Women’s stroke symptoms may differ from men’s
• Neurology • • Stroke • Jun 15 09
Women may be more likely than men to suffer certain “non-traditional” symptoms of stroke, a new study suggests.
Strokes occur when blood flow to…
Low thyroid? Maybe you’re an ‘elephant’
• Endocrinology • Jun 15 09
Low thyroid activity, one of the most treated conditions in the United States, may actually be a sign of longevity, researchers reported on Friday.
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Obama to lobby U.S. doctors on healthcare reforms
• Public Health • Jun 15 09
With Congress working to flesh out controversial elements of his healthcare reform plan, U.S. President Barack Obama will make his case to the nation’s…
Huntington’s Disease Deciphered
• Genetics • • Neurology • Jun 15 09
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered how the mutated huntingtin gene acts on the nervous system to…
Major Breakthrough in Macular Degeneration
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jun 15 09
A team of researchers led by Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati at the University of Kentucky has discovered a biological marker for neovascular age-related macular degeneration…
Having a Higher Purpose in Life Reduces Risk of Death Among Older Adults
• Public Health • Jun 15 09
Possessing a greater purpose in life is associated with lower mortality rates among older adults according to a new study by researchers at Rush…
EMS programs improve stroke awareness, short-term
• Public Health • • Stroke • Jun 12 09
Community stroke education programs developed by emergency medical services (EMS) personnel help increase people’s knowledge about the warning signs and symptoms of stroke, and…
Parents’ diets show little effect on kids’ eating
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jun 12 09
The way parents eat may have little impact on their children’s diets, a new study suggests.
Using survey data from nearly 1,500 U.S. families,…
Symptoms of Depression in Obese Children Linked to Elevated Cortisol
• Children's Health • • Depression • • Endocrinology • • Obesity • Jun 12 09
A new study connects abnormalities of the “stress” hormone cortisol with symptoms of depression in obese children, and confirms that obesity and depression often…
Lap Band Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Teens’ Risk Factors for Heart Disease, Diabetes
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Weight Loss • Jun 12 09
In teenagers, laparoscopic gastric banding surgery for treatment of extreme obesity can significantly improve and even reverse the metabolic syndrome, a new study…
Widely Used Body Fat Measurements Overestimate Fatness in Blacks
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Jun 12 09
The body mass index (BMI) and waistline measurement overestimate obesity in blacks, according to a new study. The results, which were presented at…
Adults, Especially Women, Have Calorie-Burning “Brown Fat”
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Jun 12 09
Keeping your baby fat turns out to be a good thing, as long as it is “brown fat”—the kind that burns calories, according to…
Experts Available to Discuss H1N1 Pandemic
• Flu • Jun 12 09
UMDNJ public health experts are available to discuss the H1N1 pandemic declared earlier today by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Dr. George T.…
Testosterone Replacement for Men with Low Testosterone Improves Liver Function, Metabolic Syndrome
• Diabetes • • Endocrinology • • Heart • Jun 12 09
In middle-aged and older men with low testosterone levels, long-term testosterone replacement therapy greatly improves their fatty liver disease and their risk factors…
Total Laparoscopic Aortic Surgery Is Feasible, Shows Satisfactory Results
• Surgery • Jun 12 09
Recently the use of laparoscopy for vascular procedures has been limited by difficulties in aortic exposure and anastomosis techniques, as well as the…
Snoring pregnant women at higher risk for gestational diabetes
• Diabetes • • Gender: Female • • Pregnancy • Jun 12 09
If you are pregnant and your mate complains your frequent snoring is rattling the bedroom windows, you may have bigger problems than an annoyed,…
Stress makes your hair go gray
• Neurology • Jun 12 09
Those pesky graying hairs that tend to crop up with age really are signs of stress, reveals a new report in the June 12…
Over half of people with rheumatoid arthritis have periodontitis
• Arthritis • • Dental Health • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jun 12 09
Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday 12 June 2009: Over half (56%) of people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) also have periodontitis (a chronic inflammatory disease of the…
Flu pandemic? U.S. has been there for weeks
• Flu • • Public Health • Jun 12 09
The World Health Organization may have just declared a pandemic of the H1N1 flu virus, but the United States has been acting as if…
Children’s sleep disorders missed by pediatricians
• Children's Health • • Sleep Aid • Jun 12 09
The rate at which sleep disorders are diagnosed in infants, children, and adolescents is well below prevalence reported in epidemiological studies, indicating that…
Herb helps fight drug-resistant microbe
• Alternative Medicine • • Infections • Jun 12 09
- Brazilian researchers have discovered that an extract of the herb Turnera ulmifolia helps the antibiotics gentamicin and kanamycin in treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus…
WHO declares first 21st century flu pandemic
• Flu • • Public Health • Jun 12 09
The World Health Organisation declared an influenza pandemic on Thursday and called on governments to prepare for a long-term battle against an unstoppable flu…
Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with poor sleep in women
• Arthritis • • Gender: Female • • Sleep Aid • Jun 10 09
According to a research abstract that will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated…
Study shows a bidirectional relationship between chronic stress and sleep problems
• Neurology • Jun 10 09
According to a research abstract that will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional…
Many glaucoma patients don’t adhere to treatment
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jun 10 09
A 3-month medication monitoring study showed that 44 percent of glaucoma patients used their eye drops less than three quarters of the time,…