Smokers consume same amount of cigarettes regardless of nicotine levels
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 23 14
Cigarettes with very low levels of nicotine may reduce addiction without increasing exposure to toxic chemicals, according to a new study from the University…
From happiness to pain: Understanding serotonin’s function
• Neurology • • Pain • Aug 23 14
In a study published today (August 22nd), in the scientific journal PLoS One, researchers at the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme establish the effect of serotonin…
Losing weight lowers health care costs for adults with type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Weight Loss • Aug 23 14
Overweight individuals with diabetes who lose weight by dieting and increasing their physical activity can reduce their health care costs by an average of…
Mortality Rises With Changes in Urologic Care
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Urine Problems • Aug 22 14
The incidence of preventable inpatient deaths associated with common urologic procedures increased significantly over a 12-year period coinciding with a shift of more procedures…
Vegan Diet Eases Diabetic Neuropathy Pain
• Dieting • • Pain • Aug 22 14
A plant-based diet may help relieve diabetic nerve pain, according to a randomized trial presented here.
In the 15-patient DINE study, patients with…
Nigeria confirms 2 new Ebola cases
• Infections • • Public Health • Aug 22 14
Two new cases of Ebola have emerged in Nigeria and, in an alarming development, they are outside the group of caregivers who treated an…
Children with autism ‘have too many synapses in their brain’
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 22 14
A new study by researchers from the Columbia University Medical Center in New York, NY, finds that children and adolescents with autism have too…
Reduced-nicotine cigarettes ‘do not lead to increased smoking intensity’
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 22 14
Researchers have previously been concerned that cigarettes with reduced levels of nicotine could lead to smokers increasing the intensity of their habit in order…
Fungus deadly to AIDS patients found to grow on trees
• AIDS/HIV • • Infections • Aug 21 14
Researchers have pinpointed the environmental source of fungal infections that have been sickening HIV/AIDS patients in Southern California for decades. It literally grows on…
Low birth weight linked to higher incidence of type 2 diabetes in African American women
• Childbirth • • Diabetes • Aug 21 14
African American women born at a low or very low birth weight may be at a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The…
High prevalence of opioid use by Social Security disability recipients, reports Medical Care
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 14 14
More than 40 percent of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) recipients take opioid pain relievers, while the prevalence of chronic opioid use is over…
A husband’s declining health could put Taiwanese women at risk for health issues
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • Aug 14 14
The death of a spouse undoubtedly brings with it stress, anxiety and uncertainty. Now, a report by Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public…
New culprit identified in metabolic syndrome
• Obesity • Aug 08 14
A new study suggests uric acid may play a role in causing metabolic syndrome, a cluster of risk factors that increases the risk of…
Natural light in office boosts health
• Public Health • Aug 08 14
Office workers with more light exposure at the office had longer sleep duration, better sleep quality, more physical activity and better quality of life…
Do women and men ride differently?
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • Aug 08 14
Scientists at the Vetmeduni in Vienna have analysed how horses are affected by the sex of their riders. Various parameters of stress were…
Losing weight won’t make you happy
• Weight Loss • Aug 07 14
Weight loss significantly improves physical health but effects on mental health are less straightforward, finds new UCL research funded by Cancer Research UK.
In…
How critically ill infants can benefit most from human milk
• Children's Health • Aug 07 14
Human milk is infant food, but for sick, hospitalized babies, it’s also medicine. That’s the central premise of a series of articles in a…
Older adults have morning brains
• Brain • • Aging and Gerontology • Aug 07 14
Older adults who are tested at their optimal time of day (the morning), not only perform better on demanding cognitive tasks but also activate…
Pistachios may lower vascular response to stress in Type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 02 14
Eating pistachios may reduce your body’s response to the stresses of everyday life, according to a Penn State study conducted by principal investigator Sheila…
Clues to curbing obesity found in neuronal ‘sweet spot’
• Obesity • Aug 02 14
Preventing weight gain, obesity, and ultimately diabetes could be as simple as keeping a nuclear receptor from being activated in a small part of…
Pepper and halt: Spicy chemical may inhibit gut tumors
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 02 14
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that dietary capsaicin - the active ingredient in chili peppers - produces…