Grape ingredient resveratrol increases beneficial fat hormone
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Jan 07 11

Resveratrol, a compound in grapes, displays antioxidant and other positive properties. In a study published this week, researchers at the UT Health Science Center… Grape ingredient resveratrol increases beneficial fat hormone   

 
 

Women with MS More Likely to Have MS-Related Gene Than Men
• Genetics • • Neurology • Jan 07 11

Women who have multiple sclerosis (MS) are more likely to have a gene associated with multiple sclerosis than men with the disease and it… Women with MS More Likely to Have MS-Related Gene Than Men   

 
 

School-based interventions for obesity
• Obesity • Jan 07 11

Thanks to the Let’s Move initiative, society is becoming more aware of alarming statistics like 1 in 4 children are obese and childhood obesity… School-based interventions for obesity   

 
 

A blood test for Alzheimer’s disease?
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 07 11

Using a new technology that relies on thousands of synthetic molecules to fish for disease-specific antibodies, researchers have developed a potential method for detecting… A blood test for Alzheimer’s disease?   

 
 

Lyme disease a rare cause of death: study
• Infections • Jan 07 11

While controversy still brews over the long-term effects of Lyme disease, a new government study concludes that the tick-borne illness is rarely a cause… Lyme disease a rare cause of death: study   

 
 

Drugs may level fertility playing field for obese
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Obesity • Jan 07 11

Heavy women often have a harder time getting pregnant than their slimmer peers, but new findings suggest weight may cease to matter when women… Drugs may level fertility playing field for obese   

 
 

Can diet protect against asthma?
• Allergies • • Asthma • • Dieting • Jan 07 11

What you eat might affect your risk of developing allergies or asthma, and possibly that of your kids, hints a new review of the… Can diet protect against asthma?   

 
 

Autism-vaccine researcher a “fraud”: medical journal
• Children's Health • • Drug Abuse • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 07 11

Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the-now disgraced British doctor who published studies linking vaccines with autism, committed an “elaborate fraud” by faking data, the British Medical… Autism-vaccine researcher a “fraud”: medical journal   

 
 

Women’s tears send “no sex” message to men: study
• Cancer: Prostate • • Endocrinology • • Gender: Male • Jan 07 11

Women’s tears are a turnoff for men, Israeli researchers say.

The findings, in a study by the Weizmann Institute of Science and Wolfson Hospital… Women’s tears send “no sex” message to men: study   

 
 

China tobacco industry foils anti-smoking efforts
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 07 11

China’s tobacco industry is foiling efforts to control smoking and Chinese leaders must give stronger support to measures to control tobacco use, an international… China tobacco industry foils anti-smoking efforts   

 
 

Newer tobacco products to face FDA review
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 05 11

Cigarette makers will have to provide U.S. regulators with detailed information about the ingredients and design of products they have introduced or changed since… Newer tobacco products to face FDA review   

 
 

This new year, how motivated are you?
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Surgery • • Trauma & Injuries • Jan 05 11

Personal motivation may be the biggest factor in determining the length of time it takes for a patient to return to work following a… This new year, how motivated are you?   

 
 

Extreme obesity associated with higher risk of death for 2009 H1N1 patients
• Flu • • Infections • • Obesity • Jan 05 11

For those infected with the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus, extreme obesity was a powerful risk factor for death, according to an analysis… Extreme obesity associated with higher risk of death for 2009 H1N1 patients   

 
 

Yale researchers find double doses of chicken pox vaccine most effective
• Children's Health • • Immunology • • Infections • Jan 05 11

When vaccinating children against varicella (chicken pox), researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found, two doses are better than one. In fact, the… Yale researchers find double doses of chicken pox vaccine most effective   

 
 

Children in formal child care have better language skills
• Children's Health • Jan 05 11

Fewer children who attend regular formal centre- and family-based child care at 1.5 years and 3 years of age were late talkers compared with… Children in formal child care have better language skills   

 
 

Mother’s milk improves the physical condition of future adolescents
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jan 05 11

Enrique García Artero, the principal author of the study and researcher at the University of Granada pointed out that, “Our objective was to analyse… Mother’s milk improves the physical condition of future adolescents   

 
 

Biological Joints Could Replace Artificial Joints Soon
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Trauma & Injuries • Jan 05 11

Artificial joint replacements can drastically change a patient’s quality of life. Painful, arthritic knees, shoulders and hips can be replaced with state-of-the-art metal or… Biological Joints Could Replace Artificial Joints Soon   

 
 

The Effect of Diet on Mental Energy
• Brain • • Dieting • • Neurology • Jan 05 11

The Life Sciences Research Organization, Inc. (LSRO) has published a review article in the December 2010 issue of Nutrition Reviews entitled Do Specific Constituents… The Effect of Diet on Mental Energy   

 
 

Here’s How To Finally Give Up Cigarettes For Good
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 05 11

How To Finally Give Up Cigarettes For Good

If you’re a smoker wanting to get off to a healthier start this new wear, Loyola University Health System will co-host a smoking-cessation clinic,… Here’s How To Finally Give Up Cigarettes For Good   

 
 

Walking Speed Associated with Survival in Older Adults
• Aging and Gerontology • Jan 05 11

In an analysis that included data from 9 studies, having higher measures of walking speed among older adults was associated with increased length of… Walking Speed Associated with Survival in Older Adults   

 
 

Current smokers with early rheumatoid arthritis less responsive to TNF inhibitors, methotrexate
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 04 11

Patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are current smokers were less likely to achieve good response to methotrexate (MTX) and tumor necrosis factor… Current smokers with early rheumatoid arthritis less responsive to TNF inhibitors, methotrexate   

 
 

Optimizing patient outcomes after therapeutic hypothermia for traumatic brain injury
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • Jan 04 11

Lowering the body temperature of patients soon after they have suffered a severe brain injury may reduce neurologic complications and improve outcomes. The safety… Optimizing patient outcomes after therapeutic hypothermia for traumatic brain injury   

 
 

Fishy diet comes with lower risk of stroke
• Dieting • • Stroke • Jan 04 11

Women who eat more than three servings of fish per week are less likely to experience a stroke, a new study suggests.

Specifically, fish-lovers… Fishy diet comes with lower risk of stroke   

 
 

Online health info popular but often unchecked
• Public Health • Jan 04 11

The number of people looking for health information online is set to soar as workers return from holiday breaks, but few will check where… Online health info popular but often unchecked   

 
 

Tonsillectomy in children
• Children's Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • Jan 03 11

A multidisciplinary clinical practice guideline, “Tonsillectomy in Children” will be published in the January issue of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (watch for a new… Tonsillectomy in children   

 
 
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