Proposed laws aimed at fixing childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Feb 22 10
A pair of legislative bills could bring about major overhauls to schools’ physical education and food programs if they become law.
Senate Bill…
On Michelle Obama’s obesity campaign
• Obesity • • Public Health • Feb 22 10
First lady Michelle Obama has chosen what she hopes will be her legacy for the nation: the “Let’s Move” campaign to curb childhood obesity.…
Obesity linked to kidney stone risk
• Obesity • • Urine Problems • Feb 22 10
New research cautions that obesity, mild or severe, almost doubles the chances of developing kidney stones.
Findings of the study suggest that the condition…
Obesity rise on death certificates, researchers say
• Obesity • Feb 22 10
There has been a “dramatic rise” in deaths in England in which obesity was a contributory factor, researchers say.
They said death certificates showed…
WHO reports progress in malaria control
• Infections • • Public Health • Feb 20 10
While international funding to fight malaria has more than doubled in the past three years, producing positive results, much more money is needed, according…
Exercise Helps Protect Brain of Multiple Sclerosis Patients
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 19 10
Highly fit multiple sclerosis patients perform significantly better on tests of cognitive function than similar less-fit patients, a new study shows.
In addition,…
Avosentan Reduces Proteinuria but Causes Serious Side Effects
• Drug Abuse • • Urine Problems • Feb 19 10
The drug avosentan substantially reduces urinary protein loss in people with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease, but the drug causes serious side…
Experts Create Classification System for Leading Cause of Kidney Failure
• Urine Problems • Feb 19 10
An international group of medical experts has crafted a much-needed classification system for diabetic nephropathy, the leading cause of total kidney failure, according to…
California soda tax bill to fight childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 19 10
A California lawmaker introduced legislation on Thursday that would tax sodas and other sugar-sweetened drinks and use the proceeds to bankroll programs to battle…
Diabetes helps explain obesity-birth defect link
• Childbirth • • Diabetes • • Gender: Female • • Obesity • Feb 19 10
While some research has suggested that obese women have an increased risk of having a baby with a birth defect, a new study shows…
Award Supports Excellence in Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Disease Education
• Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 19 10
At the core of the American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation’s mission is to attract the best and brightest trainees into…
New evidence that green tea may help fight glaucoma and other eye diseases
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 18 10
Scientists have confirmed that the healthful substances found in green tea — renowned for their powerful antioxidant and disease-fighting properties — do penetrate into…
Simple Steps Could Reduce Stillbirths by up to 1 Million
• Childbirth • Feb 18 10
New findings in a study led by the director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Division of Neonatology show that that…
African gene trawl may provide secrets to long life
• Genetics • Feb 18 10
A genetic peek deep into the heart of Africa confirms that Africans have more genetic diversity than Europeans or Asians and provides insights into…
Clinton: Haiti stress accelerated heart problem
• Heart • • Neurology • Feb 18 10
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton blamed stress and a lack of sleep since the devastating Haiti earthquake for accelerating a heart condition that caused…
Is Your Back Pain Caused by Herniated Disc? Single Test Can’t Tell
• Backache • • Pain • Feb 17 10
While lower back pain ranks as a common cause of disability in the United States, determining what causes a person’s back pain is often…
Studies Show Marijuana Has Therapeutic Value
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 17 10
Researchers from the University of California’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR) have found “reasonable evidence that cannabis is a promising treatment” for some…
Spine stimulation may not help after failed surgery
• Pain • • Surgery • Feb 17 10
A commonly used treatment for patients who still suffer chronic back and leg pain after having back surgery is essentially no better than…
All Eyes on Retinal Degeneration
• Eye / Vision Problems • Feb 16 10
Research by Johns Hopkins sensory biologists studying fruit flies, has revealed a critical step in fly vision. Humans with problems in this same step…
A primer on migraine headaches
• Headaches • • Migraine • Feb 16 10
Migraine headache affects many people and a number of different preventative strategies should be considered, states an article in CMAJ (
Quarter of stroke patients die within a year: study
• Neurology • • Stroke • Feb 16 10
One in four people who have a stroke will likely die within one year from any cause and 8 percent who have a stroke…
Health workers often decline TB treatment
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Feb 16 10
Hospital and nursing-home employees who are infected with latent tuberculosis may often decline drug therapy to prevent the disease from becoming active, a new…
Testing for Urinary Proteins Might Help Diagnose Kidney Damage from Lupus
• Urine Problems • Feb 16 10
Simple urine tests for four proteins might be able to detect early kidney disease in people with lupus, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center…
“Love” hormone may help autism symptoms - study
• Endocrinology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 16 10
A hormone thought to encourage bonding between mothers and their babies may foster social behavior in some adults with autism, French researchers said on…
Study Identifies that Multiple Risk Factors Existed in 78 Percent of SIDS Cases
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Feb 15 10
Study Identifies that Multiple Risk Factors Existed in 78 Percent of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Cases
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) continues to…