Family planning programs have success in developing countries, but need to be expanded
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Public Health • Feb 21 11
While many researchers generally credit the desire for smaller families for the decline in fertility rates in developing, low-income countries, new research suggests that…
Is the link between poverty and water-related disease making rich people sick?
• Food & Nutrition • • Infections • Feb 21 11
Despite clean water and improved public services, water-related diseases continues to spread in cities around the world. Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar Kate Mulligan presents…
Careful cleaning of children’s skin wounds key to healing, regardless of antibiotic choice
• Children's Health • • Infections • Feb 21 11
When it comes to curing skin infected with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), timely and proper wound cleaning and draining may be…
Food tax could trim some people’s calorie intake
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 18 11
People are generally more likely to pass on high-calorie food when there is a tax on it - though it might not matter…
Good Diets Fight Bad Alzheimer Genes
• Dieting • • Genetics • • Neurology • Feb 15 11
Scientists today agree that there are five molecules that are known to affect or cause Alzheimer’s disease, which plagues an estimated five million Americans.…
New Psoriasis Guidelines Stress Importance of Individualized Treatment Plans
• Dermatology • Feb 15 11
Building on the evidence-based findings of five previously published guidelines of care that examine the use of a variety of medical therapies for the…
Lavender oil has potent antifungal effect
• Infections • Feb 15 11
Lavender oil could be used to combat the increasing incidence of antifungal-resistant infections, according to a study published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.…
Obesity is heart disease killer in its own right, irrespective of other risk factors
• Heart • • Obesity • Feb 15 11
Obesity is a killer in its own right, irrespective of other biological or social risk factors traditionally associated with coronary heart disease, suggests research…
Obesity takes heavy toll on knee arthritis
• Arthritis • • Obesity • Feb 14 11
New studies will help patients better understand the role that obesity plays in knee arthritis and recovery from knee surgery
More than 14 million…
Hearing loss associated with development of dementia
• Hair Loss • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 14 11
Older adults with hearing loss appear more likely to develop dementia, and their risk increases as hearing loss becomes more severe, according to a…
Cigarette smoking associated with increased risk of developing ALS
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 14 11
Cigarette smoking may be associated with an increased risk of developing the muscle-wasting disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a report in the…
Obese women may be less likely to develop glaucoma
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Obesity • Feb 14 11
Obesity may be associated with higher eye pressure and a decreased risk of open-angle glaucoma in women but not men, according to a report…
An early step in Parkinson’s disease: Problems with mitochondria
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 14 11
For the last several years, neurologists have been probing a connection between Parkinson’s disease and problems with mitochondria, the miniature power plants of the…
What Do Fats Do in the Body?
• Fat, Dietary • Feb 14 11
It’s common knowledge that too much cholesterol and other fats can lead to disease, and that a healthy diet involves watching how much fatty…
Acute anemia linked to silent strokes in children
• Children's Health • • Stroke • Feb 14 11
Silent strokes, which have no immediate symptoms but could cause long-term cognitive and learning deficits, occur in a significant number of severely anemic children,…
Stroke medicines still unaffordable for some survivors, according to University of Michigan research
• Public Health • • Stroke • Feb 14 11
Young, uninsured stroke survivors or those covered by the Medicare Part D drug benefit often can’t afford medications — increasing the risk for future…
Naturally occurring brain signaling chemical may be useful in understanding Parkinson’s
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 14 11
Targeting the neuroinflammatory causes of Parkinson’s disease with a naturally present brain chemical signal could offer a better understanding of the clinical mechanisms of…
Eating berries may lower risk of Parkinson’s
• Dieting • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 14 11
New research shows men and women who regularly eat berries may have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, while men may also further…
Partnership of genes affects the brain’s development
• Brain • Feb 14 11
The human brain consists of approximately one hundred billion nerve cells. Each of these cells needs to connect to specific other cells during the…
Severely obese women may need to gain less weight during pregnancy
• Obesity • • Pregnancy • • Weight Loss • Feb 12 11
Extremely obese women may not need to gain as much weight during pregnancy as current guidelines suggest, according to a new study presented today…
Study yields promising results for patients with stroke
• Stroke • Feb 12 11
One year after having a stroke, 52% of people who participate in either a physical therapy program that includes a walking program using a…
Preliminary new blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease uncovered
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 12 11
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have helped develop a novel technology to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease from blood samples long before symptoms appear.
This preliminary…
Drink cherry juice to recover quicker
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 11 11
Gym-goers and joggers have been advised to drink cherry juice after a study found that it helps reduce muscle damage caused by exercise.
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Injections are less painful if you don’t look away, scientists claim
• Pain • Feb 11 11
Injection are less painful if you resist the natural impulse to look away, scientists have claimed.
The body naturally reduces the pain experienced…
Woman who died after buttock injection swore never to repeat procedure
• Public Health • Feb 11 11
A woman who died after travelling to America to have a buttock enlargement operation had sworn never to have another cosmetic injection after the…