Experts Available to Discuss the Tobacco Epidemic in Women
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 26 10
Often marketed as symbols of independence, freedom and pleasure for women, cigarettes are highly addictive, expensive and detrimental to the health of smokers and…
A compound in smokers’ breath
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 25 10
If you smoke, your breath contains 2,5-dimethylfuran. A team of Catalan researchers have proved that the presence of this chemical compound indicates that a…
Parents’ physical inactivity influences children
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Obesity • May 25 10
Children are more likely to watch high levels of television if their parents do, but parents do not need to be physically active to…
Sunscreen Safety and Effectiveness
• Dermatology • • Skin Care • May 25 10
Sunscreen active ingredients, which are compounds that absorb, scatter or reflect ultraviolet (UV) light, are regulated as over-the-counter (OTC) drugs by the U.S. Food…
‘Obese’ BMI does not harm current health of young adults, study says
• Obesity • May 25 10
A study examining the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and illness suggests that a BMI of 30 or above, a signal of obesity…
Genetic Mutation Associated with Famous Alzheimer Patient May Have Been Identified
• Brain • • Neurology • May 25 10
Writing the latest pages of an anthropological mystery, scientists propose in this month’s Archives of Neurology that it is highly possible that Auguste Deter,…
Sugary formula spurs obesity debate
• Obesity • May 25 10
Blogging moms and nutritionists are criticizing a new formula for toddlers that comes in chocolate and vanilla flavors, saying it gives kids an early…
Florida orange juice industry worried by obesity campaign
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 25 10
The Florida Department of Citrus may get into a fight with one of the most politically powerful people in the U.S., who goes by…
Spain says smoking ban to be in place early 2011
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 25 10
Smokers have at least a few more months to light up in Spain’s restaurants, bars and cafes.
The government had hoped to tighten the…
Scientists find clues to kidney transplant success
• Urine Problems • May 25 10
European scientists have found a full range of markers in the blood of kidney transplant patients which could predict whether their new organ will…
Obesity remains an economic issue, Seattle obesity study finds
• Obesity • May 24 10
Ensuring access to healthy, affordable foods is a top priority in tackling the obesity epidemic in the United States. Over the course of the…
Study finds big decrease in global child mortality
• Children's Health • • Mortality and Morbidity • May 24 10
Fewer children are dying around the world, with deaths among children younger than 5 falling in almost every country, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
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British ban for doctor at heart of MMR vaccine row
• Children's Health • • Immunology • May 24 10
A doctor whose claims of links between vaccination and autism triggered a scientific storm before being widely discredited was struck off Britain’s medical…
No evidence organic foods benefit health: study
• Food & Nutrition • May 24 10
Consumers who opt for organic foods often believe they are improving their health, but there is currently no strong evidence that organics bring nutrition-related…
‘Button’ batteries a growing hazard for children
• Children's Health • May 24 10
The rate of severe poisonings from battery ingestion among U.S. children has risen in the past 25 years, along with the growing use of…
Caffeine Blues: Ten Ways Caffeine Harms Your Health and How To Kick The Habit
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 24 10
Australian scientists claim to have discovered a gene responsible for baldness in women which may lead to an effective treatment for hair loss.
Researchers…
Allergy sufferers ‘less prone to cancer’
• Allergies • • Cancer • May 24 10
Scientists found children with allergies to airborne substances were 40 per cent less likely to develop leukaemia than other youngsters while asthma sufferers were…
Game Designers Target Child Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 24 10
Video games are largely one of a myriad of entertainment devices that individuals point to as causes for obesity. However, some game designers are…
Obesity study tests gender, ethnicity
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 24 10
Obesity expert and School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Associate Professor Dong-Chul Seo conducted a study that indicated engaging in the recommended amount…
Heart group and Nintendo Starts an Obesity Campaign
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 24 10
The American Heart Association and Nintendo Co. are reported to be fastening their belts to promote the popular Wii video game console, as the…
Obesity And Your Child. Stop The Cycle
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 23 10
My own personal concern with overweight children is that the children have not been taught by the school, their parents or their doctors the…
Older Patients Offer Insight into the Future of Cystic Fibrosis
• Gender: Female • • Respiratory Problems • May 21 10
An emerging population of middle-aged cystic fibrosis patients contains significantly more females and includes a large proportion of patients who lived for decades without…
Blood clot-related strokes decrease among whites, but not blacks, in long-term study
• Stroke • May 21 10
The incidence of blood clot-related strokes fell among whites in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area for the first time, according to long-term surveillance study…
Gene variants may raise risk of infectious diseases
• Infections • May 21 10
Scientists have found a group of gene variants that increase susceptibility to infectious diseases like tuberculosis and malaria and say the discovery may help…
McDonald’s Will Impact Obesity Issue More Than Docs
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 21 10
The Wall Street Journal recently published “Our Big Problem: Obesity” penned by a British physician Anthony Daniels, pen name Theodore Dalrymple, who feels that…