Screening to Help Prevent Stroke in Kids Increases, But Limited Access a Problem
• Children's Health • • Stroke • Apr 14 09
The number of children with a certain blood disorder undergoing an ultrasound to help prevent stroke is up significantly in the past 10 years…
Arkansas Health Plan Sees Higher Costs for Unhealthy Behaviors
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • • Weight Loss • Apr 14 09
Your insurance company would like you to stop smoking, lose weight and get off the couch — for your health and its financial well-being.
…
Remembering a Forgotten Co-discoverer of Alzheimer Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 13 09
Alzheimer disease researchers everywhere are familiar with the founding story of their field, concerning the German doctor, Alois Alzheimer, who reported on abnormal pathology…
New insights into progressive hearing loss
• Dermatology • • Skin Care • Apr 13 09
In parallel studies in human and mouse, two groups of researchers have come to the same conclusion: that a new kind of gene is…
Test predicts who will develop end-stage renal disease
• Urine Problems • Apr 09 09
Measuring kidney function by assessing two different factors—glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and urinary albumin levels—helps determine which patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) will…
Enzyme therapy slows kidney function decline
• Urine Problems • Apr 09 09
For men with Fabry disease, enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with agalsidase alfa slows deterioration of kidney function, reports a study in the online edition…
Remembering a Forgotten Co-discoverer of Alzheimer Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 09 09
Alzheimer disease researchers everywhere are familiar with the founding story of their field, concerning the German doctor, Alois Alzheimer, who reported on abnormal pathology…
Teens less and less active with each winter
• Children's Health • Apr 09 09
Adolescents’ physical activity drops during winter and increases during summer - but not enough to offset the winter decline, study findings indicate.
The net…
Caffeine may lessen exercisers’ muscle pain
• Dieting • • Pain • Apr 09 09
A couple cups of coffee before a tough workout may lower the chances of sore muscles later on, a small study suggests.
The researchers…
Teaching Autistic Teens to Make Friends
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 08 09
During the first week of class, the teens’ eyes were downcast, their responses were mumbled and eye contact was almost nonexistent. By Week 12,…
Diet change cuts diabetes risk in Latino teens
• Diabetes • • Dieting • Apr 08 09
Eating less sugar and more fiber can reduce the risk of diabetes in overweight Latino adolescents, new research shows.
Furthermore, according to findings…
Kids’ sleep issues may affect mental ability later
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 08 09
A new study suggests an association between sleep problems in childhood and mental functioning in early adolescence.
Dr. Alice M. Gregory, at the University…
Alzheimer’s gene changes brain early, study finds
• Brain • • Genetics • • Neurology • Apr 08 09
A gene known to raise the risk of Alzheimer’s disease may alter brain activity throughout life, British researchers said on Monday.
They found that…
Natural leaders may have more children: study
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Public Health • Apr 08 09
Born leaders may be more likely to have children than people who prefer to be led, a study suggests.
Researchers found that among Finnish…
New, simple method identifies preterm infants at risk of eye disease
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 08 09
A simple way of establishing which preterm infants are at risk of developing the eye disease ROP is to follow their weight gain. A…
Big Belly and Obesity Linked to Increased Risk of Restless Legs Syndrome
• Neurology • • Obesity • Apr 07 09
A new study shows both obesity and a large belly appear to increase the risk of developing restless legs syndrome (RLS), a common…
Simple bedside test improves diagnosis of chronic back pain, could guide treatment
• Backache • Apr 07 09
A simple and inexpensive method of assessing pain, developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers, is better than currently used techniques for distinguishing neuropathic…
Cigarette smoke may alter immune response in COPD exacerbations
• Immunology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 07 09
Smoking cigarettes is not only the principle cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it may change the body’s immune responses to bacteria…
Prescription painkiller relieves shingles pain
• Pain • Apr 06 09
A study shows that the powerful prescription painkiller oxycodone is an effective treatment for the sometimes excruciating pain of shingles.
Shingles is caused by…
Nicotine replacement could help more smokers quit
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 06 09
Nicotine replacement therapy can help smokers quit even when they do not think they are ready, researchers reported on Friday.
Smokers who do not…
Troubled teen? A summer job might help
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 06 09
When a friend of a friend attempts suicide, at-risk teens are more likely to attempt suicide as well, new research suggests. But having…
Season of conception tied to birth defect risk
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • Apr 06 09
Women who conceive in the spring or summer may run a higher risk of having a baby with a birth defect - and pesticide…
Alternative Therapies Can be Safe, Effective for Children
• Children's Health • • Alternative Medicine • Apr 06 09
Today, more children than ever are being treated with complementary and alternative therapies. Recent studies indicate that about 30 percent of healthy children and…
Alzheimer’s Disease Linked to Mitochondrial Damage
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 03 09
Investigators at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have demonstrated that attacks on the mitochondrial protein Drp1 by the free radical nitric oxide—which…
Maternal personality affects child’s eating habits
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Apr 03 09
Mothers with many negative thoughts and feelings are more likely to give their children unhealthy food. This is shown in a study from the…