Certain kids with diabetes are most at risk for excess weight: study
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Obesity • May 31 14
Children and teens with type 1 diabetes are already at increased risk for becoming overweight or obese, but certain traits make the odds even…
Exposure to smoke in cars may worsen asthma: study
• Asthma • May 31 14
People with asthma may face increased risk from secondhand smoke exposure while riding in the close quarters of a vehicle, according to U.S.…
The dark side of acetaminophen
• Drug Abuse • May 30 14
There is a drug - probably sitting in your purse, desk drawer or medicine cabinet - that is widely considered one of the world’s…
Where one lives matters in the relationship between obesity and life satisfaction
• Obesity • May 29 14
A new study suggests that how one compares weight-wise with others in his or her community plays a key role in determining how satisfied…
How long should HCV treatment last? Study suggests answers are complex
• Infections • May 29 14
As new treatments for hepatitis C virus (HCV) are approved, biomedical scientists are exploring their mechanisms and what they reveal about the virus. An…
Exercise reduces mobility problems among older adults: study
• Aging and Gerontology • • Physical activity -exercise • May 28 14
People in their 70s and 80s who took part in a moderate-intensity exercise program over several years were more likely to retain their ability…
Economic slowdown tied to rise in obesity in richer nations: OECD
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 28 14
The rate of obesity continues to climb across the world’s most developed countries, with certain nations and groups of people such as women and…
Migrating stem cells possible new focus for stroke treatment
• Stroke • May 27 14
Two years ago, a new type of stem cell was discovered in the brain that has the capacity to form new cells. The same…
What Role Does MSG Play in Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease?
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • May 27 14
The commonly used food additive monosodium glutamate (MSG) has been linked to obesity and disorders associated with the metabolic syndrome including progressive liver disease.…
E-cigarettes: Not a healthy alternative to smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 27 14
Caveat emptor - or “buyer beware” holds true when it comes to the unknown health effects of e-cigarettes. An article in the June…
Fighting cancer with dietary changes
• Cancer • • Dieting • May 26 14
Calorie restriction, a kind of dieting in which food intake is decreased by a certain percentage, has been touted as way to help people…
Weight could be a factor in treating rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Weight Loss • May 26 14
People who are overweight when they are diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis are less likely to be able to control the disease well in…
Sound and vision: Visual cortex processes auditory information too
• Brain • • Eye / Vision Problems • • Neurology • May 26 14
Scientists studying brain process involved in sight have found the visual cortex also uses information gleaned from the ears as well as the eyes…
Groups call for more exercise after stroke
• Physical activity -exercise • • Stroke • May 23 14
People who have had a stroke can often benefit from moderate exercise, doctors and physical therapists report.
In a scientific statement from the American…
Study shows how common obesity gene contributes to weight gain
• Genetics • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • May 23 14
Researchers have discovered how a gene commonly linked to obesity - FTO - contributes to weight gain. The study shows that variations in FTO…
Health-care professionals must be aware of rarer causes of headaches in pregnancy
• Headaches • • Migraine • • Pregnancy • May 23 14
Most headaches in pregnancy and the postnatal period are benign, but healthcare professionals must be alert to the rarer and more severe causes of…
Light exercise linked to less disability
• Physical activity -exercise • May 23 14
People who engage in plenty of light movement have a lower risk of developing a disability and losing their capacity to care for themselves,…
Panel of 11 genes predicts alcoholism risk, gives new insights into biology of the disease
• Genetics • May 22 14
A group of 11 genes can successfully predict whether an individual is at increased risk of alcoholism, a research team from the United States…
Could cannabis curb seizures? Experts weed through the evidence
• Epilepsy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 22 14
The therapeutic potential of medical marijuana and pure cannabidiol (CBD), an active substance in the cannabis plant, for neurologic conditions is highly debated. A…
Review says inexpensive food a key factor in rising obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • May 22 14
A new review summarizes what is known about economic factors tied to the obesity epidemic in the United States and concludes many common beliefs…
Intuitions about the causes of rising obesity are often wrong, researchers report
• Obesity • May 22 14
Everything you think you know about the causes of rising obesity in the U.S. might be wrong, researchers say in a new report.
…Healthy diet linked with better lung function in COPD patients
• Dieting • • Respiratory Problems • May 22 14
Sure, everyone knows a healthy diet provides lots of health benefits for patients with respiratory diseases, but now a new study has shown a…
Study questions role of vitamin D in asthma
• Asthma • May 20 14
Giving people with asthma and low vitamin D levels extra doses of the vitamin doesn’t do much to help their lungs, a new…
Researchers to study whether mobile phones affect teenage brains
• Children's Health • • Brain • May 20 14
British researchers are launching the largest study in the world to investigate whether using mobile phones and other wireless gadgets might affect children’s brain…
Unhealthy food taxes vital to fight obesity: U.N. investigator
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • May 19 14
Unhealthy diets pose a greater risk to global health than the increasingly regulated sale of tobacco and governments should move fast to tax harmful…