IADR/AADR Journal of Dental Research releases studies on oral health inequalities in older people
• Dental Health • • Aging and Gerontology • Apr 25 11
The International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) have published two studies about oral health inequalities in older people and low income individuals.…
GM-CSF required for the immune attack in multiple sclerosis
• Immunology • • Neurology • Apr 25 11
The neutralization of the cytokine GM-CSF could halt the development of multiple sclerosis. This was demonstrated by the research team of the immunologist Burkhard…
Combination therapy provides hope for cure of dangerous infections of cystic fibrosis patients
• Infections • Apr 25 11
An over-the-counter drug used to treat diarrhea combined with minocycline, an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections, could one day change the lives of…
Pediatricians call for stricter laws for chemicals
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Apr 25 11
The U.S. is not doing enough to protect kids from exposure to potentially dangerous chemicals, pediatricians said in a new statement released today.
The…
Half of U.S. states have comprehensive smoking bans: CDC
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 21 11
Half of all U.S. states have enacted smoking bans in private worksites, restaurants and bars in the past decade, but a government report says…
UK immigrant screening misses most latent TB
• Public Health • • Tuberculosis • Apr 21 11
British tuberculosis screening for new immigrants fails to detect most imported cases of latent disease and screening should be widened to include more people…
Ivory Coast polio outbreak could spread abroad: WHO
• Infections • • Public Health • Apr 21 11
Polio has broken out in Ivory Coast, with three children confirmed as having the crippling disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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Are dietary supplements working against you?
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 21 11
Do you belong to the one-half of the population that frequently uses dietary supplements with the hope that it might be good for you?
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New approach to defeating flu shows promise
• Flu • • Mortality and Morbidity • Apr 21 11
New research on mice has shown that pulmonary administration of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) significantly reduces flu symptoms and prevents death after a…
Crying babies ‘more likely to grow into problem children’
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 21 11
Babies who persistently cry are more likely to become problem children with behavioural disorders, researchers say.
According to their study, around one in five…
Babies ‘may be affected by pregnancy drug prescribed to their GRANDMOTHERS decades ago’
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • Apr 21 11
Forty years ago doctors realised a drug used to prevent pregnancy complications could have devastating consequences for babies. Now a new study has found…
Scientists manipulate mosquitoes in malaria fight
• Infections • • Public Health • Apr 20 11
Scientists working on malaria have found a way of genetically manipulating large populations of mosquitoes that could eventually dramatically reduce the spread of the…
Smokers who quit have less aggressive kidney cancer
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 20 11
Researchers have found that kidney cancer is not only more common among heavy smokers, it also appears to be more aggressive.
According to a…
Researchers to Study Aging Population to Improve Quality of Life Among Elderly
• Aging and Gerontology • Apr 20 11
The National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will begin enrolling study…
How can we measure infants’ pain after an operation?
• Children's Health • • Pain • Apr 20 11
It turns out to be difficult to find out exactly how much a child who cannot yet speak suffers after a surgical operation. Researchers…
Childhood music lessons may provide lifelong boost in brain functioning
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 20 11
Those childhood music lessons could pay off decades later - even for those who no longer play an instrument – by keeping the mind…
Einstein researchers find link between brain molecule and obesity and diabetes
• Brain • • Diabetes • • Obesity • Apr 19 11
The brain’s hypothalamus plays a key role in obesity and one of its major complications – type 2 diabetes. Nerve cells in the hypothalamus…
Statins May Protect Against Kidney Complications Following Elective Surgery
• Urine Problems • Apr 19 11
Taking a statin before having major elective surgery reduces potentially serious kidney complications, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the…
Elderly Diabetes Patients with Very Low Glucose Levels Have Slightly Increased Risk of Death
• Diabetes • • Mortality and Morbidity • Apr 19 11
A new study of older diabetes patients has found that well-controlled blood sugar levels were associated with a lower risk of major complications such…
Common Virus + Low Sunlight Exposure May Increase Risk of MS
• Neurology • Apr 19 11
New research suggests that people who are exposed to low levels of sunlight coupled with a history of having a common virus known as…
Quality of Parent-Toddler Relationships Could Affect Risk for Childhood Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 19 11
Toddlers who do not have a secure emotional relationship with their parents, and particularly their mothers, could be at increased risk for obesity by…
Does seeing overweight people make us eat more?
• Dieting • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Apr 19 11
Consumers will choose and eat more indulgent food after they see someone who is overweight - unless they consciously think about their health goals,…
When a salad is not a salad: Why are dieters easily misled by food names?
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 19 11
Dieters are so involved with trying to eat virtuously that they are more likely than non-dieters to choose unhealthy foods that are labeled as…
Quality of parent-toddler relationship could affect risk for childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 19 11
Toddlers who do not have a secure emotional relationship with their parents, and particularly their mothers, could be at increased risk for obesity by…
Many parents would get gene tests for kids: study
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Genetics • • Heart • Apr 18 11
If given the chance, many parents would test their children to see if they are genetically predisposed to diseases like diabetes or heart disease,…