Few Americans Know All the Risks of Obesity
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jan 08 13
Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but what about the many other ways obesity can damage your health?
Physicians learn to ask about exercise
• Heart • • Public Health • Jan 08 13
Roll up a sleeve for the blood pressure cuff. Stick out a wrist for the pulse-taking. Lift your tongue for the thermometer. Report how…
Obese Moms Risk Having Babies With Low Vitamin D
• Gender: Female • • Obesity • • Pregnancy • Jan 08 13
Women who are obese at the start of their pregnancy may be passing on insufficient levels of vitamin D to their babies, according to…
Sublingual immunotherapy shows promise as treatment for peanut allergy
• Allergies • • Immunology • Jan 08 13
Peanuts are one of the most common triggers of severe food-induced allergic reactions, which can be fatal, and the prevalence of peanut allergy is…
Why do age-related macular degeneration patients have trouble recognizing faces?
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 08 13
Abnormalities of eye movement and fixation may contribute to difficulty in perceiving and recognizing faces among older adults with age-related macular degeneration (AMD),…
All in the family: A genetic link between epilepsy and migraine
• Epilepsy • • Migraine • Jan 07 13
New research reveals a shared genetic susceptibility to epilepsy and migraine. Findings published in Epilepsia, a journal of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE),…
Breastfeeding Tips Women Share Intrigues Doctors
• Childbirth • • Gender: Female • Jan 07 13
Breastfeeding can be a difficult time for both mother and baby, so using cabbage leaves and tea bags to ease pain or eating oatmeal…
Childhood obesity: Jeremy Hunt threatens food industry with legislation
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 07 13
The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has said he will consider introducing new laws to limit the amount of sugar, salt and fat in processed…
Should I stop drinking alcohol in January?
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 07 13
Is there anyone left to have a drink with in January? Two charities, Alcohol Concern and Cancer Research UK are encouraging people to have…
Women should support each other over weight, says minister
• Gender: Female • • Weight Loss • Jan 07 13
Women should not be so willing to criticise each other for being supposedly overweight, Jo Swinson, the equalities minister, has said.
Early start for Rotherham smokers
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 06 13
ONE in seven youngsters in Rotherham take up smoking by the age of 15.
The annual report of the Rotherham Tobacco Control Alliance says…
Back to school means back to flu
• Children's Health • • Flu • Jan 06 13
Parents taking their children back to school Monday should be prepared for their kids to bring home something extra: the flu.
Few people know obesity can cause more harm to health than just heart disease, diabetes
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Obesity • Jan 06 13
Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but what about the many other ways obesity can damage your health?
2012 was worst year for whooping cough since 1955
• Infections • • Public Health • Jan 06 13
The United States just suffered its worst year for whooping cough in nearly six decades, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the Centers…
Two Chinese women die from H1N1 flu in Beijing: state media
• Flu • • Public Health • Jan 06 13
Two Chinese women have died from the H1N1 flu strain in Beijing in the past 10 days, Chinese state media said on Sunday, the…
Shifting the balance between good fat and bad fat
• Fat, Dietary • Jan 06 13
Sanford-Burnham researchers show that protein p62 balances metabolism in fat tissue - making it an attractive target for anti-obesity therapies
Genetically modified food labeling measure to qualify for Washington state ballot
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Jan 06 13
A measure to require special labeling of genetically modified foods appeared virtually certain to qualify for the ballot in Washington state on Friday, two…
New food safety rules aim for more accountability
• Public Health • • Nutrition and Food Safety • Jan 06 13
U.S. regulators proposed new food safety rules on Friday that aim to make food processors and farms more accountable for reducing foodborne illnesses that…
Researchers identify an early predictor for glaucoma
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 03 13
A new study finds that certain changes in blood vessels in the eye’s retina can be an early warning that a person is at…
Study refutes accepted model of memory formation
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 03 13
A study by Johns Hopkins researchers has shown that a widely accepted model of long-term memory formation — that it hinges on a single…
Risk genes for Alzheimer’s and mental illness linked to brain changes at birth
• Brain • • Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 03 13
Some brain changes that are found in adults with common gene variants linked to disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, and autism can…
Electric stimulation of brain releases powerful, opiate-like painkiller
• Headaches • • Migraine • • Pain • Jan 03 13
Researchers used electricity on certain regions in the brain of a patient with chronic, severe facial pain to release an opiate-like substance that’s considered…
Nature-inspired advance for treating sensitive teeth
• Dental Health • • Public Health • Jan 03 13
Taking inspiration from Mother Nature, scientists are reporting an advance toward preventing the tooth sensitivity that affects millions of people around the world. Their…
Previous Studies on Toxic Effects of BPA Couldn’t be Reproduced, says MU Research Team
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Jan 03 13
Following a three-year study using more than 2,800 mice, a University of Missouri researcher was not able to replicate a series of previous studies…
Physician review websites rely on few patient reviews
• Public Health • Jan 03 13
Millions of Americans read physician ratings on websites such as Healthgrades.com, but such ratings are based on scores from an average of only 2.4…