Doctors urged to talk to patients about parking cellphones
• Public Health • Jul 31 13

Doctors urged to talk to patients about parking cellphones

Family physicians regularly counsel patients about medical risks associated with heart disease, stroke, diabetes and smoking, and a team from the University of Alberta… Doctors urged to talk to patients about parking cellphones   

 
 

BPA exposure disrupts human egg maturation
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • Jul 30 13

BPA exposure disrupts human egg maturation

As many as 20 percent of infertile couples in the United States have unexplained reasons for their infertility. Now, new research led by Catherine… BPA exposure disrupts human egg maturation   

 
 

Study Shows Combination Stroke Therapy Safe and Effective
• Stroke • Jul 30 13

Study Shows Combination STRoke Therapy Safe and Effective

The combination of the clot-busting drug tPA with an infusion of the antiplatelet drug eptifibatide dissolves blood clots safely and more quickly than tPA… Study Shows Combination Stroke Therapy Safe and Effective   

 
 

Exercise May be the Best Medicine for Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Neurology • • Physical activity -exercise • Jul 30 13

Exercise May be the Best Medicine for ALzheimer's

New research out of the University of Maryland School of Public Health shows that exercise may improve cognitive function in those at risk for… Exercise May be the Best Medicine for Alzheimer’s   

 
 

Taxing sugary beverages not a clear cut strategy to reduce obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jul 30 13

Taxing sugary beverages not a clear cut strategy to reduce OBesity

Taxing sugary beverages may help reduce calories, but the health benefits may be offset as consumers substitute other unhealthy foods, according to a… Taxing sugary beverages not a clear cut strategy to reduce obesity   

 
 

Making a change: Status quo bias in health decision making
• Public Health • Jul 30 13

Status quo bias in health decision making

Medical noncompliance - or failure to follow the doctor’s orders - is estimated to increase healthcare costs in the US by $100 billion per… Making a change: Status quo bias in health decision making   

 
 

Methamphetamine increases susceptibility to deadly fungal infection
• Infections • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 30 13

Methamphetamine increases susceptibility to deadly fungal infection

Methamphetamine use can make a person more susceptible to the lung infection cryptococcosis, according to a study published in mBio®, the online open-access journal… Methamphetamine increases susceptibility to deadly fungal infection   

 
 

Disabled children treated more harshly in developing world
• Children's Health • Jul 30 13

Disabled children treated more harshly in developing world

Children with disabilities receive harsher punishment across the developing world, according to a new study based on interviews with nearly 46,000 caregivers in 17… Disabled children treated more harshly in developing world   

 
 

Young cannabis-smokers aware of the health risks
• Children's Health • • Trauma & Injuries • Jul 29 13

Young cannabis-smokers aware of the health risks

91 percent of on average 20-year-old Swiss men drink alcohol, almost half of whom drink six beverages or more in a row and are… Young cannabis-smokers aware of the health risks   

 
 

Women Lack Guidance for Sex After MI
• Gender: Female • • Heart • • Sexual Health • Jul 25 13

Women Lack Guidance for Sex After MI

Women resume sex with partners after a heart attack, but do so with worries of another one and without counseling from a healthcare professional,… Women Lack Guidance for Sex After MI   

 
 

A promising target to treat asthma
• Asthma • Jul 25 13

A promising target to treat ASthma

An enzyme known for its role in heart disease may well be a promising target to treat asthma. Researchers from the University of Iowa… A promising target to treat asthma   

 
 

Smoking in pregnancy tied to kids’ conduct problems
• Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 24 13

SMoking in pRegnancy tied to kids' conduct problems

Children of women who smoked cigarettes during pregnancy are more likely to have behavioral problems than those whose mothers didn’t light up, says a… Smoking in pregnancy tied to kids’ conduct problems   

 
 

Improving medicine acceptance in kids: A matter of taste
• Children's Health • Jul 24 13

