Can a placebo reduce the urge to cough?
• Respiratory Problems • Jun 16 12
The desire to cough after inhaling the spicy substance in chili peppers can be soothed by a placebo, suggesting that coughing can be controlled…
Vitamin D plus calcium tied to longer life
• Dieting • • Aging and Gerontology • Jun 16 12
Older adults who take vitamin D and calcium supplements may live a bit longer than their peers, a new research review suggests.
Researchers found…
Soft drink consumption not the major contributor to childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jun 14 12
Most children and youth who consume soft drinks and other sweetened beverages, such as fruit punch and lemonade, are not at any higher risk…
Contraceptive pill, ring tied to higher stroke risk
• Stroke • Jun 14 12
The largest study to examine the risks of hormone-based birth control has concluded the contraceptives carry a small risk of stroke and heart attack,…
Childhood obesity linked to math performance, MU researcher says
• Obesity • Jun 14 12
Childhood obesity has increased dramatically throughout the past 40 years and has been tied to many health problems. Now, a University of Missouri researcher…
Childhood obesity found linked to math performance
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jun 14 12
Obesity among children has increased dramatically over the past 40 years and has been tied to many health problems. Now a new study has…
You’re more likely to die on your birthday: report
• Public Health • Jun 14 12
It’s the most unwelcome birthday surprise: death.
People are 14% more likely to die on the day they were born than any other day…
Health spending likely to keep rising with or without Obama’s plan
• Public Health • Jun 14 12
Even as President Obama’s healthcare law expands health coverage and transforms the way millions of Americans get medical care, it will have little effect…
Lack of Sleep Can Lead to Unhealthy Food Choices
• Food & Nutrition • Jun 14 12
Two recent studies presented at the SLEEP Medicine Conference in Boston this week suggest that sleep deprivation may lead to poor or unhealthy food…
Just what America needs: Pizza vending machines
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 14 12
Ever have a sudden urge for crisp-crusted, ooey-gooey, cheesy pizza? You want it STAT. Not in the time it takes to preheat the oven…
Innovations in anticoagulation for stroke prevention
• Stroke • Jun 13 12
New scientific findings in anticoagulation for stroke prevention are paving the way for updates to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the…
Male doctors make $12K more per year than female doctors
• Public Health • Jun 13 12
Male doctors make more money than their female counterparts, even when factoring in medical specialty, title, work hours, productivity and a host of other…
Many poor pregnant women with HIV go untreated for depression
• AIDS/HIV • • Depression • • Gender: Female • Jun 13 12
It seems logical that programs to screen and manage depression in pregnant, HIV-positive Medicaid patients should already be in place, but they aren’t.
It’s…
Fewer maternal and child deaths
• Gender: Female • • Mortality and Morbidity • Jun 13 12
Since 1990, annual maternal deaths have declined by almost one half and the deaths of young children have declined from 12 million to 7.6…
‘Bad’ dieting increases cardiovascular disease risk
• Dieting • • Heart • Jun 10 12
A 25 year study in Northern Sweden, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Nutrition Journal, is the first to show that a regional…
4 more test positive in hepatitis investigation
• Infections • Jun 10 12
State health officials say four more cases of hepatitis C involving patients at Exeter Hospital have been identified in addition to the 10 who…
Junk Food More Appealing When You’re Sleepy: Study
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 10 12
Unhealthy foods, such as sweets and chips, are more appealing to people who haven’t had enough sleep, new research suggests.
When researchers examined the…
Kids don’t eat less when serving themselves
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 08 12
Allowing pre-schoolers to help themselves to food is thought to teach kids healthy eating habits like portion control, but a new study finds that…
UNICEF targets deadly diarrhea, pneumonia in poor kids
• Infections • • Public Health • Jun 08 12
Concerted efforts to control diarrhea and pneumonia, the biggest killers of children under the age of five, could save the lives of up to…
Eating fruits and vegetables may help smokers quit
• Dieting • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 08 12
Eating fruits and vegetables may help some people quit smoking, a new study suggests.
In the study, smokers who ate the most fruit and…
Smoking negatively affects response to anti-TNF treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 08 12
A new study presented today at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, reinforces current thinking that smoking negatively affects…
Re-Defining Future Stroke Risk among Pre-Diabetics
• Diabetes • • Stroke • Jun 08 12
Millions of pre-diabetic Americans may be at increased risk of future stroke, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine…
Second-Hand Smoke Affects Bladder Function in Children
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • • Urine Problems • Jun 08 12
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, parents are responsible for 90 percent of children’s exposure to environmental (second-hand) tobacco smoke. Children with mothers who…
Safe, simple eye test may help save lives by preventing stroke
• Stroke • Jun 08 12
A simple eye test may someday offer an effective way to identify patients who are at high risk for stroke, say researchers at the…
U.S. administration ready for health ruling: Sebelius
• Public Health • Jun 07 12
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Thursday the administration will be ready to respond if the Supreme Court strikes down all…