Baby with ‘bucket list’ dies
• Public Health • May 04 12
The 6-month-old girl whose parents created a “bucket list” blog for their daughter after doctors said she would not live past age 2 died…
Pork and Genes: How Pork Smells Genetically Determined, Says Study
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 04 12
If you find the smell of pork revolting, it could be because that’s how you’re genetically programmed to perceive it, according to a new…
Warfarin Edges Out Aspirin in Heart Failure
• Heart • • Stroke • May 04 12
Warfarin was no better than aspirin in reducing the composite of stroke of any kind or death in heart failure patients in sinus rhythm,…
Drinking energy and sports drinks like “bathing” teeth in acid
• Dental Health • • Dieting • May 04 12
Energy drinks and sports drinks might provide a quick boost for consumers, but at the cost of their teeth. A new study finds people…
Kentucky lags U.S. in lowering teen birth rate
• Childbirth • • Public Health • May 04 12
Hannah Watkins, a 17-year-old junior at Jefferson County Public Schools’ South Park Teen Age Parent Program, said she’s glad to hear about the national…
Deadly infection claims San Francisco VA lab worker
• Infections • May 04 12
State and federal health officials are investigating how a rare and virulent bacteria strain appears to have killed a young researcher at a VA…
Too many babies being born too soon
• Childbirth • • Pregnancy • May 04 12
Babies born in wealthier countries generally stayed in the womb longer.
But the rate of prematurity in the United States remains high, at more…
Lupus Nephritis - New Guidelines Issued
• Urine Problems • May 04 12
Lupus nephritis is a kidney disorder caused by a complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Unlike previous guidelines, the new ACR guidelines are specific…
Washington state on track for major pertussis epidemic
• Infections • May 04 12
Public health officials in Washington state have confirmed more than 1,100 cases of whooping cough so far this year in what is on track…
What are the benefits of jogging
• Physical activity -exercise • • Public Health • May 04 12
Jogging has many mental and health benefits, especially in the cardiovascular purposes. This is supported by the fact that the jogging is six most…
Jogging ‘adds five years or more to life’
• Public Health • May 04 12
As little as an hour a week is enough to deliver the surprising health benefit, according to the medics, who studied the longevity of…
New guidelines deliver concise messages for implementing cardiovascular prevention
• Heart • • Public Health • May 03 12
The latest cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines have been overhauled to produce a user friendly document with concise messages that awards greater weight than…
Regular jogging shows dramatic increase in life expectancy
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • May 03 12
Undertaking regular jogging increases the life expectancy of men by 6.2 years and women by 5.6 years, reveals the latest data from the Copenhagen…
Vitamins E, C no help against vision disorder
• Eye / Vision Problems • May 03 12
Taking vitamins E and C may do nothing to protect aging eyes from macular degeneration - the leading cause of vision loss in older…
HBO Teams with Feds to Tackle Obesity
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 02 12
Cable television station HBO has once again partnered with federal officials to raise awareness of a major public health crisis through a documentary series…
Biologic Saves Joints in Psoriatic Arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • May 02 12
Patients with psoriatic arthritis had minimal structural changes in their joints with golimumab through 2 years of treatment, a researcher reported here.
The mean…
As preterm births soar globally, U.S. ranks 130 of 184
• Childbirth • • Public Health • May 02 12
The world’s developed countries have seen their average rate of premature births double to 6 percent since 1995, despite efforts to reduce the phenomenon,…
Stroke Victims Not Receiving Timely Diagnosis, Care
• Stroke • May 02 12
The mantra in stroke care is “time is brain.” With each passing minute more brain cells are irretrievably lost and, because of this, timely…
Why underweight babies become obese
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 02 12
It seems improbable that a baby born underweight would be prone to obesity, but it is well documented that these children tend to put…
New Report Shows 15 Million Babies Born Too Soon Every Year
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • May 02 12
The first-ever national, regional, and global estimates of preterm birth reveals that 15 million babies are born too soon every year and 1.1 million…
Nepal’s “magic” surgeon brings light back to poor
• Eye / Vision Problems • May 02 12
Dressed in his hospital scrubs, Sanduk Ruit looks into the eyes of a patient through a microscope hanging over an operating table.
He makes…
Is There a Link Between Mood and Glucose Control in Diabetes?
• Brain • • Diabetes • • Neurology • May 02 12
When blood sugar levels in diabetes are poorly controlled, patients tend to have more complications such as depression and other mood disturbances, including anxiety…