Later Drinking Ages Mean Less Alcohol Use
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Sep 21 09
A new study finds that adults who legally were able to purchase alcohol before the age of 21 in their states are more…
New Genetic Link Between Cardiac Arrhythmias and Thyroid Dysfunction Identified
• Endocrinology • • Heart • Sep 21 09
Genes previously known to be essential to the coordinated, rhythmic electrical activity of cardiac muscle - a healthy heartbeat - have now also been…
Vaccine for Urinary Tract Infections Shows Early Promise
• Urine Problems • Sep 18 09
Urinary tract infections are painful and recur all too often with no apparent cause: Ask any woman who has missed days of work due…
California lawmaker plans hearings on soda-obesity link
• Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 17 09
The California lawmaker who spearheaded a high-profile anti-obesity effort across the country’s most populous state is now training his sights on sugar-sweetened drinks.
Sen.…
Swine flu death rate similar to seasonal flu: expert
• Flu • • Swine Flu • Sep 17 09
The death rate from the pandemic H1N1 swine flu is likely lower than earlier estimates, an expert in infectious diseases said on Wednesday.
New…
Teenage birth rates higher in more religious states
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Pregnancy • Sep 17 09
Rates of births to teenage mothers are strongly predicted by conservative religious beliefs, even after controlling for differences in income and rates of abortion.…
Genes controlling insulin can alter timing of biological clock
• Diabetes • • Genetics • Sep 17 09
Many of the genes that regulate insulin also alter the timing of the circadian clock, a new study has found.
Although insulin responses were…
New links between epilepsy and brain lipids
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • Sep 17 09
In mice that are missing a protein found only in the brain, neural signals “go crazy,” leaving the animals with epileptic seizures from a…
Metabolic syndrome risk factors drive significantly higher health care costs
• Heart • • Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 17 09
Risk factors for metabolic syndrome, such as obesity, high blood pressure, and elevated blood lipid levels, can increase a person’s healthcare costs nearly 1.6-fold,…
Older Americans: How they are faring in the recession
• Aging and Gerontology • Sep 17 09
Older Americans have weathered the financial crisis relatively well, although many now expect to work longer than they did just a year ago, according…
Vitamin D: Many Benefits; Optimal Dose Uncertain
• Public Health • Sep 16 09
Vitamin D appears to boost health from head to toe, according to the September issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter. But, so far, there’s…
New evidence that green tea may help improve bone health
• Dieting • Sep 16 09
Researchers in Hong Kong are reporting new evidence that green tea — one of the most popular beverages consumed worldwide and now available as…
How to reach proficiency in laparoscopic splenectomy?
• Surgery • Sep 16 09
Laparoscopic splenectomy has become the gold standard intervention for the removal of the spleen, especially for benign causes. However, the organ’s high anatomic location,…
Rich people don’t need friends
• Public Health • Sep 16 09
In a paper evaluated by f1000 Medicine, six studies tested relationships between reminders of money, social exclusion and physical pain.
In The symbolic power…
Weeding out marijuana: Researchers close in on engineering recognizable, drug-free Cannabis plant
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 15 09
In a first step toward engineering a drug-free Cannabis plant for hemp fiber and oil, University of Minnesota researchers have identified genes producing tetrahydrocannabinol…
Gene Stops Excess Mucus in Respiratory Disease
• Respiratory Problems • Sep 15 09
Scientists have identified the main genetic switch that causes excessive mucus in the lungs, a discovery that one day could ease suffering for people…
Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Hip Conditions is Focus of New Center
• Surgery • Sep 15 09
Recent improved understanding of hip abnormalities, combined with advances in diagnostic imaging techniques and minimally invasive surgical treatments are giving many patients new hope…
Study Examines Stroke Risk Among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
• Heart • • Neurology • • Stroke • Sep 15 09
Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery, post-operative stroke occurred in approximately 2 percent, was not correlated with significant carotid artery narrowing, but was more common…
Guideline: Kids with Small Head Size at Risk of Neurologic Problems, Screening Needed
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 15 09
A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology, developed in full collaboration with the Child Neurology Society, finds that children with microcephaly…
‘Alert status’ area in brain discoved by Hebrew University scientists
• Brain • • Surgery • Sep 14 09
A new understanding of how anesthesia and anesthesia-like states are controlled in the brain opens the door to possible new future treatments of various…
Children with emotional difficulties at higher risk for adult obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 11 09
Previous research has shown that low self-esteem and emotional problems are found in people who are overweight or obese– but not which influences which.…
Multiple factors impact adolescent smoking risk
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 11 09
There is no one-size-fits-all explanation for why teenagers take up smoking, hint findings of a Canadian study.
Therefore, focusing on one single risk factor…
Mayo Clinic identifies 2 genes as potential therapeutic targets for multiple sclerosis
• Genetics • • Neurology • Sep 11 09
A Mayo Clinic study has found that two genes in mice were associated with good central nervous system repair in multiple sclerosis (MS). These…
U.S. campers developed drug-resistant flu: report
• Flu • Sep 11 09
Two girls given antiviral drugs in an effort to protect children at a summer camp from the new pandemic swine flu developed resistant virus,…
Australia reports first Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 case
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Sep 11 09
The first Australian case of swine flu resistant to Roche Holding AG’s antiviral drug Tamiflu was confirmed by the Western Australia state government on…