Poor breakfast in youth linked to metabolic syndrome in adulthood
• Dieting • • Obesity • Jan 29 14
It is often said that breakfast is important for our health and a study conducted by Umeå University, published in Public Health Nutrition supports…
How does the brain create sequences?
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 26 14
When you learn how to play the piano, first you have to learn notes, scales and chords and only then will you be able…
Music therapy’s positive effects on young cancer patients’ coping skills, social integration
• Alternative Medicine • • Cancer • Jan 26 14
A new study has found that adolescents and young adults undergoing cancer treatment gain coping skills and resilience-related outcomes when they participate in a…
Mother’s high-fat diet alters metabolism in offspring, leading to higher obesity risk
• Dieting • • Obesity • Jan 23 14
The offspring of obese mothers consuming a high-fat diet during pregnancy are at a higher risk than the children of thin mothers for lifelong…
Physical activity significantly extends lives of cancer survivors
• Physical activity -exercise • Jan 23 14
Physical activity significantly extends the lives of male cancer survivors, a new study of 1,021 men has found.
During the period while the men…
Researchers Discover Potential Drug Targets for Early Onset Glaucoma
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 23 14
Using a novel high-throughput screening process, scientists have for the first time identified molecules with the potential to block the accumulation of a toxic…
Deaths higher for heart attack patients at night and weekends
• Heart • • Mortality and Morbidity • Jan 21 14
Mortality is higher, and emergency treatment takes longer, for heart attack patients who arrive at hospital during the night or at weekends compared with…
Fast eye movements: A possible indicator of more impulsive decision-making
• Neurology • Jan 21 14
Using a simple study of eye movements, Johns Hopkins scientists report evidence that people who are less patient tend to move their eyes with…
Probability of blindness from glaucoma has nearly halved
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 21 14
The probability of blindness due to the serious eye disease glaucoma has decreased by nearly half since 1980, according to a study published this…
Researchers identify innate channel that protects against pain
• Neurology • • Pain • Jan 21 14
Scientists have identified a channel present in many pain detecting sensory neurons that acts as a ‘brake’, limiting spontaneous pain. It is hoped that…
Older brains slow due to greater experience, rather than cognitive decline
• Brain • • Aging and Gerontology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 21 14
What happens to our cognitive abilities as we age? Traditionally it is thought that age leads to a steady deterioration of brain function, but…
Study finds decreased life expectancy for multiple sclerosis patients
• Neurology • Jan 21 14
The first large scale study in the U.S. on the mortality of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been published and provides new information…
People who enjoy life maintain better physical function as they age
• Aging and Gerontology • • Physical activity -exercise • Jan 20 14
People who enjoy life maintain better physical function in daily activities and keep up faster walking speeds as they age, compared with people who…
Vitamin D status associated with multiple sclerosis activity, progression
• Neurology • Jan 20 14
Vitamin D status appears to be associated with reduced disease activity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and a slower rate of disease progression,…
Toddlers’ aggression is strongly associated with genetic factors
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Neurology • Jan 20 14
The development of physical aggression in toddlers is strongly associated genetic factors and to a lesser degree with the environment, according to a new…
Researchers identify possible explanation for link between exercise & improved prostate cancer
• Cancer: Prostate • • Physical activity -exercise • Jan 19 14
Men who walked at a fast pace prior to a prostate cancer diagnosis had more regularly shaped blood vessels in their prostate tumors…
New hope for Gaucher patients
• Genetics • Jan 19 14
What causes brain damage and inflammation in severe cases of Gaucher disease? Little is known about the events that lead to brain pathology in…
York scientists investigate the fiber of our being
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 19 14
We are all aware of the health benefits of “dietary fibre”. But what is dietary fibre and how do we metabolise it?
Research at…
Cleveland Clinic identifies mechanism in Alzheimer’s-related memory loss
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 19 14
Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified a protein in the brain that plays a critical role in the memory loss seen in Alzheimer’s patients, according…
Nationwide minimally invasive surgery rates triple for pancreatic disease
• Surgery • Jan 15 14
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report a three-fold increase in the use of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) across the…
Most Practice Guideline Recommendations Based on Less-Than-Ideal Quality of Evidence
• Public Health • Jan 15 14
A study published in the January issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings shows that most clinical practice guidelines for interventional procedures (e.g., bronchoscopy, angioplasty) are…
Popular blood type diet debunked
• Dieting • Jan 15 14
Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T) have found that the theory behind the popular blood type diet—which claims an individual’s nutritional…
Brain regions ‘tune’ activity to enable attention
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 15 14
The brain appears to synchronize the activity of different brain regions to make it possible for a person to pay attention or concentrate on…
How much does it cost to have a baby in a hospital?
• Childbirth • • Public Health • Jan 15 14
Women giving birth in California can face a huge cost difference in their hospital bills, according to a new UC San Francisco study.
The…
Does taking multiple medicines increase your risk of being admitted to hospital?
• Public Health • Jan 15 14
Patients with a single illness who take many drugs have an increased risk of being admitted to hospital, but for patients with multiple conditions,…