Mouth Breathing Can Cause Major Health Problems
• Respiratory Problems • Apr 06 10
For some, the phrase “spring is in the air” is quite literal. When the winter snow melts and flowers bloom, pollen and other materials…
New test could identify smokers at risk of emphysema
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 06 10
Using CT scans to measure blood flow in the lungs of people who smoke may offer a way to identify which smokers are most…
Mom’s exercise may help ‘normalize’ baby’s weight
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • • Gender: Female • Apr 06 10
Women who work out while they’re pregnant have slimmer babies, new research from New Zealand shows.
Because babies born to moms who didn’t exercise…
Exercise in Pregnancy Reduces Size of Offspring
• Endocrinology • • Pregnancy • Apr 06 10
According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), regular moderate-intensity aerobic exercise led…
Obesity Prevention Should Start in Infancy
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 05 10
Obesity prevention should start as young as infancy, according to a new study, which may require a change in cultural attitudes about chubby babies.
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A closer look at our country’s obesity problem: Fighting Fat
• Obesity • • Public Health • Apr 05 10
Fighting Fat is presented by The Plain Dealer in partnership with WKYC Channel 3 and WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 Ideastream. Stories and projects are planned…
Headache Cure: A Natural Solution To Your Head Pain
• Headaches • Apr 05 10
Headaches unfortunately are quite common to all individuals. They can range from sinus headaches, tension headaches, migraine headaches, and more. One thing is for…
Babies of overweight mums run risk of obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 05 10
Aspiring moms may be advised to achieve a healthy weight before they become pregnant or their babies may run the risk of obesity later.
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Being overweight ups stroke risk, study confirms
• Obesity • • Stroke • Apr 02 10
Excess weight increases stroke risk, a new study including nearly 2.3 million people confirms. And the heavier a person is, the greater their risk.
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Soy won’t reduce cholesterol after menopause
• Food & Nutrition • • Menopause • Apr 02 10
Eating extra soy for one year doesn’t help postmenopausal women cut their cholesterol levels, new research shows.
The findings support the Food and Drug…
Smoking lowers IQ
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 02 10
Young people who smoke regularly are likely to have markedly lower intelligence levels than non-smokers.
Previous studies indicate that people with lower intelligence quotient…
What Triggers Migraine Headaches?
• Headaches • Apr 02 10
A migraine, or migraine headache, is known to be very painful and is frequently associated with sensory warnings such as blind sports and flashes…
Obesity may hinder baby’s ability to crawl, walk
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 02 10
Those cute little rolls of fat some infants have may actually slow their ability to crawl and walk, according to a new study.
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Obesity risks start before birth
• Obesity • Apr 02 10
Today, one of every three U.S. children is overweight — but it’s much easier to prevent obesity than to treat it. That’s why pediatric…
Acupuncture may be an effective treatment for post-viral infection loss of smell
• Alternative Medicine • Apr 01 10
Traditional Chinese acupuncture (TCA), where very thin needles are used to stimulate specific points in the body to elicit beneficial therapeutic responses, may be…
Researchers develop new method to detect melamine in milk
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 01 10
University of Miami assistant professor in the College of Engineering, Na Li and her collaborators have developed a fast, economical and easy method to…
Soy supplements show no diabetes benefit in study
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 01 10
Adding soy supplements to the diet may not improve blood sugar control in older women who are at high risk of or in the…
Pregnancy linked to lower rheumatoid arthritis risk
• Arthritis • • Pregnancy • • Rheumatic Diseases • Apr 01 10
A new study finds that women who give birth may have a lower risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis than women who remain childless…
Abortion doctor killer faces sentencing amid debate
• Public Health • Apr 01 10
The sentencing on Thursday of an anti-abortion activist who gunned down a Kansas doctor comes amid a bitter U.S. debate over abortion that nearly…
Overweight babies may have delayed motor skills
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 31 10
Pudgy babies may be adorable, but being overweight may delay a baby’s ability to roll over, crawl, or conquer other important physical skills,…
Fast machines, genes and the future of medicine
• Cancer • • Diabetes • • Public Health • Mar 31 10
Francis Collins, who helped map the human genome, did not get around to having his own genes analyzed until last summer. And he was…
Stroke risk goes up with each childbirth
• Gender: Female • • Neurology • • Stroke • Mar 31 10
Going through childbirth more than once appears to raise a woman’s risk of having a stroke due to bleeding in the brain, Korean researchers…
Alternative remedy use common among infertile in US
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 31 10
A substantial number of American couples are looking beyond just state-of-the-art fertility treatments to therapies dating back centuries in hopes of improving their chances…
Cigarette makers defend menthol to U.S. FDA panel
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 31 10
Tobacco companies defended menthol cigarettes to a U.S. advisory panel on Wednesday as health advocates called for a government ban on the popular flavoring.
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Songbird genome may shed light on speech disorders
• Children's Health • Mar 31 10
Scientists have cracked the genetic code of a songbird for the first time, identifying more than 800 genes linked to song learning in a…