Food for thought: can fish lower your stroke risk?
• Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • Sep 23 11
People who eat fish a few times each week are slightly less likely to suffer a stroke than those who only eat a little…
Opioids linked to higher risk of pneumonia in older adults
• Aging and Gerontology • Sep 23 11
Opioids - a class of medicines commonly given for pain - were associated with a higher risk of pneumonia in a study of 3,061…
Heart drug offers possible treatment for patients facing respiratory failure
• Respiratory Problems • Sep 23 11
Treatment with the calcium-sensitizing drug levosimendan may be effective in improving muscle function in patients with respiratory muscle weakness, which often accompanies chronic diseases…
Cigarette makers, FDA clash over new graphic ads
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 22 11
Cigarette makers clashed with regulators in U.S. federal court over new graphic labels and advertising that use pictures of rotting teeth and diseased lungs…
U.S. health officials push flu shots for all
• Flu • • Public Health • Sep 22 11
U.S. health officials are looking to capitalize on significant gains in flu vaccination rates with a new campaign emphasizing the need for all Americans…
Lung cancer linked to risk of stroke
• Cancer: Lung • • Stroke • Sep 22 11
People recently diagnosed with lung cancer are at higher risk of having a stroke than those without lung tumors, suggests a large new study…
Vitamin D deficiency linked with airway changes in children with severe asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Sep 22 11
Children with severe therapy-resistant asthma (STRA) may have poorer lung function and worse symptoms compared to children with moderate asthma, due to lower levels…
Foreign children take at least 6 years to learn the language used in school
• Children's Health • Sep 21 11
There are now more and more foreign children in the classroom, and many of them speak a different language to that of their sociolinguistic…
Stressed and strapped: Caregivers for friends, relatives suffer emotional and financial strain
• Aging and Gerontology • • Public Health • Sep 21 11
Family members or friends caring for aging or disabled individuals in California are under both financial and emotional strain and are likely to face…
Back Pain? Move, Don’t Rest!
• Backache • Sep 21 11
Move if you have back pain, this is the advice of a researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Patients with acute low…
Deadly Link Between High Salt Intake And Obesity May Be Explained
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Sep 21 11
Deadly Link Between High Salt Intake And Obesity May Be Explained By Abnormal Activation Of A Protein
Dietary salt intake and obesity are…
How key genes cooperate to make healthy skin
• Genetics • • Skin Care • Sep 20 11
Skin is the body’s armor, protecting us from disease agents, injury, excessive water loss, and cold and heat. Yet mutations in a single gene,…
Abnormal activation of a protein may explain deadly link between high salt intake and obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Sep 20 11
Dietary salt intake and obesity are two important risk factors in the development of high blood pressure. Each packs its own punch, but when…
Lower Rate Of Childhood Hospitalizations Due To Flu In The USA Than Canada
• Flu • • Public Health • Sep 20 11
Proportionally fewer US young children are hospitalized due to flu than in Canada, because the USA expanded its recommendations for seasonal flu shots to…
Link found between percentage of minority trauma patients in a hospital and increased odds of dying
• Trauma & Injuries • Sep 20 11
The odds of dying appear to increase for patients treated at hospitals with higher proportions of minority trauma patients, although racial disparities may partly…
Chronic disease to cost $47 trillion by 2030: WEF
• Public Health • Sep 19 11
The global economic impact of the five leading chronic diseases - cancer, diabetes, mental illness, heart disease, and respiratory disease - could reach $47…
WHO says $1.20 a person could curb chronic diseases
• Public Health • Sep 19 11
Poorer countries could introduce measures to prevent and treat millions of cases of cancer, heart disease, diabetes and lung disease for a little as…
Child abuse climbs with recession: study
• Children's Health • Sep 19 11
As the U.S. economy began to tank, the number of abused kids landing in the hospital with severe brain injuries spiked, a new study…
African children face life without healthcare
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Sep 19 11
Hundreds of millions of African children will never see a health care worker in their lifetime, increasing their chances of dying from preventable diseases,…
Apples, Pears May Reduce Stroke Risk
• Dieting • • Stroke • Sep 19 11
Eating lots of white-fleshed fruit such as apples and pears may significantly reduce the risk of stroke.
In a new study, Dutch researchers set…
Causes of Gulf War Illness are complex and vary by deployment area
• Public Health • Sep 19 11
Gulf War Illness (GWI) - the chronic health condition that affects about one in four military veterans of the 1991 Gulf War - appears…
Shake Hands with the Invisible Man
• Public Health • Sep 19 11
Like DNA, fingerprints are unique to each person or set of identical twins. That makes them a valuable identification tool for everything from crime…
Future solutions - Global Cardiovascular Disease
• Treatment and Prevention of chronic disease • • Global Cardiovascular Disease • Sep 17 11
Several next steps toward implementing cardiovascular disease-reduction programs include utilizing the established resources for delivering health care and developing risk assessment tools to target…
Public Health interventions - Global Cardiovascular Disease
• Treatment and Prevention of chronic disease • • Global Cardiovascular Disease • Sep 17 11
As the cardiovascular disease epidemic adds to existing burdens in developing countries, the challenges are great, but a multitude of opportunities also are available…
Global Cardiovascular Disease: An Expanding Burden with Expanding Solutions
• Treatment and Prevention of chronic disease • • Global Cardiovascular Disease • Sep 17 11
Historically, in a country such as India, the vast majority of the population suffered from malnutrition and acute diseases, especially infectious diseases. Chronic diseases,…