Don’t just sit there! Prolonged sitting linked to early mortality in women
• Gender: Female • • Mortality and Morbidity • Jan 15 14
A woman’s body at rest will remain at rest – and that means health woes for older women.
Led by Cornell University nutritional scientist…
Diabetes blood glucose targets are risk free, research shows
• Diabetes • Jan 15 14
Diabetes research led by the University of Exeter Medical School has underlined the importance of people with diabetes achieving their blood sugar goals, to…
Parental leave policies best promote gender equity and well-being in women’s health
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Jan 15 14
Government policies that allow both parents to take time off after a child is born provide positive benefits for the physical and mental health…
Wayne State discovers potential treatment for better heart health in hemodialysis patients
• Heart • • Urine Problems • Jan 15 14
Researchers at Wayne State University have discovered a potential way to improve the lipid profiles in patients undergoing hemodialysis that may prevent cardiovascular disease…
Study finds later school start times improve sleep and daytime functioning in adolescents
• Children's Health • • Sleep Aid • Jan 15 14
Julie Boergers, Ph.D., a psychologist and sleep expert from the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center, recently led a study linking later school start times…
How fiber prevents diabetes and obesity
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Obesity • Jan 15 14
Scientists have known for the past twenty years that a fiber-rich diet protects the organism against obesity and diabetes but the mechanisms involved have…
Prevalence of hepatitis C infection found to vary widely among Hispanics
• Infections • • Public Health • Jan 13 14
The first study of hepatitis C infection among different Hispanic groups in the U.S. has found that infection with the virus varies widely, with…
Scripps Research Institute Scientists Develop Promising Drug Candidates for Pain, Addiction
• Addiction • • Pain • Jan 13 14
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have described a pair of drug candidates that advance the search for new…
How the immune system fights off malaria
• Immunology • • Infections • Jan 13 14
The parasites that cause malaria are exquisitely adapted to the various hosts they infect - so studying the disease in mice doesn’t necessarily reveal…
Benefits of cognitive training can last 10 years in older adults
• Brain • • Aging and Gerontology • • Neurology • Jan 13 14
Exercises meant to boost mental sharpness can benefit older adults as many as 10 years after they received the cognitive training, researchers said…
Mutation discovery may improve treatment for rare brain tumor type
• Brain • • Cancer • • Genetics • Jan 13 14
Scientists have identified a mutated gene that causes a type of tenacious, benign brain tumor that can have devastating lifelong effects. Currently, the tumor…
White parents more likely to use age-appropriate car seats than non-whites
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Jan 13 14
White parents reported higher use of age-appropriate car seats for one- to seven-year-old children than non-white parents, according to a new University of Michigan…
2 players produce destructive cascade of diabetic retinopathy
• Diabetes • • Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 13 14
The retina can be bombarded by reactive oxygen species in diabetes, prompting events that destroy healthy blood vessels, form leaky new ones and ruin…
Self-medicating moms more likely to give kids pain meds
• Children's Health • • Pain • Jan 10 14
Mothers who frequently use over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers are more likely to give them to their children too, according to a new Danish…
Text messaging boosts flu vaccine rates in pregnant women
• Flu • • Pregnancy • Jan 10 14
A study by researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health evaluated the impact of text messaging reminders for influenza vaccine in a low-income…
Fad diets can work, but experts find no magic slimming bullet
• Dieting • Jan 10 14
Resolutions to lose weight are often made in January yet almost as frequently abandoned as heavy hopefuls find diets that demand fasting, virtually no…
China reports one more H7N9 bird flu death
• Flu • • Public Health • Jan 10 14
China reported one more death from the H7N9 strain of bird flu in eastern Fujian province, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday.
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Parent involvement can help kids get more active
• Children's Health • Jan 10 14
Very few kids get the amount of physical activity they need every day, but a new study from Canada finds that parental support may…
Roche’s Tamiflu for children temporarily in short supply in U.S.
• Children's Health • • Drug News • Jan 10 14
In what is shaping up to be a tough and widespread flu season in the United States, one of the leading medicines used to…
Eating tree nuts tied to lowered obesity risk
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jan 10 14
A new U.S. study adds to growing evidence that nuts - once considered too fattening to be healthy - may in fact help keep…
Effects of eating half an avocado with lunch on satiety & desire to eat between meals
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jan 08 14
New research published in the November issue of Nutrition Journal reports adding one-half of a fresh avocado to a lunch may have helped…
AML Score That Combines Genetic and Epigenetic Changes Might Help Guide Therapy
• Cancer • • Genetics • Jan 08 14
Currently, doctors use chromosome markers and gene mutations to determine the best treatment for a patient with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). But a new…
Study shows women continue to outlive men as numbers of centenarians on the rise
• Aging and Gerontology • Jan 08 14
The number of centenarians in Ontario increased by more than 70 per cent over the last 15 years with women making up more…
Nutrition guidelines needed for full-service restaurant chains
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 07 14
Food prepared away from home is typically higher in calories and lower in nutrition than food prepared at home, but it now makes…
8 million lives saved since surgeon general’s tobacco warning 50 years ago
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 07 14
A Yale study estimates that 8 million lives have been saved in the United States as a result of anti-smoking measures that began 50…