No increase in severe cardiovascular events for children, adolescents taking ADHD medications
• Children's Health • • Drug Abuse • • Heart • May 16 11
Despite recent concerns that medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could increase the risk of cardiovascular events in children and adolescents, an observational…
Vitamin D improves exercise outcomes in patients with COPD
• Respiratory Problems • May 16 11
Vitamin D supplements may help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) get more from their pulmonary rehabilitation programs, according to a study conducted…
CPAP decreases cardiovascular mortality in elderly patients
• Heart • • Mortality and Morbidity • May 16 11
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) effectively decreases the risk of cardiovascular death in elderly patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to…
‘Master switch’ gene for obesity and diabetes discovered
• Diabetes • • Obesity • May 16 11
A team of researchers, led by King’s College London and the University of Oxford, have found that a gene linked to type 2 diabetes…
Next generation gamers: Computer games aid recovery from stroke
• Stroke • May 16 11
Computer games are not just for kids. New research published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, a BioMed Central open access journal, shows that…
People with diabetes more likely to get cancer
• Cancer • • Diabetes • May 13 11
People with diabetes are at higher risk for certain cancers than those without the blood sugar disease, suggests a new study.
Based on data…
Internet tied to rise in drug abuse
• Drug Abuse • May 13 11
Access to rogue online pharmacies may be driving a rapid increase in the abuse in the United States of prescription drugs like powerful painkillers…
New X-ray method for understanding brain disorders better
• Brain • • Neurology • May 12 11
Researchers including members from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new method for making detailed X-ray images of…
Reining in nicotine use
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 12 11
A person’s vulnerability to nicotine addiction appears to have a genetic basis, at least in part. A region in the midbrain called the habenula…
Study: Surge in obesity correlates with increased automobile usage
• Dieting • • Obesity • May 12 11
Junk food, video games and a lack of exercise all have received their fair share of blame for the spiraling epidemic of obesity in…
Mild obesity appears to improve survival in ALS patients
• Neurology • • Obesity • May 11 11
Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, may be an exception to the rule that being overweight is a…
Fake cigarettes increase success rate for quitting smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 11 11
Nicotine-free plastic inhalers may increase a smoker’s chance of quitting, according to new research published online in the European Respiratory Journal.
This study is…
Do bedbugs carry superbugs?
• Infections • May 11 11
Researchers in Canada have found bedbugs carrying antibiotic-resistant superbugs, a surprise finding because scientists had thought the pests were not capable of spreading infections.
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U.N. expects fresh Haiti cholera outbreaks with rains
• Infections • • Public Health • May 11 11
Humanitarian workers in Haiti are preparing for fresh cholera outbreaks as the rainy season threatens to revive an epidemic that has killed nearly 5,000…
Traditional media and internet more trusted than social media for research news
• Public Health • May 11 11
Most Maryland residents trust the health and medical research information provided by traditional media—newspapers (77%), television (71%), magazines (68%), radio (66%)—and the Internet (also…
When words get hot, mental multitaskers collect cool
• Psychiatry / Psychology • May 11 11
How useful would it be to anticipate how well someone will control their emotions? To predict how well they might be able to stay…
2 new studies describe likely beneficiaries of health care reform in California
• Public Health • May 10 11
According to two new policy briefs from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, the majority of state residents likely to be eligible for…
Less than half of patients with MS continually adhere to drug therapies for treatment: Study
• Neurology • May 10 11
Disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) are injected medications used to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), and have been shown to reduce the frequency and…
Lessons from major heart trial need implementation
• Heart • May 10 11
A NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center review of almost 500,000 cardiac cases nationally shows that the clinically indicated medical therapy reported in a widely…
When It Comes to Clearing Arteries – Sex Plays a Part
• Heart • • Stroke • May 09 11
Gender may play an important role when choosing treatment options for clearing dangerously clogged arteries, according to a new study from researchers at the…
mHealth Technology Speeds Cardiac Diagnoses
• Heart • • Public Health • May 09 11
Handheld ultrasound from new pocket-sized devices now allows cardiac imaging to be performed in locations previously inaccessible to traditional ultrasound. GW researchers have shown…
Health-Care Providers Are Prescribing Nontraditional Medicine
• Alternative Medicine • May 09 11
More than a third of Americans use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and that number continues to rise attributed mostly to…
1 in 7 Strokes Occurs During Sleep, Many Go Without Clot-Busting Treatment
• Stroke • May 09 11
Approximately 14 percent of all strokes occur during sleep, preventing many from getting clot-busting treatment, according to a study published in the May 10,…
Earlier flu shot better for pregnant women: study
• Flu • • Pregnancy • May 09 11
Experts recommend that pregnant women get a flu shot each year, and now a new study suggests that the earlier they do it, the…
A little waiting may be good for head-injured kids
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • May 09 11
Observing some kids after a head injury may help doctors decide which ones need a head x-ray, according to a new study published in…