Patients with moderate to severe periodontitis need evaluation for heart disease risk
• Dental Health • • Heart • Jun 30 09
Additional research is called for and patients with moderate to severe periodontitis should receive evaluation and possible treatment to reduce their risk of atherosclerotic…
Consumer Fireworks Continue to Injure Children in U.S.
• Children's Health • • Trauma & Injuries • Jun 29 09
A Fourth of July tradition in many families, consumer fireworks continue to injure children in the U.S. at disproportionately high rates compared to the…
Drug use key question in Michael Jackson’s sudden death
• Public Health • Jun 29 09
One day after Michael Jackson’s sudden death, speculation turned to what killed the 50-year-old “King of Pop” on the cusp of a long-awaited comeback…
Jackson doctor did not inject painkillers - lawyer
• Public Health • Jun 29 09
The personal physician at Michael Jackson’s side when he died told police he did not inject the singer with painkillers that friends say might…
U.S. beef recall expanded, 18 illnesses suspected
• Food & Nutrition • Jun 29 09
A Colorado meat company is expanding a recall of beef due to possible contamination by Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteria after an investigation found 18…
Michael Jackson’s final hours puzzle doctor, family
• Public Health • Jun 29 09
Both Michael Jackson’s family and his personal physician were at pains to explain on Sunday what caused the troubled pop star’s sudden death weeks…
How a cup of coffee keeps your breath smelling sweet
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Respiratory Problems • Jun 28 09
Coffee could hold the secret to keeping bad breath at bay.
The beans contain compounds that prevent bacteria releasing the gases behind halitosis, research…
Migraines More Prevalent in Women
• Headaches • • Migraine • Jun 26 09
Headaches are a widespread problem in the United States, affecting roughly 45 million people. Migraine headaches affect millions of Americans each year they…
More Gene Mutations Linked to Autism Risk
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 26 09
More pieces in the complex autism inheritance puzzle are emerging in the latest study from a research team including geneticists from The Children’s Hospital…
New Gene Discovery Links Obesity to the Brain
• Genetics • • Obesity • Jun 26 09
A variation in a gene that is active in the central nervous system is associated with increased risk for obesity, according to an international…
Enzyme Fights Mutated Protein in Inherited Parkinson’s Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Jun 26 09
An enzyme that naturally occurs in the brain helps destroy the mutated protein that is the most common cause of inherited Parkinson’s disease, researchers…
Superfood soy linked to reduction in smoker’s lung damage risk
• Food & Nutrition • • Respiratory Problems • Jun 26 09
People who eat lots of soy products have better lung function and are less likely to develop the smoking-associated lung disease COPD (Chronic Obstructive…
Alcohol kills over half of Russians in their prime
• Public Health • Jun 26 09
Cheap and illicit alcohol kills more than half of Russian men and women in their most productive years, and the government must act urgently…
Asia’s party-drug carries incontinence risk
• Urine Problems • Jun 26 09
Revelers across Asia who snort the animal tranquilizer ketamine for a hallucinogenic high may face incontinence and other health problems as new dangers…
Mystery surrounds Michael Jackson’s sudden death
• Public Health • Jun 26 09
One day after Michael Jackson’s sudden death, speculation was already turning on Friday to what killed the 50-year-old “King of Pop” just weeks before…
Binge drinking linked with hemorrhagic stroke in Korean men
• Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • Jun 26 09
Frequent binge drinking may dramatically increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke, according to a South Korean study published in Stroke: Journal of the American…
Recent respiratory infection predicts stroke
• Infections • • Stroke • Jun 24 09
People with recent respiratory infections may be at higher risk of stroke, according to a study published in the current issue of the journal…
Migraine and Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Migraine Frequency Plays a Role
• Headaches • • Heart • • Migraine • Jun 24 09
Women who have migraines with aura may be more likely to have a stroke or heart attack than women who don’t have the condition,…
Nicotine dependence remains prevalent despite recent declines in cigarette use
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 24 09
Despite recent declines in cigarette use in the U.S., nicotine dependence has remained steady among adults and has actually increased among some groups. The…
A Breath Mint Made from ... Coffee?
• Food & Nutrition • • Respiratory Problems • Jun 24 09
We all know why Starbucks puts boxes of breath mints close to the cash register. Your morning latte can create a startling aroma in…
Can Hormone Treatment Ease Post-Surgery Behavior Changes in Children?
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Surgery • Jun 24 09
A scary unknown for many children, the prospect of surgery can cause intense preoperative anxiety. While some amount of stress is normal, what many…
Migraines with Aura in Middle Age May Be Associated with Late-Life Brain Lesions
• Headaches • • Migraine • Jun 23 09
Women who suffer from migraine headaches in middle age—particularly those accompanied by neurological aura—are more likely to have damage to brain tissue in the…
Telemedicine Stroke Program Saves Woman
• Gender: Female • • Stroke • Jun 23 09
While suffering a major stroke at her home near Mena, Iva Sikes assumed the worst, not knowing that a University of Arkansas for…
Greece to apply smoking ban from July 1
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 23 09
Greece, Europe’s heaviest smoking nation, will try to kick the habit by banning tobacco in indoor public places from July 1, but many doubt…
Physicians Frequently Fail to Inform Patients About Abnormal Test Results
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Jun 23 09
New research shows that physicians failed to report clinically significant abnormal test results to patients - or to document that they had informed them…