Nicotine may have more profound impact than previously thought
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 03 09
Nicotine isn’t just addictive. It may also interfere with dozens of cellular interactions in the body, new Brown University research suggests.
Conversely, the data…
Get junk food out of U.S. schools: PTA, diet group
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 01 09
Congress can fight the epidemic of childhood obesity by getting “junk” food out of school stores and snack machines, a parent-teacher group and…
Researchers discover new fat-fighting pathway
• Fat, Dietary • Apr 01 09
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a process that controls the amount of fat that cells store…
Serious Vision Problems in Urban Preschoolers Rare but Not That Rare
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 01 09
In what is believed to be the first comprehensive eye disease study among urban pre-schoolers, Johns Hopkins investigators report that while vision problems…
Weight testing predicts eye disease in preemies
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 01 09
Weekly weight measurements can accurately predict which preterm babies are likely to develop retinopathy of prematurity, a potentially blinding condition that requires treatment, according…
Pain Meds Are Most Common Cause of Death after Spinal Fusion Surgery
• Backache • • Pain • Apr 01 09
Pain medications are involved in more than 20 percent of deaths occurring in the years after spinal fusion surgery for low back pain, reports…
Back Pain Treatment Needs to Catch Up with Evidence
• Backache • Apr 01 09
Back Pain Treatment Needs to Catch Up with Evidence: Exercise and Other Proven Treatments Are Underused
People with back pain use a lot…
Share information and stop disease outbreaks: study
• Public Health • Apr 01 09
Posting notices on pre-school doors, texting friends and other ways of sharing information locally can stop outbreaks of infectious diseases, hints research published on…