Taking cholesterol drugs in hospital may improve stroke outcomes
• Stroke • May 21 12
A new study suggests that using cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins after having a stroke may increase the likelihood of returning home and lessen…
Not all ICUs need a specialist at night: study
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • May 21 12
Among hospital intensive care units (ICUs) with a daytime physician specially trained in critical care, adding a specialist to cover the night shift does…
Breast-fed babies’ gut microbes contribute to healthy immune systems
• Children's Health • • Immunology • May 21 12
A new multi-university study reports that differences in bacterial colonization of the infant gut in formula-fed and breast-fed babies lead to changes in the…
Scientists identify new target to battle rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • May 20 12
A new study led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery identifies the mechanism by which a cell signaling pathway contributes to the development…
Sleep disordered breathing is associated with an increased risk of cancer mortality
• Cancer • • Mortality and Morbidity • • Respiratory Problems • May 20 12
Sleep disordered breathing (SDB), which is associated with an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events and psychopathological outcomes, is also associated with an increased…
Study says children exposed to tobacco smoke face long-term respiratory problems
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 20 12
For more than three decades, researchers have warned of the potential health risks associated with exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), especially among children…
Parents are happier than non-parents, new research suggests
• Neurology • May 20 12
New research by psychologists at three North American universities, including the University of British Columbia, finds that parents experience greater levels of happiness and…
All baby boomers should get hepatitis C test -CDC
• Infections • • Public Health • May 18 12
All baby boomers should be tested at least once for the liver-destroying hepatitis C virus, according to proposed guidelines from U.S. health officials released…
Antibiotics prevent UTIs better than probiotics
• Infections • • Urine Problems • May 18 12
Antibiotics are still better than probiotics at preventing urinary tract infections, but at least “good bacteria” don’t add to a person’s antibiotic resistance, a…
California teens eat fewer calories in school
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • May 18 12
High school kids in California, a state that limits the junk food sold in vending machines, eat fewer calories in school than kids in…
Salk study may offer drug-free intervention to prevent obesity and diabetes
• Diabetes • • Obesity • May 17 12
-It turns out that when we eat may be as important as what we eat. Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have…
Bluetooth baby
• Children's Health • • Heart • May 17 12
Checking the heart of the unborn baby usually involves a stethoscope. However, an inexpensive and accurate Bluetooth fetal heart rate monitoring system has now…
New York judge with cancer makes case for marijuana
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 17 12
A cancer-stricken judge in New York has become an unlikely voice in support of legalizing the use of medical marijuana with the admission that…
Sex, age may affect athletes’ concussion recovery
• Public Health • May 16 12
Female and high school athletes may need more time to recover from a concussion than their male or college counterparts, a new study finds.
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1 in 4 stroke patients discontinue prescription drugs within 3 months
• Stroke • May 16 12
A quarter of stroke patients discontinue one or more of their prescribed secondary stroke prevention medications within three months of hospitalisation for an acute…
Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke
• Stroke • May 16 12
Stroke is the third most common overall cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the United States. New therapeutic interventions…
Study suggests lower death risk for coffee lovers
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Mortality and Morbidity • May 16 12
Older people who reported drinking a few daily cups of coffee were less likely to die over the subsequent 14 years than were those…
Data suggests drug treatment can lower U.S. crime
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 16 12
U.S. crime statistics show illegal drugs play a central role in criminal acts, providing new evidence that tackling drugs as a public health issue…
Revealing brain damage from battlefield to playing field
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • May 16 12
Traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is doubly cruel: it leaves many victims emotionally shattered and cognitively crippled.…
Higher education linked to longer life, CDC report shows
• Public Health • May 16 12
Education may not only improve a person’s finances, it is also linked to better health habits and a longer life.
For instance, people who…
Diet rich in high-fructose corn syrup may make you forgetful
• Brain • • Dieting • May 16 12
The brain freeze from that hot fudge sundae might last longer than you think.
A new UCLA study on rats is the first to…
Lead poisoning guidelines revised; more considered at risk
• Public Health • May 16 12
Up to 365,000 more children across the USA will be considered at risk of lead poisoning under new guidelines released today by the Centers…
Maternal Deaths Plunged Over 2 Decades, to About 287,000 in 2010, U.N. Reports
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • May 16 12
The number of women dying from pregnancy and childbirth has dropped sharply in the last two decades, according to a report by a consortium…
FDA Delays New Sunscreen Labeling Rules
• Drug News • • Skin Care • May 16 12
The FDA has granted sunscreen manufacturers a 6-month extension to comply with new labeling rules in order to avoid having mislabeled sunscreens on the…
Paralyzed woman uses her mind to control robot arm
• Brain • • Neurology • May 16 12
Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring…