Study Shows Unique Characteristics of Acute vs. Chronic Low Back Pain
• Backache • • Pain • Jul 31 11
By some estimates, up to 85 percent of Americans have experienced low back pain and research reported in The Journal of Pain showed that…
Dissecting Dyslexia: Linking Reading to Voice Recognition
• Children's Health • Jul 30 11
When people recognize voices, part of what helps make voice recognition accurate is noticing how people pronounce words differently. But individuals with dyslexia don’t…
Can vitamins help boost your memory?
• Brain • • Neurology • Jul 29 11
Adults who took vitamin and mineral supplements for almost a decade performed better on one type of memory test than those who didn’t take…
Mobile use doesn’t alter kids’ cancer risk: study
• Children's Health • • Cancer • Jul 28 11
Children and adolescents who use mobile phones are at no bigger risk of developing brain cancer than those who do not use them, according…
Mouthwashing moms less likely to have a preemie
• Dental Health • • Pregnancy • Jul 28 11
Expectant mothers who have gum disease are less likely to deliver their babies prematurely if they use mouthwash throughout their pregnancy, a new study…
Health bill to approach 20 percent of spending by 2020
• Public Health • Jul 28 11
The U.S. health bill will account for 19.8 percent of the nation’s spending by 2020, up from 17.6 percent in 2009, outpacing projected average…
Rate of stroke increasing among women during, soon after pregnancy
• Pregnancy • • Stroke • Jul 28 11
The stroke rate for pregnant women and those who recently gave birth increased alarmingly over the past dozen years, according to research reported in…
Gout prevalence swells in US over last 2 decades
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jul 28 11
A new study shows the prevalence of gout in the U.S. has risen over the last twenty years and now affects 8.3 million (4%)…
Lawson researchers take control of cancer
• Cancer • Jul 28 11
According to the Canadian Cancer Society, one in four Canadians will die of cancer. This year alone, the disease will kill an estimated 75,000…
Flu “super antibody” may bring universal shot closer
• Flu • Jul 28 11
Scientists have found a flu “super antibody” called FI6 that can fight all types of influenza A viruses that cause disease in humans and…
Flu “super antibody” may bring universal shot closer
• Flu • Jul 28 11
Scientists have found a flu “super antibody” called FI6 that can fight all types of influenza A viruses that cause disease in humans and…
Traumatic brain injury linked with tenfold increase in stroke risk
• Trauma & Injuries • • Stroke • Jul 28 11
If you suffer traumatic brain injury, your risk of having a stroke within three months may increase tenfold, according to a new study reported…
Could patients’ own kidney cells cure kidney disease?
• Urine Problems • Jul 27 11
Approximately 60 million people across the globe have chronic kidney disease, and many will need dialysis or a transplant. Breakthrough research published in the…
Yoga boosts stress-busting hormone, reduces pain: York U study
• Alternative Medicine • • Pain • Jul 27 11
A new study by York University researchers finds that practicing yoga reduces the physical and psychological symptoms of chronic pain in women with fibromyalgia.
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As unhealthy food outlets multiply, teens eat more junk
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 27 11
Got lots of fast food restaurants and other outlets that sell junk food in your neighborhood? Then your teen is more likely to nosh…
Home is where the healthy meal is
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 27 11
Can a cozy dining table and nice music prompt people to reach for the greens and go light on dessert?
So suggests a new…
Big gap exists on health care spending between Latinos and whites, study finds
• Public Health • Jul 27 11
New research out of UCLA has found that Latinos living in the United States - particularly those who were born outside the country —…
Children eating more, and more frequently outside the home
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jul 25 11
As childhood obesity rises and the American diet shifts towards increasing consumption of foods eaten or prepared outside of the home, concerns about the…
Scientists discover potential stroke treatment that may extend time to prevent brain damage
• Brain • • Stroke • Jul 25 11
A naturally occurring substance shrank the size of stroke-induced lesions in the brains of experimental mice - even when administered as much as 12…
Older people find it harder to see the wood for the trees
• Aging and Gerontology • Jul 25 11
When looking at a picture of many trees, young people will tend to say: “This is a forest”. However, the older we get, the…
Hepatitis C Transmitted by Unprotected Sex Between HIV-Infected Men
• AIDS/HIV • • Infections • • Sexual Health • Jul 23 11
Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is considered rare. But a new study by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, working with…
Vaccinated Children vs. Unvaccinated Children—What Are the Risks?
• Children's Health • • Immunology • Jul 23 11
Alison M. Buttenheim, PhD, MBA, assistant professor at Penn Nursing answers parents’ questions about childhood vaccines. Dr. Buttenheim is a public health researcher and…
After an Emergency, Comprehensive Care Is Best for Older Patients
• Aging and Gerontology • Jul 23 11
Older people rushed to the emergency room are more likely to be living at home up to a year later if they receive a…
Life scientists use novel technique to produce genetic map for African Americans
• Genetics • Jul 22 11
UCLA life scientists and colleagues have produced one of the first high-resolution genetic maps for African American populations. A genetic map reveals the precise…
Stronger social safety net leads to decrease in stress, childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 22 11
Social safety net programs that reduce psychosocial stressors for low-income families also ultimately lead to a reduction in childhood obesity, according to research by…