Whitening strips safe in those with dry mouth
• Dental Health • Sep 11 09
Patients with dry mouth caused by medications they are taking can safely use 10% hydrogen peroxide whitening strips, researchers report online by the…
EU drugs agency: swine flu vaccine data “promising”
• Swine Flu • Sep 11 09
Early clinical trial results suggest that swine flu vaccines now being rushed through development produce a strong immune response, suggesting they should work well,…
Yoga may ease chronic back pain
• Alternative Medicine • • Backache • Sep 10 09
“Oh, my aching back!” may be heard less frequently as people with chronic lower back pain find some relief from a therapeutic form…
Many elderly feel dizzy, but physical activity helps
• Aging and Gerontology • Sep 10 09
If you’re elderly and you feel dizzy, you might want to take more walks, according to study findings from Sweden.
Half of women…
Check obesity using waist, hips, not BMI
• Obesity • Sep 10 09
Do you like to blame your weight on being “big-boned?” If you’ve ever thought that the body mass index (BMI) - a ratio of…
Nicotine creates stronger memories, cues to drug use
• Brain • • Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 10 09
Ever wonder why former smokers miss lighting up most when they are in a bar or after a meal with friends?
Researchers at…
Surgeons General, STOP Obesity Alliance announce America has reached tipping point on obesity
• Obesity • • Surgery • Sep 10 09
The two most recent Surgeons General of the United States, David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., FAAFP, FACPM, FACP and Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS,…
University of the Sciences H1N1 Swine Flu Experts
• Swine Flu • Sep 09 09
As students head back to school and flu season gets underway, experts from University of the Sciences in Philadelphia are available and ready to…
St. Jude Experts Available to Discuss H1N1 Influenza
• Swine Flu • Sep 09 09
As home to the only World Health Organization (WHO) collaborating center focusing on the transmission of animal influenza viruses to humans, St. Jude Children’s…
Infections may speed Alzheimer’s memory loss
• Neurology • Sep 09 09
Catching a cold or the flu could speed memory loss in people with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers reported Tuesday.
In a study of patients with…
Study Predicts 40 Percent Increase in Blindness in Nigeria by 2020
• Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 08 09
By 2020, 1.4 million Nigerians over age 40 will lose their sight, and the vast majority of the causes are either preventable or treatable,…
Prevent periodontitis to reduce the risk of head and neck cancer
• Dental Health • Sep 08 09
Chronic periodontitis, a form of gum disease, is an independent risk factor for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. This suggests the need for…
Children with asthma more vulnerable to H1N1 virus
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Swine Flu • Sep 08 09
Nearly a dozen 7th graders with asthma were welcomed along with other classmates back to school today by a special guest who had a…
Vet says owners should exercise with their dogs based on specific needs to prevent obesity
• Obesity • Sep 08 09
People and their dogs both need physical activity to fight obesity, and there are many exercises that owner and pet can do together that…
Glaucoma? That’s no excuse to skip your work out
• Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 07 09
People who suffer from vision-impairing glaucoma can exercise without fear of making the condition worse, according to a new study.
Glaucoma arises from abnormally…
Benefits of exercise differ by sex and race
• Public Health • Sep 07 09
How much health benefit you get from physical exercise might depend on your gender, and your race, new research suggests.
The work is based…
Strokes in young blacks drain S. Carolina’s pocket
• Stroke • Sep 07 09
South Carolina has a lot to gain, for its public health and its economy, by correcting racial disparities in stroke, researchers from the Medical…
Researchers find 2 more genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Sep 07 09
An international team of scientists has identified two more genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease. The findings are reported in the online edition…
Smoke no longer found in European hospitals
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 06 09
Tobacco use is prohibited in hospitals in many European countries, although levels of compliance with this regulation differ. A study carried out by researchers…
H1N1 has killed 2,837, virus has not mutated: WHO
• Swine Flu • Sep 06 09
H1N1 flu has killed at least 2,837 people but is not causing more severe illness than previously and the virus has not mutated, the…
Swine flu easing in Southern Hemisphere
• Swine Flu • Sep 06 09
Swine flu is starting to taper off along with the influenza season in the Southern Hemisphere, but it has killed at least 36 U.S.…
Men who binge drink boost their stroke risk
• Stroke • Sep 04 09
Binge drinking more than triples a man’s risk of dying from a stroke, new research from Korea shows.
Many Koreans drink heavily, Dr. Jae…
UK kids taking fat pills up 15 fold in 8 years
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 04 09
The number of young people in the UK taking anti-obesity pills has risen 15 fold in the past 8 years, a study has shown,…
Swine flu has killed 36 US children so far: CDC
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Sep 04 09
The new H1N1 swine flu virus has killed 36 U.S. children, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.
It said…
Current national primary care policies for childhood obesity need to be improved
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 04 09
Current primary care policies aimed at reducing obesity and increasing physical activity in children do not work and are very costly to run, according…