Mom’s pregnancy diet not tied to wheezing risk
• Dieting • • Pregnancy • Jul 28 10
A woman’s overall diet during pregnancy may not be related to her child’s risk of developing wheezing problems by preschool age, a new…
Do multivitamins improve student performance?
• Dieting • Jul 28 10
Despite its well-known health benefits, a daily multivitamin may not help students ace exams or even make it to school on time, suggests a…
Reducing the health risks of obesity without serious side effects
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jul 27 10
The drug rimonabant was developed as a treatment for obesity and its myriad of serious health consequences (for example, type 2 diabetes). Despite having…
Adherence to recommended exercise improves physical function, reduces pain for OA patients
• Arthritis • • Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jul 27 10
Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee or hip who adhere to the recommended home physical therapy exercises and physically active lifestyle experience more…
Device combats common cause of vertigo
• Headaches • • Neurology • Jul 26 10
A new device lets people treat a common cause of dizziness in the comfort of their own home, Canadian researchers say.
So-called “benign…
Doubt cast on common back pain management
• Backache • Jul 26 10
Many people with arthritis-related back pain might be prevented from getting long-lasting pain relief under the current management guidelines, US researchers said Friday.
Their…
Acupuncture not helpful for inducing labor: study
• Alternative Medicine • • Pregnancy • Jul 26 10
Although acupuncture is promoted as a way to induce labor in women who go past their due date, a new study adds to evidence…
Pediatric Nutritionist Offers Tips to Help Kids Eat Healthy at School
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • Jul 23 10
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the prevalence of obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased from 6.5% in 1980…
Consumer gene test results misleading: U.S. probe
• Cancer: Prostate • • Diabetes • • Genetics • Jul 23 10
People who send off their saliva to genetic testing companies to find out their risk for prostate cancer or diabetes are likely to get…
Hepatitis C rate may be down in the U.S.: study
• Infections • Jul 23 10
A new study finds that the percentage of U.S. blood donors with evidence of hepatitis C infection is substantially lower now than in the…
Heart risk factors less common in fish lovers
• Dieting • • Heart • Jul 23 10
Middle-aged and older men who eat fish every day are less likely than infrequent fish eaters to develop a collection of risk factors for…
Glaucoma patients struggle with applying eyedrops
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jul 23 10
People in most need of sight-preserving eyedrops may be the least successful in landing the therapy in their eyes, suggests a new study.
Buildup…
Gene linked to aging also linked to Alzheimer’s
• Genetics • • Aging and Gerontology • • Neurology • Jul 23 10
MIT biologists report that they have discovered the first link between the amyloid plaques that form in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients and a…
Obese kids’ feet found to be flatter and fatter
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 23 10
It’s known that obese children tend to have “flatter” feet than their normal-weight peers, but it has been unclear whether that reflects a potential…
Premature death less likely than end stage renal disease for African-Americans with kidney disease
• Urine Problems • Jul 23 10
Regardless of demographics, African American patients with hypertensive nephrosclerosis have a higher rate of developing end stage renal disease (ESRD) than dying prematurely, according…
Shortness of Breath: Old Age or Asthma?
• Asthma • • Aging and Gerontology • • Respiratory Problems • Jul 22 10
Mistaken for illnesses like bronchitis and emphysema, exacerbated by medications like aspirin, and overlooked by patients and doctors alike, asthma is a common and…
U of T researchers find link between childhood physical abuse and heart disease
• Heart • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 22 10
Childhood physical abuse is associated with significantly elevated rates of heart disease in adulthood, according to new findings by University of Toronto researchers, published…
Misuse of anesthesia could cause hepatitis virus transmission
• Infections • Jul 22 10
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be transmitted during intravenous (IV) administration of anesthesia, according to a new study in…
Music can boost language skills, improve learning
• Brain • • Neurology • Jul 21 10
Learning to play a musical instrument can change your brain, with a U.S. review finding music training can lead to improved speech and…
Overcoming childhood obesity means addressing mom’s weight issues as well
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 21 10
The information gap and general lack of understanding of obesity’s unique and disproportionate impact on women contributes to the challenges of the 65 million…
Protein important in diabetes may also play a key role in heart disease, other disorders
• Diabetes • Jul 21 10
Studying a protein already known to play an important role in type 2 diabetes and cancer, genomics researchers have discovered that it may have…
Zinc sprays dull sense of smell in some users
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Flu • Jul 21 10
Homeopathic zinc nasal sprays don’t fight colds, and they probably cause some people to lose their sense of smell, the authors of a new…
Overweight want to eat more at a meal, but don’t
• Dieting • • Obesity • Jul 21 10
Overweight people may respond more to a piping hot pizza, but they don’t necessarily eat more of it in a single sitting, according to…
Taking music seriously
• Neurology • Jul 20 10
Those ubiquitous wires connecting listeners to you-name-the-sounds from invisible MP3 players - whether of Bach, Miles Davis or, more likely today, Lady Gaga -…
Glaxo says settles some Paxil birth-defect cases
• Drug Abuse • Jul 20 10
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said on Tuesday it had agreed to settle certain U.S. lawsuits alleging its Paxil antidepressant caused birth defects in some patients but…