Is Your Back Pain Caused by Herniated Disc? Single Test Can’t Tell
• Backache • • Pain • Feb 17 10
While lower back pain ranks as a common cause of disability in the United States, determining what causes a person’s back pain is often…
Studies Show Marijuana Has Therapeutic Value
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 17 10
Researchers from the University of California’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR) have found “reasonable evidence that cannabis is a promising treatment” for some…
Spine stimulation may not help after failed surgery
• Pain • • Surgery • Feb 17 10
A commonly used treatment for patients who still suffer chronic back and leg pain after having back surgery is essentially no better than…
All Eyes on Retinal Degeneration
• Eye / Vision Problems • Feb 16 10
Research by Johns Hopkins sensory biologists studying fruit flies, has revealed a critical step in fly vision. Humans with problems in this same step…
A primer on migraine headaches
• Headaches • • Migraine • Feb 16 10
Migraine headache affects many people and a number of different preventative strategies should be considered, states an article in CMAJ (
Quarter of stroke patients die within a year: study
• Neurology • • Stroke • Feb 16 10
One in four people who have a stroke will likely die within one year from any cause and 8 percent who have a stroke…
Health workers often decline TB treatment
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Feb 16 10
Hospital and nursing-home employees who are infected with latent tuberculosis may often decline drug therapy to prevent the disease from becoming active, a new…
Testing for Urinary Proteins Might Help Diagnose Kidney Damage from Lupus
• Urine Problems • Feb 16 10
Simple urine tests for four proteins might be able to detect early kidney disease in people with lupus, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center…
“Love” hormone may help autism symptoms - study
• Endocrinology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 16 10
A hormone thought to encourage bonding between mothers and their babies may foster social behavior in some adults with autism, French researchers said on…
Study Identifies that Multiple Risk Factors Existed in 78 Percent of SIDS Cases
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Feb 15 10
Study Identifies that Multiple Risk Factors Existed in 78 Percent of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Cases
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) continues to…
Secondary Stroke Prevention Needs Improvement
• Stroke • Feb 15 10
New research finds that one out of 12 people who have a stroke will likely soon have another stroke, and one out of four…
Study identifies racial and ethnic disparities in surgical care
• Surgery • Feb 15 10
Minority patients in New York City appear less likely than white patients to have surgeries performed by surgeons or at facilities that have handled…
Swine flu has killed up to 17,000 in U.S.
• Swine Flu • Feb 15 10
H1N1 swine flu has killed as many as 17,000 Americans, including 1,800 children, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday.
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Grandparents who care for children ‘boost obesity risk’
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 15 10
Young children who are regularly looked after by their grandparents have an increased risk of being overweight, an extensive British study has suggested.
Analysis…
Packaged Foods and Obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Feb 15 10
The problem of obesity is now called a worldwide epidemic. Obesity has been correlated with a host of health problems, including type II diabetes…
Childhood Obesity: A Matter of Life and Death
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 15 10
First Lady Michelle Obama has announced her intent to make children’s health a national priority. She, like many health experts, is alarmed that obesity…
Childhood obesity linked to premature death in adulthood
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 15 10
One study led by Dr. John Harrington at Eastern Virginia Medical School and colleagues shows that half the children in the study by the…
Tiny fruit fly tongue holds clues to obesity
• Obesity • Feb 15 10
A fruit fly’s tiny tongue holds clues to our eating habits, potentially opening new ways to treat obesity, says a new study.
Drosophila,…
Start obesity prevention in the cradle, study urges
• Obesity • Feb 15 10
A team of US doctors has urged that obesity screening start in the cradle after a study they conducted showed that half of US…
Research Highlights Role of Protein Pair in Obesity Regulation
• Obesity • Feb 12 10
New research by University of Cincinnati (UC) scientists implicates a new protein in obesity development and highlights a protein pair’s “team effort” in regulating…
Swine flu killed up to 17,000 in U.S.: report
• Swine Flu • Feb 12 10
H1N1 swine flu has killed as many as 17,000 Americans, including 1,800 children, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on…
Chocolate lovers could be lowering their risk of stroke: Study
• Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • Feb 12 10
Giving chocolates to your Valentine on February 14th may help lower their risk of stroke based on a preliminary study from researchers at…
Quitting smoking especially difficult for select groups
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 12 10
With the national trend toward quitting smoking flat, psychologists are finding some success with treatments aimed at helping smokers from underserved groups, including racial…
Hypnosis can relieve symptoms in children with respiratory diseases
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • Feb 12 10
Hypnosis has potential therapeutic value in children with respiratory disorders for alleviating symptoms such as habit cough or unexplained sensations of difficulty breathing and…
Can Chocolate Lower Your Risk of Stroke?
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • Feb 12 10
Eating chocolate may lower your risk of having a stroke, according to an analysis of available research that will be released today and presented…