Attention drug emergencies soar for U.S. kids-report
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Public Health • Aug 24 09
Calls to poison control centers for U.S. teenagers who have overdosed on attention deficit drugs rose 76 percent over eight years, researchers reported on…
Five Signs Your Child May Have a Foot Problem
• Children's Health • Aug 24 09
Foot and ankle problems in children often go unnoticed. Signs and symptoms can be subtle, and sometimes children can’t explain what’s wrong. But it’s…
Workplace Obesity Interventions Must Be Inexpensive to Generate a Return on Investment
• Obesity • Aug 24 09
At work, obesity interventions must focus on low-cost policy or environmental changes to generate a return on investment, according to a new study by…
Daylight could help control our weight
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Aug 22 09
Exciting research into Brown adipose tissue (BAT) — brown fat, which is found in abundance in hibernating animals and newborn babies — could lead…
Smokeless tobacco increases risk of heart attack and stroke
• Heart • • Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 20 09
People who use smokeless tobacco products like snus have a slightly higher risk of having a fatal heart attack or stroke, according to research…
Electroacupuncture Shows Effects on Pain Perception
• Alternative Medicine • • Pain • Aug 20 09
Experiments in volunteers confirm that electroacupuncture—applying electrical current to acupuncture needles—has pain-reducing effects, reports a study in the September issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia,…
Headaches in kids may resolve over time
• Children's Health • • Headaches • Aug 19 09
Most children who suffer chronic daily headaches may outgrow the disabling condition, a long-term study hints.
“Our results suggest there is hope for children…
Overweight friends eat more when they dine together
• Obesity • Aug 19 09
Overweight children and teenagers may eat more when they have a snack with an overweight friend rather than a thinner peer, a new…
Tackling childhood obesity at the local level—IOM report releases Sept. 1
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 19 09
What steps have public officials in your state or community taken to combat childhood obesity? The percentage of American adolescents who are obese has…
Researchers Publish Comparison of MS Treatments
• Neurology • Aug 18 09
Researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ-NJMS) have found that one FDA-approved multiple sclerosis medication, Betaseron…
New study finds links between video-game playing and health risks in adults
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Gambling addictions • Aug 18 09
While video gaming is generally perceived as a pastime for children and young adults, research shows that the average age of players in the…
Caltech researchers pinpoint neurons that control obesity in fruit flies
• Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • • Neurology • • Obesity • Aug 18 09
A team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have pinpointed two groups of neurons in fruit fly brains that have the…
Mutation in renin gene linked to inherited kidney disease
• Genetics • • Urine Problems • Aug 18 09
A mutation in a gene that helps regulate high blood pressure is a cause of inherited kidney disease, according to a new study…
How meningitis bacteria attack the brain
• Brain • • Infections • Aug 18 09
A specific protein on the surface of a common bacterial pathogen allows the bacteria to leave the bloodstream and enter the brain, initiating the…
Chinese herb shows promise for rheumatoid arthritis
• Alternative Medicine • • Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Aug 18 09
The Chinese herb Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF) proved more effective than the anti-inflammatory drug sulfasalazine in a study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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‘DASH’ diet may prevent kidney stones
• Dieting • • Urine Problems • Aug 18 09
A diet widely recommended for lowering blood pressure may also curb people’s risk of developing kidney stones, a new study suggests.
The diet,…
Children with headache
• Children's Health • • Headaches • Aug 17 09
Family quarrels and a lack of free time can promote headaches in children. This is what Jennifer Gassmann and her coauthors concluded in their…
Preparing for the H1N1 pandemic: a formidable foe
• Flu • • Swine Flu • Aug 17 09
Prevention of H1N1 influenza virus through vaccination must be our top priority if disease patterns in the northern hemisphere follow those in the southern…
Gene predicts response to hepatitis C drugs: study
• Genetics • • Infections • Aug 17 09
A slight difference in a person’s genetic code could determine whether they respond to a grueling round of treatment for hepatitis C infection…
Quitting smoking causes quick drop in inflammation
• Heart • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 17 09
Just weeks after quitting smoking, women show major reductions in several markers of inflammation associated with heart disease risk, new research shows.
The findings…
More evidence that fish is brain food
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 17 09
Older adults in developing countries who regularly eat fish seem to have a lower risk of dementia, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that…
Ways to Stop Pain, Limitations from Hand Arthritis
• Arthritis • • Pain • Aug 13 09
When arthritis affects the hands, a range of treatments may reduce pain and preserve joint mobility. The August issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter…
Natural Herbal Supplements Aren’t Always Safe
• Alternative Medicine • Aug 13 09
Natural doesn’t always mean safe when it comes to herbal supplements, according to the August issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter.
When used…
Tips to Stop Emotional Eating (Because Food Doesn’t Fix Stress)
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 13 09
For emotional eaters, food is a best friend, there to boost sprits, calm stress and alleviate boredom.
But according to the August issue of…
Children with newly diagnosed epilepsy at risk for cognitive problems
• Children's Health • • Epilepsy • Aug 13 09
Children who have normal IQs before they experience a first seizure may also have problems with language, memory, learning and other cognitive skills, according…