Meditation, exercise may cut sick days from colds
• Public Health • Jul 18 12
Meditating or exercising could drastically cut the number of days people feel sick and miss work due to respiratory illnesses like colds and the…
Chocolate can be good for you: EU regulator
• Food & Nutrition • Jul 18 12
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has ruled that cocoa powder and dark chocolate can help people improve blood circulation - a claim made…
Tooth fillings made with BPA tied to behavior issues
• Children's Health • • Dental Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 16 12
Kids who get dental fillings made using BPA are more likely to have behavior and emotional problems a few years later, according to a…
Walking to school, sports tied to teen weight
• Children's Health • • Weight Loss • Jul 16 12
Teens who play a couple of team sports and walk or bike to school are less likely to be overweight or obese, says a…
Fertility Tx May Alter Cancer Risk
• Cancer • • Fertility and pregnancy • Jul 15 12
The unsuccessful use of fertility drugs was associated with a reduced risk of young-onset breast cancer, although women who did go on to conceive…
ACL reconstruction technique improves outcomes in pediatric patients
• Children's Health • • Surgery • Jul 14 12
A new study demonstrates the superiority of a specific technique to perform anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in children. In recent years, the number…
Twenty percent of US women were uninsured in 2010, up from 15 percent in 2000
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Jul 14 12
Twenty percent of U.S. women (18.7 million) ages 19-64 were uninsured in 2010, up from 15 percent (12.8 million) in 2000, according to a…
Public favors posthumous reproduction, with consent
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Public Health • Jul 14 12
Many Americans may think it’s OK to retrieve sperm or eggs from a dead or dying spouse in order to have children in the…
Keep a journal, don’t skip meals to shed weight: study
• Weight Loss • Jul 14 12
Want to drop those extra pounds without starving yourself? Keeping a food journal, not skipping meals and eating out less often, particularly for lunch,…
Could Wii nunchuks make screen time healthier?
• Weight Loss • Jul 14 12
Active video games might help people burn more calories than couch-based screen time, but those who play active games tend to undo most of…
Should you know if a trainee does your eye surgery?
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jul 14 12
Eye care programs around the U.S. do not seem to have clear rules on whether to tell patients that a doctor in training will…
Lubricants may not harm fertility
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Pregnancy • Jul 10 12
In a study that tracked couples trying to conceive, researchers found no differences in the success rates of those who used over-the-counter lubricant products…
H1N1 vaccine tied to small Guillain-Barre risk
• Drug Abuse • • Flu • Jul 10 12
Older adults who got the H1N1 flu vaccine in 2009 had a slightly increased risk of Guillain-Barre Syndrome - but the shots weren’t linked…
Moms’ caffeine not tied to kids’ behavior problems
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Pregnancy • Jul 10 12
If your kindergartner is hyperactive, there’s no reason to blame the caffeine you had during pregnancy, new research suggests.
In a study of more…
Smoking in movies may turn teens to cigarettes: study
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 10 12
Youth who watch a lot of movies with cigarette-smoking characters, no matter what the film’s rating is, are more likely to start smoking themselves,…
Study confirms uncircumcised boys’ UTI risk
• Children's Health • • Sexual Health • • Urine Problems • Jul 10 12
Baby boys who are uncircumcised have an increased risk of urinary tract infection - whether their foreskin is “tight” or not, a study published…
PG-13 Movies Tied to Kids’ Smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 10 12
Smoking in movies rated PG-13 seems to have the biggest impact on teen and tween experimentation with tobacco, researchers found.
Kids 10 to 14…
Cancer screening rates comparable for those with and without rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Cancer • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jul 10 12
New research reveals that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients do not receive fewer cancer screening tests than the general population. Results of the study, funded…
Tobacco Use More Prevalent among African-American Adolescents Living in Public Housing Communities, MU Researcher Says
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 10 12
Today, nearly 4,000 adolescents in the United States will smoke their first cigarette, and about a fourth of those youth will become daily smokers,…
Schools don’t see teen dating violence as a priority
• Children's Health • Jul 09 12
Despite research showing up to a third of U.S. teens experience dating violence, a new study finds a majority of high schools don’t have…
On-screen smoking may turn teens on to cigarettes
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 09 12
Youth who watch a lot of movies with cigarette-smoking characters - whether the films are rated R or PG-13 - are more likely to…
Babies in dog-owning families may be healthier
• Children's Health • Jul 09 12
Dogs are no longer just man’s best friend: The furry family members may also protect infants against breathing problems and infections, a new study…
Knee ligament injuries may be more common in men: study
• Trauma & Injuries • Jul 09 12
Men have a greater number of knee ligament injuries than women, despite research suggesting that women’s knees are more prone to anterior cruciate ligament…
FDA Closes Door on Unapproved Pain Meds
• Drug Abuse • • Pain • Jul 06 12
Some oxycodone - a drug frequently in headlines of news articles about addiction - has been freely marketed without FDA approval, a problem that…
Can you hear me now? New strategy discovered to prevent hearing loss
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Jul 06 12
If you’re concerned about losing your hearing because of noise exposure (earbud deafness syndrome), a new discovery published online in the FASEB Journal offers…