Adolescent obesity boosts multiple sclerosis risk
• Neurology • Jan 25 10
The FDA said on Jan. 22 it has approved a new drug called Ampyra (dalfampridine) for treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) to improve walking…
Benefits of Quitting Smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 24 10
There are so many reasons to quit smoking, and absolutely none to continue smoking. Sure, you may enjoy smoking, but the addiction is doing…
Heart Patients Warned Against Using Meridia, an Anti-Obesity Drug
• Drug Abuse • • Heart • • Obesity • Jan 23 10
European and American drug regulators had two starkly different reactions this week to data on an obesity drug. The raw data from the study…
Plea Rejected in Case of Hepatitis Infections
• Infections • • Public Health • Jan 23 10
Suggesting that 20 years in prison was not enough punishment for the crime, a federal judge on Friday rejected a plea agreement for a…
Trauma Patients Safe from Mortality Risks, Complications Associated With So-Called “Weekend Ef
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Trauma & Injuries • Jan 23 10
People who are in car crashes or suffer serious falls, gunshot or knife wounds and other injuries at nights or on weekends do not…
Fighting Childhood Obesity at Home
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 22 10
You’ve heard the alarming statistic before: one-third of U.S. children and teens are overweight or obese, increasing their risk of developing health problems such…
New Plan Puts Heart Attacks on Fast Track
• Heart • • Public Health • Jan 22 10
Heart attack patients won’t go to the emergency room as part of a new University of Kentucky plan designed to reduce those patients’ risk…
Strength training aids stroke-weakened hands, arms
• Stroke • Jan 21 10
Strength training improves hand grip and arm function in people who have suffered a stroke without causing increased muscle spasticity or pain, according to…
Electro-acupuncture shows promise for knee arthritis
• Alternative Medicine • • Arthritis • • Pain • Jan 21 10
A modern twist on traditional acupuncture may bring some pain relief to people with knee arthritis, at least in the short term, a small…
Link Between Obesity and Enhanced Cancer Risk Elucidated
• Cancer • • Obesity • Jan 21 10
Epidemiological studies indicate that being overweight or obese is associated with increased cancer risk. The most dramatic effect of obesity on cancer risk has…
Counterfeit Internet drugs pose significant risks and discourage vital health checks
• Drug Abuse • Jan 21 10
Men who buy fake internet drugs for erection problems can face significant risks from potentially hazardous contents and bypassing healthcare systems could leave associated…
The Pregnancy Complications Of Maternal Obesity
• Obesity • • Pregnancy • Jan 21 10
New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology points to a strong association between maternal obesity and adverse…
Best Fluoride Levels Determined for Children’s Toothpastes
• Children's Health • • Dental Health • Jan 20 10
Everyone who has ever seen a toothpaste commercial knows that fluoride is the ingredient that helps fight tooth decay, but a new review…
Cutting caffeine won’t quiet ringing in the ears
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 20 10
If you suffer from ringing in the ears, imbibing caffeine won’t make it worse, and giving up caffeinated beverages won’t make it better,…
2009 H1N1 Influenza
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Jan 20 10
Within 2 months of its discovery last spring, a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus, currently referred to as 2009 H1N1, caused the first influenza…
Secondhand smoke may disrupt asthmatic kids’ sleep
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 19 10
Children with asthma may have a harder time getting a good night’s sleep if they live with a smoker.
Researchers found that of more…
Gene linked to schizophrenia may reduce cancer risk
• Cancer • • Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 19 10
People who inherit a specific form of a gene that puts them on a road to schizophrenia may be protected against some forms of…
Appendicitis may be related to viral infections
• Infections • • Surgery • Jan 18 10
Can you catch appendicitis?
And if you do, is it necessarily an emergency that demands immediate surgery?
Yes and no, according to a…
Staring, sleepiness, other mental lapses more likely in patients with Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 18 10
Cognitive fluctuations, or episodes when train of thought temporarily is lost, are more likely to occur in older persons who are developing Alzheimer’s disease…
Artificial muscles restore ability to blink, save eyesight
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Neurology • Jan 18 10
Surgeons from UC Davis Medical Center have demonstrated that artificial muscles can restore the ability of patients with facial paralysis to blink, a development…
Model estimates risks and benefits of bariatric surgery for severely obese
• Obesity • • Surgery • Jan 18 10
A computerized model suggests that most morbidly obese individuals would likely live longer if they had gastric bypass surgery, according to a report in…
Experts urge screening for obesity in kids
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 18 10
Doctors should screen children and teens between 6 and 18 years for extra pounds, a federal task force recommends.
For children who are found…
Starting spoonfeeding later may trim obesity risk
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 18 10
Waiting longer to start infants on solid food could make for slimmer adults, new research shows.
“The later you introduce complementary feeding to an…
Even legitimate opioid use may cause overdose
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 18 10
Perhaps it’s not surprising, but people who take high doses of opioid painkillers even for legitimate medical reasons are at risk of overdosing, new…
Flu pandemic remains moderate, easing in areas: WHO
• Flu • • Public Health • Jan 18 10
The H1N1 flu pandemic remains moderate and its effects are probably closer to those of 1957 and 1968 than the far more deadly 1918…