FDA warns against use of Pfizer’s Revatio in children
• Children's Health • • Drug Abuse • Aug 31 12
U.S. health regulators recommended against use of Pfizer Inc’s pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) drug Revatio in children up to 17 years of age,…
Diabetes can DOUBLE your risk of stroke
• Diabetes • • Stroke • Aug 30 12
Diabetes can DOUBLE your risk of stroke, so why aren’t patients told to cut their blood pressure?
Adrian Scott was driving on a dual…
Lighting and music affect food consumption and satisfaction in surprising ways
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 30 12
It’s more than just the food that makes McDonalds different from a fine dining restaurant-the lighting and the music contribute to create two very…
Cannabis, IQ and the law
• Brain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 29 12
Heavy marijuana use is associated with cognitive decline in about 5% of teens, according to a new study, which suggests that the heaviest users…
‘Happiness’ gene discovered in women
• Gender: Female • • Genetics • Aug 29 12
Researchers have identified a gene in women that fuels happiness, Medical News Today reported.
Low expression of the gene MAOA (monoamine oxidase A) was…
Yosemite officials say 1,700 visitors risk disease
• Public Health • Aug 29 12
The rustic tent cabins of Yosemite National Park _ a favorite among families looking to rough it in one of the nation’s most majestic…
NYU-Poly Researchers Set Record for Detecting Smallest Virus, Opening New Possibilities for Early Disease Detection
• Public Health • Aug 29 12
Researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) have created an ultra-sensitive biosensor capable of identifying the smallest single virus particles in solution,…
Fifty and fit means fewer chronic diseases after 65
• Aging and Gerontology • Aug 29 12
Here’s a message that every one of those derisive “Turning 50?” birthday cards ought to carry: A new study finds that those who are…
Panel Supports Expanding Use of the Abbott Drug Humira
• Drug News • Aug 29 12
Abbott Laboratories won support from a federal drug panel on Tuesday for wider use of its popular rheumatoid arthritis drug, Humira, for treating…
Research team analyzes stress biology in babies
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Aug 28 12
After waking up, the concentration of the stress hormone cortisol in saliva rises considerably; this is true not only for grown-ups but for babies…
Tattoo Inks Pose Health Risks
• Infections • • Skin Care • Aug 26 12
Tempted to get a tattoo? Today, people from all walks of life have tattoos, which might lead you to believe that tattoos are completely…
What Causes Gallstones in Children?
• Children's Health • Aug 25 12
Gallstones are hardened accumulations of chemicals in the gallbladder. They form through a process called cholelithiasis, and generally range from a few millimeters to…
Obese teens getting gallstones
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 25 12
Children are increasingly suffering from gallstones, traditionally thought of as a problem confined to adults, because they are becoming so overweight, a study has…
Driver’s seat safer than sidewalk for older adults
• Aging and Gerontology • • Public Health • Aug 23 12
Driving gets more dangerous with age, but older adults may be more vulnerable while walking on the sidewalk than behind the wheel, says a…
Thyroid surgery costlier with robotic system
• Endocrinology • • Surgery • Aug 23 12
Surgery to remove part of the thyroid gland is twice as expensive when it’s done with the help of a robot rather than by…
More strokes after bypass than stent procedures
• Heart • • Stroke • Aug 23 12
People undergoing bypass surgery to improve blood flow to the heart are more likely to suffer a stroke afterward than those who have a…
Tattoo infections linked to manufacturers’ ink
• Infections • Aug 23 12
Contaminated tattoo ink caused at least 22 skin and soft tissue infections last fall in four U.S. states, according to an analysis released on…
30 minutes of daily exercise does the trick
• Public Health • Aug 23 12
Forty percent of Danish men are moderately overweight. For thirteen weeks, a research team at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences followed 60…
MRI findings shed light on multiple sclerosis
• Neurology • Aug 22 12
New magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research shows that changes in brain blood flow associated with vein abnormalities are not specific for multiple sclerosis (MS)…
Antibiotic use in infants before 6 months associated with being overweight in childhood
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 22 12
Treating very young infants with antibiotics may predispose them to being overweight in childhood, according to a study of more than 10,000 children by…
New attack on pain
• Arthritis • • Pain • Aug 22 12
The research relates to a family of molecules firstly discovered in Melbourne that applied to blood cell development. One of these, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating…
Research identifies mechanism responsible for eye movement disorder
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Neurology • Aug 22 12
Discovery could lead to therapies for this condition, and a better understanding of how genetic mutations in the nervous system cause movement disorders in…
U.S. parents’ top worry: Lack of exercise
• Children's Health • Aug 21 12
Most U.S. parents agree couch-potato kids are the biggest children’s health problem, a U.S. survey indicates.
The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital…
Melons cause of salmonella illness
• Food & Nutrition • • Infections • Aug 21 12
Mississippi is among the 20 states where people have become ill from salmonella in cantaloupe.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says…
Obesity ‘bad for brain’ by hastening cognitive decline
• Brain • • Obesity • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 21 12
Being overweight is not just bad for waistlines but for brains too, say researchers who have linked obesity to declining mental performance.
Experts are…