What Causes Childhood Strokes, and Is Stenting an Effective Treatment?
• Children's Health • • Stroke • Aug 19 10
University at Buffalo neurosurgeon Elad Levy, MD, implanted a stent in an artery inside the skull of a 14-year-old boy to prevent a…
Obesity top threat to children’s health: poll
• Obesity • Aug 19 10
Adults consider obesity the number one threat to children’s health in the United States and many believe the problem is getting worse, according to…
Novel autoantibodies identified in patients with necrotizing myopathy
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Aug 19 10
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have identified a subgroup of patients with necrotizing myopathy who have a novel autoantibody specificity that…
Delaying fat digestion to curb appetite
• Fat, Dietary • Aug 19 10
Institute of Food Research scientists have discovered an unexpected synergy that helps break down fat. The discovery provides a focus to find ways to…
Black patients, women miss out on strongest medications for chronic pain
• Pain • Aug 18 10
Black patients are prescribed fewer pain medications than whites and few women receive medications strong enough to manage their chronic pain, according to…
Moderate drinking, especially wine, associated with better cognitive function
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 18 10
A large prospective study of 5033 men and women in the Tromsø Study in northern Norway has reported that moderate wine consumption is independently…
New screen offers hope for copper deficiency sufferers
• Neurology • Aug 17 10
Copper deficiency diseases can be devastating. Symptoms can range from crippling neurological degeneration in Menkes disease – a classic copper deficiency disease – to…
Immune system gene linked with Parkinson’s: study
• Immunology • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 17 10
A gene linked with the immune system may play a role in developing Parkinson’s disease, researchers said on Sunday, marking a possible advance in…
U.S. hopeful Pakistan can avert big cholera outbreak
• Infections • • Public Health • Aug 17 10
A senior U.S. aid official said on Saturday he was optimistic a serious cholera outbreak could be averted in flood-hit Pakistan after emergency steps…
Psoriasis tied to depression, suicide
• Depression • • Dermatology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 17 10
People with the skin condition psoriasis are more likely to be depressed, anxious and thinking about suicide, than those without the problem, according to…
Drug information from pharmacies found lacking
• Public Health • Aug 17 10
The information leaflets pharmacies give to customers along with their prescriptions vary widely in their content, and may often be difficult for people to…
Discovered gene causes Kabuki syndrome
• Genetics • • Pregnancy • Aug 16 10
Using a new, rapid and less expensive DNA sequencing strategy, scientists have discovered genetic alterations that account for most cases of Kabuki syndrome, a…
Primary care doctors get little information about chronic sinusitis
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Neurology • Aug 16 10
Facial pain. Nasal congestion. Postnasal drip. Fatigue. These are hallmark signs of chronic sinusitis, a swelling of tissue in the nasal and sinus cavity.…
Obesity rates decline for many adolescents but disparities worsen
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 16 10
Obesity rates have started to decline and level off for many adolescents, but continue to increase for certain racial and ethnic minorities, according to…
Diseases pose new risks in Pakistan flood crisis
• Public Health • Aug 16 10
Disease outbreaks pose new risks to victims of Pakistan’s worst floods in decades, aid agencies said on Friday, potentially hindering already complicated relief efforts.
…New case series section in European Urology
• Urine Problems • Aug 13 10
In European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, a new section will be published as of the September issue: Case…
Obesity linked to lower risk of glaucoma in women
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Obesity • Aug 13 10
A recent study found that heavier women were less likely to get one type of glaucoma than their thinner peers - the first time…
New way of classifying rheumatoid arthritis aimed at identifying the disease earlier
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Aug 10 10
The American College of Rheumatology today announced the release of revised classification criteria (created in collaboration with the European League Against Rheumatism) for rheumatoid…
Prenatal smoke tied to poorer asthma-drug response
• Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 10 10
Studies have shown that children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy may have an increased risk of developing asthma. Now new research suggests they…
Larger Waist Associated With Greater Risk of Death
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Aug 10 10
Individuals with a large waist circumference appear to have a greater risk of dying from any cause over a nine-year period, according to a…
Walking to School Could Reduce Stress Reactivity in Kids
• Children's Health • Aug 10 10
A simple morning walk to school could reduce stress reactivity in children during the school day, curbing increases in heart rate and blood pressure…
New Process Could Improve Dental Restoration Procedures
• Dental Health • Aug 10 10
Oral surgeons may one day have an easier, less costly approach to one important aspect of dental restoration, thanks to a newly patented process…
Visits to Emergency Departments Increases in Recent Years
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Aug 10 10
From 1997 to 2007, the rates of visits to emergency departments in the U.S. increased significantly, particularly among adults with Medicaid, according to…
Latino children with asthma less accurate in determining their lung function
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Respiratory Problems • Aug 09 10
A new study by researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center and the University of Puerto Rico may help explain some of the…
Stress gets under our skin
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 09 10
Everyone experiences social stress, whether it is nervousness over a job interview, difficulty meeting people at parties, or angst over giving a speech. In…