which the body’s immune system attacks the lining…
Pain relieving effects of acupuncture are limited
• Alternative Medicine • • Pain • Jan 28 09
The pain relieving effects of acupuncture compared with placebo are small and seem to lack clinical relevance, according to a study published on bmj.com…
I feel your pain: Neural mechanisms of empathy
• Pain • Jan 28 09
Is it possible to share a pain that you observe in another but have never actually experienced yourself? A new study uses a sophisticated…
Scientists unmask genetic markers associated with psoriasis
• Dermatology • Jan 26 09
Scientists at the University of Michigan Department of Dermatology, the U-M School of Public Health and their collaborators have found DNA “hotspots” that may…
Shoulder Injuries in U.S. High School Athletes Occur More Often in Boys
• Children's Health • • Trauma & Injuries • Jan 26 09
Although shoulder injuries accounted for just 8 percent of all injuries sustained by high school athletes, shoulder injuries were relatively common in predominately male…
Unmet Medical Needs Are Most Common Among Vulnerable Children
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Jan 26 09
Despite recent government efforts, the medical needs of about six million children in the United States are not being met, according to data from…
Cell Phones Are Dangerous for Child Pedestrians
• Children's Health • Jan 26 09
Children who talk on cell phones while crossing streets are at a higher risk for injuries or death in a pedestrian accident, said psychologists…
Consumers Desire More Genetic Testing, But Not Designer Babies
• Genetics • Jan 26 09
A new study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center found a high desire for additional genetic testing among consumers for life altering…
Ex-smokers on their own in fending off a relapse
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 23 09
There’s no evidence that behavioral approaches help smokers who have recently quit to remain smoke-free, conclude the authors of a review of relapse prevention…
Eating Less May Not Extend Life
• Dieting • Jan 23 09
If you are a mouse on the chubby side, then eating less may help you live longer.
For lean mice – and possibly…
Research identifies in-flight emergencies
• Emergencies / First Aid • Jan 23 09
Fainting is the most common in-flight medical emergency. Research recently published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Critical Care details the number, type and…
Migraines, Tension Headaches Respond to Acupuncture
• Alternative Medicine • • Headaches • • Migraine • Jan 22 09
Two new systematic reviews have found that acupuncture therapy can provide patients who suffer from tension and migraine headache an alternative treatment for their…
New Clinical Equation Accurately Measures Kidney Function in Children
• Children's Health • • Urine Problems • Jan 22 09
Measuring a child’s kidney function has traditionally been time-consuming, costly, and difficult to perform, but a new equation that uses parameters collected at routine…
New Urine Test Detects Common Cause of Kidney Transplant Failure
• Urine Problems • Jan 22 09
A new and simple urine test can detect polyomavirus nephropathy, a relatively new and serious complication that affects up to 9% of kidney…
Are silicofluorides controlled?
• Drug Abuse • Jan 21 09
It’s amazing, the TGA controls this poison in many drugs, lots of dental hygiene products (including mouthwash at 200ppm - now considered a possible…
Childhood obesity ‘boot camps’
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 19 09
Overweight children and their families will attend free 10-week health courses as part of a campaign to tackle childhood obesity.
The £1.4 million scheme…
Nanotech gadget could diagnose any disease
• Public Health • Jan 19 09
A way to stuff a microchip full of detectors for a whole range of medical conditions has been developed by US chemists. They say…
Eyes reveal health secrets of the brain
• Brain • • Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 19 09
THE eyes may be the windows to the soul, but they also make pretty good peepholes into the brain. Thanks to an optical version…
Youngsters often miss diet and exercise marks
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jan 19 09
According to their parents, pre-school children have somewhat better diets than school-age children, but both groups fall short when it comes to getting recommended…
Kids with arthritis benefit from early treatment
• Children's Health • • Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jan 19 09
In children with arthritis, the time from diagnosis to the start of treatment with methotrexate appears to be an important predictor of their…
Physically able stroke patients often sedentary
• Neurology • • Stroke • Jan 19 09
Many people who have survived a stroke have the ability to be physically active but aren’t, according to research published in the journal Stroke.
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Living with a smoker hard on tiny infants
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 19 09
Infants born at very low birth weights are at increased risk of lung ailments in the first 12 months of life, and a…
More men than women die of COPD, study hints
• Public Health • • Respiratory Problems • Jan 19 09
Results of a study conducted in the Asia-Pacific region suggest that men with COPD are more likely to die or be hospitalized than women…
Fish oil may prevent Alzheimer’s weight loss
• Dieting • • Neurology • • Weight Loss • Jan 18 09
Fish oil supplements could help Alzheimer’s patients maintain a healthy weight, a new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society shows.
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Leflunomide effective as co-therapy in RA
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jan 16 09
The immune-modulating drug leflunomide is effective as co-therapy with drugs that block the inflammation-producing protein TNF in people with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a…