Prevalence of high body mass index among children and teens remains steady
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Jan 13 10
The prevalence of high weight for length or high body mass index (BMI) among children and teens in the U.S. (i.e., at or above…
Young men consuming an alarming amount of salt
• Dieting • Jan 13 10
“It’s alarming that young Swedish men are consuming so much salt, and something needs to be done about it. We can really only speculate…
Men’s Testosterone Responses to Olfactory Ovulation Cues
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • Jan 13 10
Women around the world spend billions of dollars each year on exotic smelling perfumes and lotions in the hopes of attracting a mate. However,…
Acupuncture Facial Rejuvenation Could Be For You
• Alternative Medicine • Jan 13 10
Would you like to feel better, look younger and reduce stress?
For centuries, Oriental women have used acupuncture to improve their appearance and wellbeing.…
Too much sitting in front of TV may cut life short
• Public Health • Jan 12 10
Sitting in front of a television set for hour after hour day after day may raise the risk of death from heart disease and…
High stroke rate seen in Iran
• Stroke • Jan 12 10
People in Iran appear to suffer strokes more often and at younger ages than those in many Western countries, according to a new report.
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Weekend Strokes May Receive More Aggressive Treatment
• Stroke • Jan 12 10
Stroke patients admitted to the hospital on the weekend appear more likely to receive the clot-dissolving medication tissue plasminogen activator than patients admitted during…
Major Grant Amplifies Efforts of Childhood Anti-Obesity Alliance
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Jan 12 10
CAN DO Houston (Children and Neighbors Defeating Obesity) will expand its community-based efforts with a $360,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s “Healthy…
New stroke therapy successful in rats
• Stroke • Jan 12 10
People with impaired mobility after a stroke soon may have a therapy that restores limb function long after the injury, if a supplemental protein…
When work interferes with life
• Neurology • Jan 12 10
As many as 50 per cent of people bring their work home with them regularly, according to new research out of the University of…
Cigarettes ‘cut life by 11 minutes’
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 12 10
Another 11 minutes goes up in smoke
Scientists have calculated that each cigarette cuts on average 11 minutes off the life of a male…
Study reveals how one form of natural vitamin E protects brain after stroke
• Stroke • Jan 11 10
Blocking the function of an enzyme in the brain with a specific kind of vitamin E can prevent nerve cells from dying after a…
Ancient Egyptian cosmetics: ‘Magical’ makeup may have been medicine for eye disease
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 11 10
There’s more to the eye makeup that gave Queen Nefertiti and other ancient Egyptian royals those stupendous gazes and legendary beauty than meets the…
Study explains why light worsens migraine headaches
• Headaches • • Migraine • Jan 11 10
Ask anyone who suffers from migraine headaches what they do when they’re having an attack, and you’re likely to hear “go into a dark…
It’s Not Too Late to Vaccinate against H1N1 and Seasonal Influenza!
• Children's Health • • Immunology • • Public Health • Jan 11 10
It is not too late for those who have not been immunized against the novel H1N1 influenza A virus or seasonal influenza to…
Allergy Vaccinations Reduce Children’s Health Care Costs by One-Third
• Children's Health • • Immunology • • Public Health • Jan 11 10
Allergy immunotherapy, generally referred to as allergy vaccinations or shots, reduce total health care costs in children with allergic rhinitis (hay fever) by one-third,…
For some, 3D movies a pain in the head
• Brain • • Headaches • • Neurology • Jan 11 10
Movie buffs and sports fans looking to 3D televisions for the ultimate home theater experience may want to get their eyes checked first -…
If you smoke, watch out for low back pain
• Backache • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 11 10
If you needed another reason to cut the cigarette habit: Smokers, especially younger smokers, are more likely to report low back pain than people…
Forget “fad” diets and eat less, say UK experts
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • Jan 11 10
Now that you’re discovering all the extra flab from the Christmas and New Year food and booze binge, you’re casting around for the latest…
Acupuncture eases tamoxifen-related hot flashes
• Alternative Medicine • • Gender: Female • • Menopause • Jan 11 10
A new study provides more evidence that acupuncture can help ease hot flashes in women with breast cancer who are being treated with the…
Stay healthy all winter
• Dieting • Jan 09 10
Sniffles and blues don’t have to be part and parcel of this season. You can keep them away by eating right. Winter is the…
Abnormal Blood Calcium Levels Deadly for Kidney Disease Patients
• Urine Problems • Jan 08 10
Abnormally high or low blood calcium levels are linked to an increased chance of premature death in non-dialysis kidney disease patients, according to a…
UF urologists use robot to shave time off vasectomy reversal
• Surgery • • Urine Problems • Jan 08 10
University of Florida urologists have used robot-assisted surgery to cut about 20 minutes off average surgery time for conventional vasectomy reversal using a microscope.
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Observation about how nervous system learns and encodes motion could improve stroke recovery
• Stroke • Jan 08 10
Bioengineers have taken a small step toward improving physical recovery in stroke patients by showing that a key feature of how limb motion…
Each pound at birth lowers risk of developing TB
• Childbirth • • Infections • Jan 08 10
Just one more pound may help a newborn avoid tuberculosis later in life.
Researchers at the University of Michigan looked at how much protection…