Meningitis outbreak rises to 205 cases: CDC
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 15 12
Seven more people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
Nestle to cut sugar and salt in breakfast cereals
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Oct 15 12
Nestle SA and General Mills Inc will cut sugar and salt in the children’s breakfast cereals they jointly market outside North America, the latest…
CDC says one new death from meningitis; number of cases at 197
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 15 12
Another person has died from fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, bringing the death toll in an unprecedented outbreak…
Can a few cherries a day keep gout away?
• Arthritis • • Dieting • • Rheumatic Diseases • Oct 13 12
Cherries may no longer be for just topping off ice cream sundaes; in a new study of people with gout, eating the fruit was…
Smoking may lead to cataracts in aging population
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 13 12
Cigarette smoking is a well-known risk factor for a wide-range of diseases. Now, scientists have evidence that smoking may also increase the risk…
The Cost Of Getting The Flu
• Flu • Oct 12 12
That coughing and wheezing you hear from the next office is a sign that it’s flu season once again. That means it’s time to…
Stopping the itch - new clues into how to treat eczema
• Allergies • • Dermatology • Oct 12 12
More than 15% of children suffer with eczema, or atopic dermatitis, an inflammatory skin disease that in some cases can be debilitating and disfiguring.…
All healthcare professionals need training to deal with the sexual needs of patients
• Public Health • • Sexual Health • Oct 12 12
Providing healthcare staff with a one-day training course on dealing with the sexual needs of people with an acquired physical disability gave them greater…
New treatments for epilepsy, behavioral disorders could result from Wayne State studies
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • Oct 12 12
Three studies conducted as part of Wayne State University’s Systems Biology of Epilepsy Project (SBEP) could result in new types of treatment for the…
Safety results of intra-arterial stem cell clinical trial for stroke presented
• Stroke • Oct 12 12
Early results of a Phase II intra-arterial stem cell trial for ischemic stroke showed no adverse events associated with the first 10 patients,…
Quiz, already used in elderly, could determine death risk for kidney dialysis patients of all ages
• Aging and Gerontology • • Urine Problems • Oct 12 12
A simple six-question quiz, typically used to assess disabilities in the elderly, could help doctors determine which kidney dialysis patients of any age are…
Study sees rise in young stroke sufferers
• Stroke • Oct 11 12
Strokes are most common in old age, but U.S. research suggests that lifestyle is putting younger people increasingly at risk for suffering strokes too.
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Eat chocolate, win the Nobel Prize?
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Oct 11 12
Of all the chocolate research out there, the most unabashed tribute to the “dark gold” has to be a study just published in one…
Is your boss watching your cholesterol?
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 10 12
If you’re an employee who’s looking to save money or make more of it, here’s a little advice: Step away from the cigarettes and…
German cabinet approves bill allowing circumcision of boys
• Public Health • • Sexual Health • • Urine Problems • Oct 10 12
Germany’s cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday protecting the right to circumcise infant boys, which it says will end months of legal…
Satiation hormone could increase risk of diabetes, heart attack and breast cancer in women
• Cancer: Breast • • Diabetes • • Heart • Oct 10 12
The findings have been presented in a study from Lund University in Sweden, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
“It was…
Vigorous physical activity may increase risk of bleeding for children with hemophilia
• Children's Health • • Anemia • • Physical activity -exercise • Oct 10 12
In children and adolescents with hemophilia, vigorous physical activity was associated with an elevated risk of bleeding, although it appears the absolute increase in…
Hormone level linked with increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, death
• Cancer: Breast • • Diabetes • • Endocrinology • • Heart • Oct 10 12
Plasma levels of proneurotensin are associated with the development of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular and total mortality, and breast cancer in women during long-term…
UMass Amherst biochemists open path to molecular ‘chaperone’ therapy for metabolic disease
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Oct 10 12
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers, experts in revealing molecular structure by X-ray crystallography, have identified two new small “chaperone” molecules that may be useful…
Electronic health records shown to improve the quality of patient care
• Public Health • Oct 10 12
A new study by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, provides compelling evidence that electronic health records…
Study: Non-genetic factors play role in non-diabetic kidney disease among African-Americans
• Diabetes • • Urine Problems • Oct 09 12
The high rate of non-diabetic kidney disease in African-Americans is strongly associated with variations in a particular gene. Yet, not everyone who inherits these…
Glowing DNA invention points towards high speed disease detection
• Genetics • Oct 09 12
Many diseases, including cancers, leave genetic clues in the body just as criminals leave DNA at the scene of a crime. But tools to…
Scientists discover gene behind rare disorders
• Genetics • Oct 09 12
Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro, McGill University working with a team at Oxford University have uncovered the genetic…
When implanted medical devices go wrong, who pays?
• Public Health • Oct 08 12
Insurance companies, often stuck with the tab for health services when a medical device fails, are ready to share the pain.
As the number…
UK nitrogen cocktail drinker has stomach removed
• Public Health • • Surgery • Oct 08 12
British surgeons removed a teenager’s stomach to save her life after she drank a cocktail made with liquid nitrogen during a night out with…