Early Heart Disease Thought Insignificant Can Be Deadly
• Heart • Feb 06 15
Early heart disease, when fatty plaque starts to line the arteries without blocking blood flow, can trigger heart attacks and death, a finding…
Report will aid in detecting, diagnosing cognitive impairment
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 06 15
A new report from The Gerontological Society of America’s Workgroup on Cognitive Impairment Detection and Earlier Diagnosis outlines a course of action for increasing…
Moderate drinking linked to lower heart failure risk
• Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Feb 06 15
A large new study suggests that people who have up to seven drinks a week in middle age have a lower risk of heart…
Five babies at suburban Chicago daycare center have measles
• Children's Health • • Infections • Feb 06 15
Five babies at a suburban Chicago daycare center have been diagnosed with measles, adding to a growing outbreak of the disease across the United…
Medical marijuana for children with developmental and behavioral disorders
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 06 15
As medical marijuana becomes increasingly accepted, there is growing interest in its use for children and adolescents with developmental and behavioral problems such as…
Meditation might slow the age-related loss of gray matter in the brain
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 06 15
Since 1970, life expectancy around the world has risen dramatically, with people living more than 10 years longer. That’s the good news.
The bad…
Acute psychological stress reduces ability to withstand physical pain
• Neurology • • Pain • Feb 05 15
Traffic slows to a crawl, then a stop. You are trapped in a bottleneck nightmare, and late for a meeting. The stress takes a…
Taking immunosuppressives, anti-cancer drugs may reactivate hepatitis B
• Cancer • • Drug News • • Infections • Feb 05 15
Individuals previously infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) who receive chemotherapy or immunosuppressive treatment may be at risk of reactivating the disease according…
Lyme disease costs up to $1.3 billion per year to treat, study finds
• Infections • Feb 05 15
Lyme disease, transmitted by a bite from a tick infected by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, had long been considered easy to treat, usually requiring…
Researchers find gene that confirms existence of psoriatic arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 05 15
PsA is a common form of inflammatory form of arthritis causing pain and stiffness in joints and tendons that can lead to joint damage.…
Bariatric surgery may reduce life expectancy for super obese diabetic patients
• Diabetes • • Surgery • • Weight Loss • Feb 04 15
Bariatric surgery improves life expectancy for many obese diabetic patients, but it may cut life expectancy for patients who are super obese with very…
Anti-epilepsy drug preserves brain function after stroke
• Drug News • • Stroke • Feb 04 15
New research suggests that an already-approved drug could dramatically reduce the debilitating impact of strokes, which affect nearly a million Americans every year.
In…
Opioid and heroin crisis triggered by doctors overprescribing painkillers
• Drug Abuse • • Pain • Feb 04 15
According to researchers at Brandeis University, the University of North Florida and Johns Hopkins University, policymakers must look beyond painkiller abuse, also called non-medical…
Swedish researchers question treatment of infertility with stem cells
• Fertility and pregnancy • Feb 04 15
Whether or not infertility can be treated with stem cells has been a matter of debate for many years.
The classical theory is based…
An end to the medicine dropper for eye injuries?
• Eye / Vision Problems • Feb 04 15
For years, treating scratches and burns to the eyes has usually involved dropping medicine onto the eyes several times a day, sometimes for weeks…
Researchers identify 2 genetic mutations that interact to lower heart attack risk
• Genetics • • Heart • Feb 03 15
Researchers have determined that two mutations on a single gene can interact in a way that lowers the carrier’s risk for a heart attack.
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Partner caregivers of veterans with brain injuries may be at risk for chronic disease
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • Feb 03 15
Blame and anger associated with the grief of caring for a loved one with a traumatic-brain injury (TBI) may be related to inflammation and…
Birth method, gestation duration may alter infants’ gut microbiota
• Childbirth • • Infections • Feb 03 15
Environmental factors like mode of delivery and duration of gestation may affect how infants’ gut bacteria mature, and that rate could help predict later…
Smoking linked to higher risk of death among colorectal cancer survivors
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 03 15
Colorectal cancer survivors who smoke cigarettes were at more than twice the risk of death than non-smoking survivors, adding to existing evidence that cigarette…