Study Reveals New Options for People with PKU
• Dieting • • Genetics • Mar 31 09
For people with the genetic condition known as phenylketonuria (PKU), diet is a constant struggle. They can eat virtually no protein, and instead get…
Octogenarian Muscles Don’t Get Stronger with Exercise
• Public Health • Mar 31 09
Octogenarian women were unable to increase muscle mass after a 3-month weight lifting program targeted at strengthening the thigh muscle, according to a new…
Tired of the treadmill? Get out and play instead
• Public Health • Mar 31 09
Tired of the same old exercise routine? Get out and play instead, suggests a fitness expert who spoke at the American College of Sports…
Tonsillectomy linked to excess weight gain in kids
• Children's Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Obesity • Mar 31 09
Children who undergo the surgical removal of their tonsils (tonsillectomy) with or without the removal of their adenoids (adenoidectomy) are at increased risk for…
Water in schools may cut kids’ obesity risks
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 31 09
Making drinking water more available to children at school may help reduce their risk of becoming overweight, a new study suggests.
In recent…
Device proves option to warfarin in stroke study
• Stroke • Mar 31 09
A new device implanted in the heart proved in a large clinical study to be a potential alternative to a standard blood thinner for…
Fat infants at risk of being obese toddlers: study
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Mar 31 09
Infants who gain too much weight as babies are more likely to grow into obese toddlers, showing the importance of early eating habits,…
Enzymes link brain injury to Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 30 09
It’s known that people who suffer a brain injury have a higher-than-normal risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, and now lab experiments suggest a…
Action video games improve vision
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 30 09
Video games that involve high levels of action, such as first-person-shooter games, increase a player’s real-world vision, according to research in today’s Nature Neuroscience.
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Low-income families with sick children often enrolled in high-deductible health care plans
• Public Health • Mar 30 09
High-deductible health plans are increasingly used by healthy people who are unlikely to incur high medical expenses. But they also end up enrolling many…
Too many kids spend little time outdoors
• Children's Health • Mar 28 09
Many children spend too little time outdoors and too much time in front of the TV - and a lack of suitable outdoor spaces…
Meningitis kills over 1,100 West Africans - WHO
• Infections • • Public Health • Mar 28 09
One third of the world’s stockpiled meningitis vaccine doses have been dispatched to West Africa where an outbreak has killed more than 1,100…
United co-parenting may deter kids’ “acting out”
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 28 09
When mothers and fathers support each other as parents, their preschool children are less likely to develop “acting out” behaviors.
“Supportive co-parenting involves warmth…
Sugar eases pain, and more, for newborns
• Children's Health • • Pain • Mar 28 09
Giving newborn babies sugar water during a needlestick or other painful procedures is known to ease the pain they feel, and now it seems…
Red meat diet tied to early eye problems
• Dieting • • Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 28 09
People whose diet includes a lot of red meat are more likely to develop the early stages of an eye condition known as age-related…
Clinic-Owner Urologists Perform More Surgeries Than Peers
• Surgery • • Urine Problems • Mar 28 09
A new study finds that Florida urologists who own outpatient surgery clinics perform more kidney-stone surgeries than their colleagues do, raising questions about whether…
Naltrexone improves smoking quit rates among heavy social drinkers
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 27 09
Naltrexone, approved for the treatment of alcohol dependence, also helps heavy social drinkers who aren’t alcoholics to quit smoking, as well as to reduce…
Americans eat too much salt, CDC says
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 27 09
People in the United States consume more than twice the recommended amount of salt, raising their risk for high blood pressure, heart attacks and…
Calcium plus vitamin D may help shed body fat
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Mar 27 09
Taking calcium and vitamin D supplements may help overweight women to lose body fat, but only if their calcium intake from food is…
Fast-food diners don’t check calorie content
• Dieting • Mar 27 09
Ever wonder how often people take time to find out how many calories are in their large order of fries?
Almost never.
Out…
Pot-smokers may take more risks on the road
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 27 09
Young men who are impulsive thrill-seekers are more likely to admit to driving while high on marijuana, Canadian researchers report.
Men who drove under…
Gene Variants May Determine Lung Function and Susceptibility to Maternal Smoking
• Genetics • • Respiratory Problems • Mar 26 09
A tiny variation within a single gene can determine not only how quickly and well lungs grow and function in children and adolescents, but…
Many US middle school kids physically unfit: study
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Mar 26 09
US kids are not only too heavy; they’re also out of shape, according to a new study of 5th and 7th grade students in…
Obesity not apt to affect outcome of knee surgery
• Arthritis • • Obesity • Mar 26 09
How fat or thin a person is doesn’t seem to have much bearing on the rate of failure of knee implants, and the…
Where Asian-Americans Live Might Affect Whether They Smoke
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 25 09
Does the neighborhood where you live play a role in whether you become a smoker? According to a new study, certain neighborhood traits might…