Can Mild Hypothermia Treatment Improve Neuron Survival After Traumatic Brain Injury?
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • Sep 24 13
Moderate reductions in body temperature can improve outcomes after a person suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI). New research that identifies positive effects of…
Retail investment: A barometer for teen obesity?
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 24 13
When it comes to addressing the obesity epidemic, fast food restaurants are a favorite target, with some communities, such as the city of Los…
Racial and ethnic disparities exist in ER pain management for children with abdominal pain
• Children's Health • • Pain • Sep 24 13
Pediatric researchers have found race- and ethnicity-based disparities in pain management and length of stay among children who came to hospital emergency departments for…
Recommendations guide physicians in treatment of systemic juvenile arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Sep 24 13
In the U.S., there are nearly 300,000 children with juvenile arthritis and other rheumatic illnesses according to estimates from the American College of Rheumatology…
Why do you want to eat the baby?
• Children's Health • • Gender: Female • Sep 23 13
What woman has not wanted to gobble up a baby placed in her arms, even if the baby is not hers? This reaction, which…
Breastfeeding fraught with early challenges for many first-time mothers
• Children's Health • • Gender: Female • • Public Health • Sep 23 13
Most new mothers in the United States begin breastfeeding when their children are born, but new research shows that those who report early concerns…
Electronic cigarettes stub out no-smoking signs
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 21 13
Thanks to electronic cigarettes, it may now be easier to get away with smoking on an airplane than with using a cellphone. The…
Researchers identify a switch that controls growth of most aggressive brain tumor cells
• Brain • • Neurology • Sep 21 13
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a cellular switch that potentially can be turned off and on to slow down, and eventually…
Stronger Sexual Impulses, Not Weaker Self-Control, May Explain Why Men Cheat More Than Women, Study Reveals
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • • Sexual Health • Sep 21 13
A recently published study strongly suggests men succumb to sexual temptations more than women - for example, cheating on a partner - because they…
Overwhelming burden, cost of Alzheimer’s to triple, report says
• Brain • • Neurology • Sep 20 13
Karen Garner sometimes catches her husband, Jim, crying in the kitchen of their Virginia home. “All I’m good for now is doing the dishes…
Vitamin B supplements might reduce your risk of stroke
• Stroke • Sep 20 13
Taking vitamin B supplements might help to reduce your risk of a stroke, according to new evidence published today in the journal Neurology.
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Statin use tied to cataract development: study
• Drug Abuse • • Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 20 13
The risk of developing cloudy lenses in the eyes may be linked to the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, according to a…
Versatile proteins could be new target for Alzheimer’s drugs
• Brain • • Drug News • Sep 20 13
A class of proteins that controls visual system development in the young brain also appears to affect vulnerability to Alzheimer’s disease in the aging…
New protein knowledge offers hope for better cancer treatment
• Cancer • Sep 20 13
When the pharmaceutical industry develops new medicines – for example for cancer treatment – it is important to have detailed knowledge of the body’s…
Cleveland Clinic study shows long-term effects of bariatric surgery in patients with Type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Surgery • • Weight Loss • Sep 19 13
Overweight patients with type 2 diabetes continue to experience the benefits of bariatric surgery up to nine years after the procedure, according to new…
Older Adults Live Longer With A Few Extra Pounds - If They Don’t Add More
• Aging and Gerontology • • Obesity • Sep 19 13
Some overweight older adults don’t need to lose weight to extend their lives, but they could risk an earlier death if they pack on…
New research on potential avocado health benefits presented at International Congress of Nutrition
• Food & Nutrition • Sep 19 13
New research findings on avocado consumption, presented as two posters at the IUNS 20th International Congress of Nutrition, in Granada, Spain suggest that although…
Moderate exercising encourages a healthier lifestyle
• Public Health • Sep 18 13
Interdisciplinary research at the University of Copenhagen explains why moderate exercising is more motivating than hard training. The findings have just been published in…
Novel gene discovery could lead to new HIV treatments
• AIDS/HIV • • Genetics • Sep 18 13
A team of researchers led by King’s College London has for the first time identified a new gene which may have the ability to…
Services lacking for young gay black men
• Depression • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Sexual Health • Sep 18 13
Physical, sexual and emotional abuse among young gay black men is a pervasive problem, yet there remains a lack of social services and resources…
How old memories fade away
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 18 13
If you got beat up by a bully on your walk home from school every day, you would probably become very afraid of the…
Parental stress of caring for a chronically ill child can affect all family members, finds Case Western Reserve researchers
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 18 13
The extra demands on parents of chronically ill children cause stress that affects the whole family, according to a systematic review conducted by Case…
Different hormone therapy formulations may pose different risks for heart attack and stroke
• Heart • • Stroke • Sep 18 13
Post-menopausal women whose doctors prescribe hormone replacement therapy for severe hot flashes and other menopause symptoms may want to consider taking low doses…
AstraZeneca looks for new heart drug approval by next May
• Drug News • • Heart • Sep 18 13
U.S. regulators have accepted an experimental fish oil-based heart drug from AstraZeneca for review and will make a decision on whether to approve it…
Financial incentives motivate sedentary adults to exercise
• Physical activity -exercise • • Public Health • Sep 17 13
A review study published today finds that financial incentives –as modest as $5 per week – can increase the amount of exercise people do.
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