Grapes reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, U-M animal study shows
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Heart • Apr 26 10
Could eating grapes slow what’s for many Americans a downhill sequence of high blood pressure and insulin resistance leading to heart disease and…
Pennsylvania makes inroads into reducing child obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 26 10
Pennsylvania school districts set goals and improved snacks and a la carte offerings to meet federal legislation for reducing childhood obesity, but opportunities for…
No link between infertility, rare infant cancer
• Cancer • • Fertility and pregnancy • Apr 26 10
Children conceived with the help of infertility treatment are no more likely than those conceived naturally to develop infant leukemia, according to the…
Improved doping test for growth hormone on its way
• Endocrinology • Apr 26 10
Anti-doping agents may soon get a better shot at catching athletes who inject growth hormone to bulk up and enhance performance.
Agents currently…
Swaddling effects could pose SIDS risk: study
• Children's Health • Apr 26 10
The calming effects of swaddling might make it more difficult for some infants to rouse from sleep - raising the possibility that the practice…
Weighty problem clogging U.S. health insurance
• Obesity • • Public Health • • Weight Loss • Apr 26 10
Americans are living large — and health officials say it is costing them their health and savings.
One-third of the American population is obese.…
Obesity – a threat to national security as well as health?
• Obesity • • Public Health • Apr 26 10
Back in the age of harvest gold and avocado green appliances, school cafeterias were bad, real bad.
Children sat at lunch tables wearing double-knit…
CDC says obesity costs US more than US$145b annually
• Obesity • • Public Health • Apr 26 10
WASHINGTON : The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said obesity costs the US more than US$145 billion annually.
Local governments shoulder much…
Vatican backs adult stem cell research
• Public Health • Apr 25 10
The Vatican is pushing for research on adult stem cells as an alternative to the use of embryonic stem cells, which the Catholic Church…
Safe weight gain for heavier moms-to-be depends on level of obesity
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Apr 22 10
How much weight obese women should safely gain during pregnancy is often controversial, with current guidelines suggesting a single range of 11 to 20…
Potential new test for early diagnosis of osteoarthritis identified
• Arthritis • Apr 22 10
Researchers at King’s College London’s Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, based at St Thomas’ Hospital have discovered new ways of measuring biological…
Obesity standards may miss millions of women
• Gender: Female • • Obesity • Apr 22 10
Millions of obese women may be falling through the cracks of current weight guidelines, US doctors say.
In a new study of women…
Pneumococcal vaccine has cut disease among Navajos
• Infections • • Public Health • Apr 22 10
The infant pneumococcal vaccine introduced 10 years ago has cut rates of pneumonia, meningitis and other infections among Navajos in the U.S. -…
Preventing Kidney Stones: From Lemonade to Surgery
• Surgery • • Urine Problems • Apr 22 10
We’ve all heard the expression, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Passing a kidney stone would qualify for one of life’s “lemons,” but…
Women’s Mortality Rates at U.S. Hospitals Differ from Men’s
• Gender: Female • • Mortality and Morbidity • Apr 21 10
Women and men experience different outcomes at U.S. hospitals for the same procedures and treatments, according to a new study released today by HealthGrades,…
Dual studies vilify sugar and salt in U.S. diet
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 21 10
Sugar and salt are damaging the health of Americans by raising blood pressure and cholesterol - and regulation may be the only way…
In poor countries, taller moms’ kids are healthier
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Apr 21 10
In developing countries, taller moms tend to give birth to healthier kids who are less likely to die in infancy, be underweight or…
Parents’ obesity, especially mom’s, tied to kids’ risk
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 21 10
Having two obese parents may substantially raise a child’s risk of becoming obese, with mom’s weight playing a particularly important role, a new study…
Should you use aspirin for a migraine?
• Migraine • Apr 21 10
A single dose of aspirin can bring at least temporary pain relief to about half of people with migraines, a new research review suggests.
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Airway Obstructions Have High Death Rate for Young Children
• Children's Health • Apr 20 10
Though airway obstructions in young children occur less often than other types of injuries, the death rate is higher, according to new research from…
Who is at risk for MRSA?
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Infections • Apr 20 10
A multi-center study led by a researcher at Rhode Island Hospital has determined that long-term elder care, HIV-infected and hemodialysis patients are at…
Second-hand smoke ups risk of sinus, nasal problems
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 20 10
Other people’s cigarette smoke could be to blame for much of the chronic itchy, runny nose and sinus woes - also known as rhinosinusitis…
Gene linked to obesity and higher Alzheimer’s risk
• Genetics • • Obesity • Apr 20 10
A variant of an obesity gene carried by more than a third of the U.S. population also reduces brain volume, raising carriers’ risk of…
Anemia following surgery for morbid obesity
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Obesity • Apr 19 10
Morbid obesity is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in Western countries. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has become a common…
Chip may detect spreading cancer cells in blood
• Cancer • Apr 19 10
Researchers have found a way to test blood for the cells that spread cancer and said they might be able to use the…