Loss of nutrients following gastric bypass surgery in adolescent girls
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Oct 04 10
An increasing number of obese adolescents, particularly females, are undergoing gastric bypass surgery. Yet a case study presented Sunday, Oct. 3, at the American…
New approach to underweight COPD patients
• Respiratory Problems • Oct 04 10
Malnutrition often goes hand in hand with COPD and is difficult to treat. In a recent study researchers at the University of Gothenburg, have…
Walnuts, walnut oil, improve reaction to stress
• Dieting • • Neurology • Oct 04 10
A diet rich in walnuts and walnut oil may prepare the body to deal better with stress, according to a team of Penn State…
Health reform to worsen doctor shortage: group
• Public Health • Oct 01 10
The U.S. healthcare reform law will worsen a shortage of physicians as millions of newly insured patients seek care, the Association of American Medical…
After 50 years, Americans still eat too much salt
• Dieting • Oct 01 10
Despite warnings about the risk, Americans have not reduced the salt in their diets in 50 years, Harvard School of Public Health researchers conclude.
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H1N1 flu virus can mutate in immunosuppressed patients-study
• Flu • • Immunology • Oct 01 10
Patients with suppressed immune systems can quickly develop H1N1 flu infections that resist all known drugs, doctors in the Netherlands reported on Wednesday.
The…
Coffee, tea linked to lower risk of brain tumor
• Cancer • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Oct 01 10
Coffee and tea lovers may have a decreased likelihood of developing the most common form of malignant brain tumor in adults, a new…
Moderate kidney disease linked to hearing loss
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Urine Problems • Oct 01 10
Older adults with moderate kidney disease may require screening for hearing loss, according to the authors of a new study.
In the study, of…
Dog ownership is associated with reduced eczema in children with dog allergies
• Allergies • • Dermatology • Oct 01 10
Children with eczema, a chronic skin condition that often begins in childhood, have a greater risk of developing asthma and food allergies. The…
Researchers decode genome of mosquito that spreads West Nile virus, encephalitis and elephantiasis
• Infections • Oct 01 10
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the Southern house mosquito, providing new insights into the most diverse and widespread of three groups of disease-bearing…
Key nutrient found to prevent cataracts in salmon
• Dieting • • Eye / Vision Problems • Oct 01 10
The role of a key nutrient which prevents cataracts in salmon has been revealed by eye specialists at the University of East Anglia.
Research…
Is photoscreening the best way to catch ‘lazy eye’?
• Eye / Vision Problems • Oct 01 10
Amblyopia, known as “lazy eye,” is a major cause of vision problems in children and a common cause of blindness in people aged…
Flow of empty calories into children’s food supply must be reduced
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Oct 01 10
With over 23 million children and adolescents in the US overweight or obese, the risks for many chronic diseases continue to increase. An article…
Professor Discovers New TB Pathogen
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Oct 01 10
Kathleen Alexander, associate professor of wildlife in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment, has discovered a novel tuberculosis (TB) species in the…