Tobacco ‘candy’ could poison kids: study
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 19 10
Thousands of young children are accidentally poisoned by tobacco products each year in the U.S., and new dissolvable tobacco products that resemble candy might…
Early Detection of Parkinson’s Disease by Voice Analysis
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 19 10
A new technique assisting in early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease has been developed by Prof. Shimon Sapir of the Department of Communication Sciences…
Migraine Headache Remedies - What are your Choices?
• Headaches • • Migraine • Apr 18 10
Nowadays there is a huge amount of migraine headache treatment available to help you deal with the pain. Of course it’s a good thing…
Childhood obesity: A generation at risk
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 18 10
In her dreams, Danielle Puckett is thin, and life is better. She isn’t haunted by memories of relentless teasing, and she doesn’t struggle to…
Obesity Caused by Genetics Can Be Overcome
• Genetics • • Obesity • Apr 18 10
Obesity caused by genetic factors can be overcome, according to a new study, which indicates physical activity during adolescence is the key.
For…
Smokeless tobacco use rising among teens
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 16 10
Health experts on Wednesday raised concern about the growing use of smokeless tobacco by teenagers, and suggested its use by Major League Baseball players…
Taste for low-calorie alternatives may wane: study
• Food & Nutrition • Apr 16 10
The more people eat “diet” versions of richer foods, the less they may actually like what they are tasting, a small study suggests.
The…
Maternal Obesity and Newborn Heart Defects
• Heart • • Obesity • Apr 16 10
US researchers found that the more obese a mother is when she becomes pregnant, the greater her risk of giving birth to a baby…
Michelle Obama’s Childhood Obesity Summit Addresses Importance of Outdoors
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 16 10
Last week, First Lady Michelle Obama hosted the White House Childhood Obesity Summit as part of her work with the newly formed Childhood Obesity…
Kidney stones on the rise in South Carolina children
• Children's Health • • Urine Problems • Apr 16 10
Kidney stones can be excruciating no matter what your age and while they are rare in children, a new study shows they increased four-fold…
Childhood obesity program should start early: Experts
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 15 10
US First Lady Michelle Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ campaign must include interventions that target pregnant women, infants, and pre-school-age children, and they should start as…
Child Obesity Soaring in Rural America
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 15 10
In the past 35 years, the percentage of overweight or obese children in one Louisiana town has more than tripled, new research shows.
In…
Childhood Obesity Prevention from Pregnancy and Infancy Onward
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 15 10
First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled her “Let’s Move” campaign against childhood obesity on February 9, 2010. The program’s main antiobesity strategies are empowering parents…
Childhood obesity interventions must begin early, UCSF experts say
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 15 10
To be a truly comprehensive and successful anti-obesity program, First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign must include interventions that target pregnant women, infants,…
New gene in hair loss identified by Columbia-led research team
• Genetics • • Hair Loss • Apr 15 10
A team of investigators from Columbia, Rockefeller and Stanford Universities has identified a new gene involved in hair growth, as reported in a…
Super size me: When bloggers approve – and glorify – obesity
• Obesity • Apr 15 10
Peter rejoices whenever he puts on more weight. He loves how his protruding belly moves and delights in the fact it gets in his…
U.S. team discovers new Alzheimer’s risk gene
• Brain • • Genetics • • Neurology • Apr 15 10
People with a common variation in a gene linked with coronary artery disease have nearly double the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease compared…
Most kids with form of ‘cross-eyes’ become nearsighted
• Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 14 10
Children with a particular variation of strabismus - commonly referred to as “cross-eyes” - appear highly likely to develop nearsightedness by adulthood, according to…
To Turn the Tide of Childhood Obesity, Put Play Back in Kids’ Days
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 14 10
Children throughout the nation face unprecedented health challenges as a result of inactivity and poor nutrition. Today, one in three is obese or overweight,…
“Obesity” To Be Banned in England?
• Obesity • Apr 14 10
Let’s say you were carrying a few extra pounds - would you rather be labeled “obese” or “fat”? City officials in Liverpool, England, evidently…
Bariatric Surgery Lowers Obesity Risks in Pregnancy
• Obesity • • Pregnancy • • Surgery • Apr 14 10
Obese women who undergo bariatric surgery have substantially lower rates of hypertensive complications during pregnancy, a large retrospective study found.
Compared with women who…
Gene identified for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
• Epilepsy • • Genetics • Apr 13 10
A mutation in a brain protein gene may trigger irregular heart beat and sudden death in people with epilepsy, according to new research…
Dying: Millions of women in childbirth, newborns and young children
• Childbirth • • Public Health • Apr 13 10
Widespread global use of known and proven maternal and childcare techniques, practices, and therapies could save the lives of millions of women, newborns and…
Migraine: Aspirin and an antiemetic is a reasonable option
• Headaches • • Migraine • Apr 13 10
A single dose of 900-1000 mg aspirin can substantially reduce migraine headache pain within two hours, for more than half of people who take…
Medicaid cure to be headache
• Headaches • • Public Health • Apr 13 10
A short-term Medicaid fix in the federal health care reform law will ease the financial burden on many of this area’s physicians.
But Florida’s…