Improving medicine acceptance in kids: A matter of taste

Despite major advances in the pharmaceutical treatment of disease, many children reject medicines due to an aversion to bitter taste. As such, bitterness presents… Improving medicine acceptance in kids: A matter of taste   

 
 

Univ. of MD finds that marijuana use in adolescence may cause permanent brain abnormalities
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 24 13

MArijuana use in adolescence may cause permanent brain abnormalities

Regular marijuana use in adolescence, but not adulthood, may permanently impair brain function and cognition, and may increase the risk of developing serious psychiatric… Univ. of MD finds that marijuana use in adolescence may cause permanent brain abnormalities   

 
 

Better healthcare for less money, if you can find it
• Public Health • Jul 24 13

Better healthcare for less money, if you can find it

Consumers intrigued by the new model of accountable healthcare - which promises better-coordinated care that could save lots of money - are going to… Better healthcare for less money, if you can find it   

 
 

Physical inactivity, poor diet and smoking linked to disability in older population
• Dieting • • Aging and Gerontology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 24 13

Physical inactivity, poor diet and smoking linked to disability in older population

Disability is commonly defined as “difficulty or dependency in carrying out activities essential to independent living”. With the number of disabled people expected to… Physical inactivity, poor diet and smoking linked to disability in older population   

 
 

Athletes need to be careful to monitor diet, weight to maintain muscle mass
• Dieting • • Obesity • Jul 23 13

Athletes need to be careful to monitor diet, weight to maintain muscle mass

Athletes seeking a healthy performance weight should eat high fiber, low-fat food balanced with their training regimen in order to maintain muscle while still… Athletes need to be careful to monitor diet, weight to maintain muscle mass   

 
 

Optimists are better at regulating stress
• Neurology • Jul 23 13

Optimists are better at regulating stress

It’s no surprise that those who tend to see a rose’s blooms before its thorns are also better at handling stress. But science has… Optimists are better at regulating stress   

 
 

Faster, simpler diagnosis for fibromyalgia may be on the horizon
• Arthritis • • Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jul 23 13

Faster, simpler diagnosis for FIbromyalgia may be on the horizon

Researchers have developed a reliable way to use a finger-stick blood sample to detect fibromyalgia syndrome, a complicated pain disorder that often is difficult… Faster, simpler diagnosis for fibromyalgia may be on the horizon   

 
 

A new player in brain disease and stroke
• Brain • • Stroke • Jul 23 13

A new player in brain disease and STroke

In degenerative brain diseases and after stroke, nerve cells die while their support cells activate the brain’s immune system to cause further damage. Now… A new player in brain disease and stroke   

 
 

Cannabis constituent has no effect on MS progression, study shows
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 23 13

CAnnabis constituent has no effect on MS progression

The first large non-commercial clinical study to investigate whether the main active constituent of cannabis (tetrahydrocannabinol or THC) is effective in slowing the course… Cannabis constituent has no effect on MS progression, study shows   

 
 

A new weapon against stroke
• Stroke • Jul 23 13

A new weapon against STroke

One of regenerative medicine’s greatest goals is to develop new treatments for stroke. So far, stem cell research for the disease has focused on… A new weapon against stroke   

 
 

Plain packaging seems to make cigarettes less appealing and increase urgency to quit smoking
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 23 13

Plain packaging seems to make cigarettes less appealing

Plain packaging for cigarettes seems to make tobacco less appealing and increase the urgency to quit smoking, suggest early findings from Australia, published in… Plain packaging seems to make cigarettes less appealing and increase urgency to quit smoking   

 
 

Antioxidants - too much of a good thing?
• Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Jul 22 13

Antioxidants - too much of a good thing

In older men, a natural antioxidant compound found in red grapes and other plants - called resveratrol - blocks many of the cardiovascular benefits… Antioxidants - too much of a good thing?   

 
 

Generic Lipitor Recall
• Drug News • Jul 21 13

Generic LIpitor Recall

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc., a major maker of generic Lipitor, has issued a massive recall of the cholesterol-cutting tablets, which may be contaminated with tiny… Generic Lipitor Recall   

 
 
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