Massage device eyed in doctor’s death
• Drug Abuse • • Neurology • Aug 31 11
The death of Florida radiologist found strangled on Christmas Eve has prompted an FDA recall of the neck massager that led to her death.
…High-sodium diet can also damage the brain
• Brain • • Dieting • Aug 31 11
By now, most of us know the dangers of a high-sodium diet. But beyond causing high blood pressure and heart disease, a new study…
Future climate change may increase asthma attacks in children
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Aug 31 11
Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have found that climate change may lead to more asthma-related health problems in children, and more emergency room…
Happiness: All in who you know, goals
• Public Health • Aug 31 11
An Indiana University study that compared strategies used by extroverted college students and their less socially inclined peers found that happy people who are…
Women may get unneeded osteoporosis screening
• Endocrinology • • Gender: Female • Aug 30 11
Many women who get screened for the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis may not actually need such testing, a new study suggests.
It’s official—chocolate linked to heart health
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Aug 29 11
High levels of chocolate consumption might be associated with a one third reduction in the risk of developing heart disease, finds a study published…
Cigarette smoking causes more arterial damage in women than in men
• Gender: Female • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 29 11
The harmful effects of tobacco smoke on atherosclerosis, one of the driving forces of cardiovascular disease, are greater in women than in men. This…
Bilingual babies’ vocabulary linked to early brain differentiation
• Children's Health • • Brain • Aug 29 11
Babies and children are whizzes at learning a second language, but that ability begins to fade as early as their first birthdays.
65 million more obese adults in the US and 11 million more in the UK expected by 2030
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 28 11
The rising prevalence of obesity around the globe places an increasing burden on the health of populations, on healthcare systems and on overall economies.…
Statins reduce deaths from infection and respiratory illness, 8 years on from trial
• Infections • • Respiratory Problems • Aug 28 11
The death rate among patients prescribed a statin in a major trial that ended in 2003 is still lower than those given a placebo,…
Apixaban superior to warfarin for preventing stroke, reducing bleeding and saving lives
• Stroke • Aug 28 11
A large-scale trial finds that apixaban, a new anticoagulant drug, is superior to the standard drug warfarin for preventing stroke and systemic embolism in…
Obesity to worsen, weigh heavily on healthcare costs
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 26 11
Obesity is most widespread in Britain and the United States among the world’s leading economies and if present trends continue, about half of both…
Global Rates of Obesity Doubled in 30 Years
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 26 11
The world is becoming a heavier place, especially in the West.
Obesity rates worldwide have doubled in the last three decades, even as blood…
Call to measure duration of obesity
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 26 11
Experts say the health hazards of obesity may have been grossly underestimated because we are not measuring the condition adequately.
Risk calculations have focused…
Hospital-related infections drop under California initiative
• Infections • • Public Health • Aug 26 11
Scores of California hospitals, under pressure to reduce infections that kill an estimated 12,000 patients every year, say they have managed to cut costs…
FDA Urges Lowering Maximum Daily Dose Of Celexa
• Drug Abuse • Aug 26 11
The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that patients taking the anti-depressant Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide) take no more than 40mg a day.
Achieving realistic physical activity goals benefits RA patients
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Aug 25 11
Researchers from The Netherlands report that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have higher levels of self-efficacy for physical activity are more likely to…
85 percent of homeless people have chronic health conditions
• Public Health • Aug 24 11
More than eight out of 10 homeless people surveyed by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and elsewhere have at least one chronic health condition…
Baby research challenged in new report
• Children's Health • Aug 24 11
Tests of medical treatments in babies vary markedly in quality, at least as judged by the reports that make it into scientific journals, researchers…
Big tobacco to take Australia packaging fight to higher court
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 24 11
Cigarette giant British American Tobacco (BAT) plans to appeal an Australian court ruling that handed the tobacco industry a setback in its campaign against…
Afghanistan fights population growth with birth control
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Public Health • Aug 24 11
The Afghan government is trying to curb a booming population by promoting birth control but such efforts have been met with caution from aid…
No illegal drugs in Winehouse toxicology report
• Drug Abuse • Aug 24 11
Toxicology tests showed there was alcohol, but no illegal substances in British singer Amy Winehouse’s system when she died last month aged 27, her…
Judge sets September hearing on cigarette ads
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 24 11
A U.S. judge on Tuesday set a September hearing on the tobacco industry’s request to block Food and Drug Administration requirements for new graphic…
For sleeping babies, softer isn’t safer
• Children's Health • Aug 24 11
Lots of African American moms put soft bedding such as pillows and blankets where babies sleep, despite warnings that the cushioning increases the risk…
Many seniors leave the hospital without their meds
• Public Health • Aug 24 11
Seniors with chronic disease often leave the hospital without prescriptions for the medicine they were getting when they arrived, Canadian researchers said Tuesday.