How obesity alters the brain area involved in body weight control
• Brain • • Obesity • Dec 27 11
The number of people who suffer from one or more of the adverse complications of obesity, including type 2 diabetes and heart disease is…
Toddlers don’t listen to their own voice like adults do
• Children's Health • Dec 23 11
When grown-ups and kids speak, they listen to the sound of their voice and make corrections based on that auditory feedback. But new evidence…
Fish oil may hold key to leukemia cure
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 23 11
A compound produced from fish oil that appears to target leukemia stem cells could lead to a cure for the disease, according to Penn…
Surgery complications down with better teamwork
• Surgery • Dec 21 11
Hospitals that introduced a program to boost communication and teamwork among doctors and nurses saw a decrease in surgery-related complications, according to a new…
California sperm donor at odds with federal regulators
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Public Health • Dec 21 11
An electronics company engineer who the U.S. government considers a one-man sperm bank has fathered an estimated 14 children through free donations of his…
Experimental malaria vaccine shows early promise
• Drug News • Dec 21 11
British scientists have developed an experimental malaria vaccine that may have the potential to neutralize all strains of the most deadly species of malaria…
Breastfeeding saved babies in 19th- Century Montreal
• Children's Health • Dec 20 11
Breastfeeding increased infant survival rates in 19th -Century Montreal in two major ways, according to research from Concordia University and McGill University. Mother’s milk…
Mediterranean diet gives longer life
• Dieting • Dec 20 11
A Mediterranean diet with large amounts of vegetables and fish gives a longer life. This is the unanimous result of four studies to be…
Elite athletes at greater risk for arthritis
• Arthritis • Dec 17 11
Elite male athletes who participate in high-contact sports like football, soccer and rugby have a higher risk of developing knee and hip arthritis later…
States to weigh in on basic health coverage
• Public Health • Dec 17 11
U.S. health officials will allow states to select the basic set of medical benefits that must be offered by insurance plans participating in new…
Endophenotype strategies for the study of neuropsychiatric disorders
• Neurology • Dec 16 11
The identification of genes that contribute to a susceptibility to complex neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, major depression and bipolar disorders has been not…
Winter diets? The secret is to chill the extremities
• Dieting • Dec 16 11
Although the temperate climates of central Europe provide plentiful food in summer, finding enough to eat is much more problematic in winter. Many small…
UCSF-led team discovers cause of rare disease
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Dec 16 11
A large, international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco has identified the gene that causes a rare…
Brain stimulation may help some stroke patients
• Brain • • Stroke • Dec 15 11
Treating stroke patients who have lost control and awareness of one side of their body with magnetic stimulation to the brain may improve their…
Eye injuries down in women’s lacrosse
• Eye / Vision Problems • Dec 15 11
Eye injuries among female lacrosse players dropped dramatically after US Lacrosse, the governing board for the sport, required protective eyewear in 2004, according to…
Helicopter not always better for stroke patients
• Stroke • Dec 14 11
The conventional wisdom that helicopters are the best way to transport all stroke patients treated with clot-busting drugs may not be correct, a small…
Obesity and diabetes epidemics spur increase in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Dec 14 11
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) occurs when fat builds up in the liver. This accumulation of fat damages the liver and leads to cirrhosis. NASH is…
Some back pain patients can skip the MRI: study
• Backache • Dec 13 11
People who get steroid injections to ease back pain do not need an MRI scan, which does little to help doctors assess and treat…
Studies may have overestimated cellphone crash risk
• Public Health • • Trauma & Injuries • Dec 13 11
Increased risk of having a car crash attributed to cellphone use may have been overestimated in some past studies, a new analysis suggests.
So-called…
Life after cigarettes
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 13 11
Life without cigarettes is not all doom and gloom. In fact, successful quitters are more satisfied with their lives and feel healthier, both one…
Do You Hear What I Hear?
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Dec 12 11
Jingle bells, carols, and holiday greetings are all the sounds that help make the holiday season special. But, those holiday sounds also give people…
World’s tiniest preemies are growing up and doing fine
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • Dec 12 11
In 1989, Madeline Mann became the world’s smallest surviving baby after she was born at Loyola University Medical Center. She weighed 280 g. (9.9…
Gene therapy proves effective for hemophilia B
• Genetics • Dec 11 11
A single treatment with gene therapy, an experimental technique for fixing faulty genes, has been shown to boost output of a vital blood clotting…
Vitamin D doesn’t prevent heart attack or cancer
• Cancer • • Heart • Dec 09 11
Among seniors with a high risk of bone fractures, taking vitamin D or calcium pills has no impact on their chances of dying from…
Few hospitals aggressively combat catheter-associated urinary tract infections
• Infections • • Urine Problems • Dec 08 11
Hospitals are working harder than ever to prevent hospital-acquired infections, but a nationwide survey shows few are aggressively combating the most common one –…