Can a decade of dark chocolate protect your heart?
• Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Jun 01 12
A scientific study likely to stir the souls of chocoholics has suggested that eating dark chocolate every day for 10 years could reduce the…
Fewer food choices don’t help weight loss: study
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • Jun 01 12
Reducing people’s options for junk foods helps them to cut back on the amount of calories they take in, but it doesn’t reduce their…
Juvenile arthritis patients may have issues maintaining employment as adults
• Arthritis • May 31 12
As children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) grow into adulthood, disability due to disease may adversely affect their ability to achieve educational success. Findings…
Understanding the links between inflammation and chronic disease
• Public Health • May 31 12
American parents may want to think again about how much they want to protect their children from everyday germs.
A new Northwestern University study…
Who says girls can’t compete athletically with boys?
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • May 31 12
An Indiana University study that looked at performance differences between male and female childhood athletes found little difference in certain age groups, even though…
How Exercise Can Jog the Memory
• Brain • • Neurology • May 30 12
It’s well established that exercise substantially changes the human brain, affecting both thinking and emotions. But a sophisticated, multifaceted new study suggests that the…
Sleepy, drunken drivers equally dangerous: study
• Public Health • • Trauma & Injuries • May 30 12
Being sleepy behind the wheel is almost as bad as drinking and driving, suggests a new study from France.
The study, published as a…
Genes predict if medication can help you quit smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 30 12
The same gene variations that make it difficult to stop smoking also increase the likelihood that heavy smokers will respond to nicotine-replacement therapy and…
Cambodian girl, 10, dies from bird flu: WHO
• Flu • • Infections • • Public Health • May 30 12
A 10-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization said Monday, the country’s third fatality from the virulent disease this…
ED Protocol Pegs Low-Risk Cardiac Patients Quickly
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Heart • May 29 12
An accelerated diagnostic protocol in the emergency department identified a sizable group of symptomatic patients who were at low risk of having a short-term…
Too much vitamin D can be as unhealthy as too little
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • May 29 12
Scientists know that Vitamin D deficiency is not healthy. However, new research from the University of Copenhagen now indicates that too high a level…
Exercise, vitamin D may prevent falls: guidelines
• Aging and Gerontology • May 29 12
Older adults who are at high risk of falls should have physical therapy and take vitamin D supplements to reduce their chance of injury,…
Marijuana May Relieve Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 29 12
The advocates of proposition 19, the bill that tried to legalize cannabis in California, must be turning cartwheels at the news coming out of…
Cannabis fails to slow progress of multiple sclerosis in UK study
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 29 12
Cannabis capsules failed to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis in a large British study, dealing a blow to hopes that the drug could…
Aspirin ‘may prevent skin cancer’
• Cancer • • Drug News • May 29 12
People who take aspirin tablets or similar painkillers on a regular basis cut their risk of developing skin cancer - including the most deadly…
Sunscreen: How To Use It Effectively
• Skin Care • May 29 12
Sunscreen is a must for people living in Colorado, as the higher elevation makes the chances of sun damage - or worse, skin cancer…
Women get less information on post-cancer fertility: study
• Cancer • • Fertility and pregnancy • May 28 12
Cancer treatment can sometimes lead to infertility, but young women are far less likely than young men to be informed of this, according to…
Pediatricians raise caution on sensory-based therapy
• Children's Health • May 28 12
Occupational therapy for kids who are over- or under-sensitive to sound, touch or other senses could help improve their symptoms - but parents and…
Friend groups may encourage kids to be more active
• Children's Health • May 28 12
Kids in after-school programs often increase their own physical activity if they make friends who run and jump around more than they do, a…
As Obesity Rates Rise, Cases of Kidney Stones Double: Study
• Obesity • • Urine Problems • May 27 12
The number of Americans suffering from kidney stones has almost doubled since 1994, researchers report, and the obesity epidemic is the most likely reason…
Keep Food Safety in Mind This Memorial Day Weekend
• Nutrition and Food Safety • May 27 12
Picnics, parades and cookouts are as much a part of Memorial Day weekend as tributes to the United States’ war veterans.
But, before tucking…
Exercise Helps Older Adults Stay Fit
• Aging and Gerontology • May 27 12
People tend to exercise less as they grow older, but keeping physically active is essential for remaining healthy and independent, an expert says.
“Exercise…
French smokers unite against curbs
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 27 12
French smokers have formed a lobby to “defend their rights” against what they perceive as unfair curbs imposed by the state, the group’s leaders…
Physical Education Is Good for Kids’ Grades, Study Finds
• Children's Health • May 27 12
Boosting students’ levels of physical education improves their grades, a new, small study says.
Swedish researchers followed more than 200 schoolchildren, starting from first…
Pool access for the disabled sparks controversy
• Public Health • May 27 12
The Obama administration is sidestepping an election-year confrontation with the hotel industry and other pool owners to give them more time to comply with…