Mexico could legalize marijuana in five years: former president
• Addiction • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Jul 21 13
Mexico could legalize marijuana within the next five years, stripping brutal drug cartels of a major source of income, former President Vicente Fox said…
Hobby Lobby wins a stay against birth control mandate
• Public Health • Jul 21 13
A federal judge has temporarily exempted Hobby Lobby Stores Inc from a requirement in the 2010 healthcare law that it offer workers insurance coverage…
Calcium Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Disease and Death in Patients With Kidney Disease
• Heart • • Urine Problems • Jul 21 13
Kidney patients who take calcium supplements to lower their phosphorus levels may be at a 22 per cent higher risk of death than those…
Why many abortion clinics in Texas may stay open despite new law
• Public Health • Jul 21 13
Most of the Texas clinics that abortion rights advocates predict will close because of a new law requiring tighter health and safety standards likely…
Longer Duration of Obesity Associated With Subclinical Coronary Heart Disease
• Heart • • Obesity • Jul 18 13
In a study of adults recruited and followed up over the past 3 decades in the United States, longer duration of overall and abdominal…
Personality May Predict If You Like Spicy Foods
• Food & Nutrition • Jul 18 13
Certain aspects of an individual’s personality may be a determining factor in whether they like their food plain and bland or spicy and…
Digital health records may save some money: study
• Public Health • Jul 17 13
Switching to electronic health records may lead to a small reduction in spending per patient at doctors’ offices, according to a new study.
Researchers…
FDA grants emergency approval for test to detect MERS
• Infections • • Public Health • Jul 17 13
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization on Tuesday for a diagnostic test to detect the presence of the Middle East coronavirus…
Timing of first solid food tied to child diabetes risk
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • Jul 14 13
When babies already at increased risk for type 1 diabetes had their first solid foods before four months of age or after six months,…
Undiagnosed pre-diabetes highly prevalent in early Alzheimer’s disease study
• Brain • • Diabetes • • Neurology • Jul 14 13
When Georgetown University neurologist R. Scott Turner, MD, PhD, began enrolling people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease into a nationwide study last…
Eating fruits and vegetables tied to longer life
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 12 13
Eating fewer than five servings of fruit and vegetables each day is linked with a higher chance of dying early, according to a large…
Texas abortion restrictions headed for approval in state Senate
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Public Health • Jul 12 13
A Republican proposal that would ban most abortions in Texas after 20 weeks of pregnancy moved toward a possible final vote in the state…
Lab tests key to identifying, treating infectious diseases
• Infections • Jul 11 13
A new guide developed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) will help physicians appropriately and…
Preventing cell death in osteoarthritis
• Arthritis • Jul 11 13
UK scientists have found a naturally occurring molecule in the body which may have important consequences for treating osteoarthritis. Researchers from The University of…
Parental divorce in childhood is linked to raised inflammation in adulthood
• Children's Health • Jul 11 13
People who experience parental divorce during childhood have higher levels of an inflammatory marker in the blood which is known to predict future health,…
The aging population and emergency departments
• Emergencies / First Aid • Jul 09 13
As the population gets older, and the baby boomers begin to enter their 60’s and 70’s, one might assume that the number of trips…
US farm subsidy policies contribute to worsening obesity trends
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jul 09 13
Agricultural subsidies are responsible for making those processed and energy-dense foods that contribute to the American epidemic of obesity the most affordable options…
Placebo effect largely ignored in psychological intervention studies
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 08 13
Many brain-training companies tout the scientific backing of their products - the laboratory studies that reveal how their programs improve your brainpower. But according…
The cheapest way to diet? Drink at least a litre of WATER a day
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 08 13
Forget expensive gym memberships or ‘miracle’ diet pills, researchers have found the cheapest way to lose weight is by simply drinking more water.
A…
How to reduce the risk of West Nile virus
• Infections • • Public Health • Jul 08 13
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a report on the early discovery of the year’s first mosquito carrying the West Nile…
WHO sets up emergency committee on MERS virus
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Jul 07 13
The World Health Organization is forming an emergency committee of international experts to prepare for a possible worsening of the Middle East coronavirus (MERS),…
Protecting drinking water systems from deliberate contamination
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Jul 05 13
An international project has developed a response programme for rapidly restoring the use of drinking water networks following a deliberate contamination event.
The importance…
New study reveals important role of insulin in making breast milk
• Diabetes • • Gender: Female • • Pregnancy • Jul 05 13
Why do so many mothers have difficulty making enough milk to breastfeed? A new study by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and…
Cosmetic surgery to look whiter fails to boost women’s self-esteem
• Cosmetics • • Public Health • Jul 05 13
Many black or racially mixed women in Venezuela are undergoing nose jobs in an effort to look whiter, but the procedure only temporarily improves…
Three million Europeans catch infections in hospital annually
• Infections • • Public Health • Jul 05 13
On any given day, some 80,000 patients in Europe are fighting an infection they picked up in hospital, often while in intensive care, the…