Preparing for Successful Aging
• Aging and Gerontology • • Public Health • Dec 31 09
It’s never too early or too late to start working toward the goal of improving brain health.
So perhaps the New Year is…
It’s Never Too Late to Quit Smoking and Save Your Vision, Finds Study of AMD in Elderly Women
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Gender: Female • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 31 09
Need a little extra incentive to kick the habit?
Just in time for New Year’s resolutions, a UCLA study finds that even after…
Don’t Let Arthritis Put the Kibosh on All Exercise (It Hurts More When You Stop)
• Arthritis • Dec 29 09
Achy knees and joints caused by arthritis are not reasons to stop exercising.
Regular, modest exercise improves joint stability and strengthens muscles, according…
Acupuncture reduces hot flashes, improves sex drive for breast cancer patients
• Alternative Medicine • • Cancer: Breast • • Sexual Health • Dec 29 09
Not only is acupuncture as effective as drug therapy at reducing hot flashes in breast cancer patients, it has the added benefit of potentially…
Exposure to tobacco smoke in childhood home associated with early emphysema in adulthood
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 28 09
Children regularly exposed to tobacco smoke at home were more likely to develop early emphysema in adulthood. This finding by researchers at Columbia University’s…
Researchers find clues to why some continue to eat when full
• Dieting • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 28 09
The premise that hunger makes food look more appealing is a widely held belief – just ask those who cruise grocery store aisles on…
Drug-resistant urinary tract infections spreading worldwide
• Infections • • Public Health • • Urine Problems • Dec 28 09
A sudden worldwide increase in an antibiotic-resistant bacterium is cause for concern, according to a review in f1000 Medicine Reports.
Faculty of 1000 member…
Lack of sleep a headache for moms-to-be
• Headaches • • Migraine • • Pregnancy • Dec 25 09
Here’s another reason for pregnant women to get a good night’s sleep. In a study, researchers found a link between too little sleep each…
Do multivitamins curb kids’ allergy risk?
• Children's Health • • Allergies • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 25 09
Giving multivitamins to kids 5 to 8 years old does not seem to alter their overall likelihood of having allergies, hint findings of a…
Differences Between Ischemic Stroke Subtypes in Vascular Outcomes
• Stroke • Dec 25 09
Differences Between Ischemic Stroke Subtypes in Vascular Outcomes Support a Distinct Lacunar Ischemic Stroke Arteriopathy
Background and Purpose - Whether and how the arterial…
Smoking ups men’s rheumatoid arthritis risk most
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 24 09
Smoking is a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a new analysis of 16 studies confirms.
The effect is especially strong in men and…
Alzheimer’s Disease May Protect Against Cancer and Vice Versa
• Brain • • Cancer • • Neurology • Dec 24 09
People who have Alzheimer’s disease may be less likely to develop cancer, and people who have cancer may be less likely to develop Alzheimer’s…
A Novel Gene Found for Childhood-Onset Asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Dec 24 09
Pediatric researchers have identified a novel gene involved in childhood asthma, in one of the largest gene studies to date of the common respiratory…
Steroid Injections May Slow Diabetes-Related Eye Disease
• Diabetes • • Eye / Vision Problems • Dec 24 09
Researchers led by specialists at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute have found that injecting a corticosteroid, triamcinolone, directly into the eye may slow…
Researchers find new patterns in H1N1 deaths
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Dec 23 09
Brazilian researchers have performed the first-ever autopsy study to examine the precise causes of death in victims of the H1N1 swine flu.
“The lack…
New study shows rise in drug resistance of dangerous infection in US hospitals
• Infections • • Public Health • Dec 23 09
A new study in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology reports a surge in drug-resistant strains of Acinetobacter, a dangerous type of bacteria…
Two Genes That Drive Aggressive Brain Cancers Discovered
• Cancer • • Genetics • Dec 23 09
A team of Columbia scientists have discovered two genes that, when simultaneously activated, are responsible for the most aggressive forms of human brain…
Older adults may have a higher risk of complications and death after abdominal surgery
• Surgery • Dec 22 09
The risk of complications and early death after commonly performed abdominal surgical procedures appears to be higher among older adults, according to a report…
Fit Holidays: Eat, drink and be merry in moderation
• Dieting • • Public Health • Dec 22 09
Holidays are the times that try the fitness routine.
With family feasts, office parties and champagne soirees, the temptation to overindulge is everywhere, just…
Prenatal baby aspirin not harmful to infants: study
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • Dec 22 09
Baby aspirin taken for high-risk pregnancy complications does not appear to harm brain development among very premature children assessed when 5 years old,…
How Flu Succeeds
• Flu • Dec 21 09
Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Mount Sinai), the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Salk) and…
The brain may feel other people’s pain
• Brain • • Pain • Dec 21 09
If you’ve ever thought that you literally feel other people’s pain, you may be right. A brain-imaging study suggests that some people have…
One Dose of H1N1 Vaccine May Provide Sufficient Protection for Infants and Children
• Children's Health • • Swine Flu • Dec 21 09
One dose of vaccine may be effective to protect infants and children and reduce transmission of the H1N1 virus, according to a study in…
Patient Undergoes First Robot-Assisted Surgery for Removal of Lung Tumor
• Public Health • • Surgery • Dec 21 09
When Craig Harrison found out he would be the first patient in North Texas to have robot-assisted lung-tumor surgery, an operation performed at UT…
Testing group data shows swine flu waning in US
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Dec 21 09
Results from flu tests show the pandemic of swine flu is definitely on the downswing in the United States, researchers at Quest Diagnostics said…