Study Aims to Find Fun, Effective Way to Combat Pediatric Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Nov 15 09
Childhood obesity is on the rise, and with it comes an increased risk for developing health problems such as type 2 diabetes. The best…
Exercising in the heat may help you eat less
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 15 09
Exercisers who are trying to cut calories might want to take a run in the sun instead of a climate-controlled gym, a small study…
No-callback hotlines don’t help smokers quit
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 15 09
Phone counseling to help smokers kick the habit won’t do much if it doesn’t include callbacks or other follow-up strategies, new research shows.
While…
Fat-dissolving procedure carries infection risks
• Infections • • Public Health • Nov 15 09
French researchers are calling into question the safety of a cosmetic procedure that offers to melt away fat without surgery, exercise or pills.
The…
Flu infections starting to peak in some areas: WHO
• Flu • • Infections • • Public Health • Nov 15 09
Flu infections may be peaking in some parts of the northern hemisphere, but are still spreading fast in others, the World Health Organization said…
Swine flu skepticism demands deft response
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Nov 13 09
European scientists and health authorities are facing angry questions about why H1N1 flu has not caused death and destruction on the scale first…
Interactive Video Games Have a Role in Good Health
• Public Health • Nov 13 09
Advanced interactive games are making inroads as health and wellness tools, according to the November issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter.
Researchers are finding…
Does cataract surgery make eye disease worse?
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Surgery • Nov 13 09
Cataract surgery does not appear to worsen the course of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a progressive loss of vision due to deterioration of…
Acetaminophen could up asthma, wheezing risk
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Respiratory Problems • Nov 13 09
An analysis of 19 studies provides additional evidence of increased asthma risk in children and adults given acetaminophen.
The study’s lead author told…
Go a Little Nuts: A Handful a Day Boosts Heart Health
• Dieting • • Heart • Nov 13 09
Walnuts, almonds, pistachios - almost any kind of nut - pack a lot of nutrition into a small shell.
The November issue of Mayo…
Doctors’ Tests Often Miss High Blood Pressure in Kids with Kidney Disease
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Urine Problems • Nov 13 09
Many children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who show normal blood pressure readings at the doctor’s office have high blood pressure when tested at…
Role of Statins in Reducing H1N1 Mortality Rates Studied
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Nov 13 09
Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are studying statins, the class of drugs long associated with lowering cholesterol, as a way to reduce H1N1-related deaths.
…
Coffee break: Compound brewing new research in colon, breast cancer
• Cancer: Breast • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 12 09
A compound in coffee has been found to be estrogenic in studies by Texas AgriLife Research scientists.
Though the studies have not been conducted…
Antivirals key to preventing severe H1N1 disease-WHO
• Swine Flu • Nov 12 09
Antiviral medicines can prevent severe H1N1 flu and should be given to pregnant women, very young children and people with underlying medical problems who…
Swine flu means worst flu season in 12 years in US
• Swine Flu • Nov 12 09
Swine flu is causing the worst flu season in the United States since 1997, when current measurements started, and has killed at least 1,200…
New US swine flu death estimates will be guess
• Swine Flu • Nov 12 09
U.S. health officials are due to release new estimates of deaths from swine flu on Thursday, but the numbers will be just that -…
Abused kids may grow up to have arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Nov 12 09
New research hints that physical abuse suffered during childhood may increase the risk for osteoarthritis - the wear-and-tear form of arthritis in which the…
M. D. Anderson Offers Guidance on Choosing Tobacco Cessation Products
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 12 09
Whether you smoke three cigarettes or three packs of cigarettes a day, kicking the habit is difficult. Various nicotine replacement products are on the…
Human Milk Saves Lives
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Nov 12 09
UC San Diego Medical Center recently launched a website dedicated to offering families and the medical community valuable information about the best way to…
Fetal, Infant Risk from Listeria Higher than Previously Reported
• Public Health • Nov 12 09
A new study shows the risk for severe effects of exposure to Listeria monocytogenes among susceptible populations may occur at doses lower than suggested…
Mouse gene suppresses Alzheimer’s plaques and tangles
• Brain • • Genetics • • Neurology • Nov 11 09
Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) and colleagues have identified a novel mouse gene (Rps23r1) that reduces the accumulation of two toxic…
Mood improves on low-fat, but not low-carb diet
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Nov 11 09
A low-fat diet seems to boost dieters’ mood more than a low-carbohydrate diet, Australian researchers have found.
Very low-carbohydrate diets are often used…
Role of dietary fat in eye disease complex
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Fat, Dietary • Nov 11 09
How much fat you eat - and what kind - may affect your risk of age-related vision loss, new research shows.
The researchers studied…
Fruits, vegetables not so pricey after all
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 11 09
The common perception that fresh fruits and vegetables are more expensive than packaged snack foods may not be correct after all, a new study…
New Evidence That Dark Chocolate Helps Ease Emotional Stress
• Food & Nutrition • • Neurology • Nov 11 09
The “chocolate cure” for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS’ Journal of Proteome Research: Gut Microbiota,…