Lack of Food Variety Puts Kids with Autism at Risk for Poor Nutrition
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 04 09
The strong preference kids with autism have for certain foods places them at risk for nutritional deficiencies because their diets lack sufficient variety, according…
Is it the flu, or just a sore throat?
• Flu • May 01 09
When Hayden Henshaw came down with a new and worrying kind of influenza last month, he thought he had strep throat.
Henshaw, 18,…
Mexican flu outbreak may be mild - US CDC
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • May 01 09
The outbreak of a new and worrying kind of influenza in Mexico may not be as severe as it first looked, with many mild…
Glaucoma Treatments Cost-Effective
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Public Health • May 01 09
Current patterns of glaucoma care and treatment are a cost-effective way to slow or prevent vision loss and should be continued, according to…
Simple Steps to Healthy Summer Feet
• Gender: Female • • Infections • May 01 09
The first thing most women do before exchanging their winter boots for summer sandals is make an appointment with their pedicurist. It is the…
People of higher socioeconomic status choose better diets—but pay more per calorie
• Dieting • May 01 09
People of higher socioeconomic status choose better diets - but pay more per calorie
As people become more educated, studies have demonstrated that they…
New Study Evaluates Community Response to Personally Controlled Health Information
• Public Health • May 01 09
A new paper published in the latest issue of the open access publication Journal of Medical Internet Research evaluates consumers’ experiences with the Indivo…
Single gene defect can lead to stroke
• Genetics • • Stroke • May 01 09
Single gene defect can lead to stroke and deadly diseases of the aorta and coronary arteries, UT Houston researchers find
For the first time,…
Controlling Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Adds Up to Prevent Stroke
• Neurology • • Stroke • Apr 30 09
Reaching optimal levels for cholesterol and high blood pressure in people who’ve had a stroke adds up to prevent a second stroke or…
Expert Available to Talk About Contingency Planning for Flu Outbreaks/Pandemics
• Infections • • Public Health • Apr 30 09
Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech are using high-performance computer simulations to show how diseases like flu spread through large populations.…
New Study Describes First Large-Scale Computer Simulation of Gene Therapy
• Genetics • Apr 30 09
In a recent issue of The Journal of Chemical Physics, published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), a group of researchers at…
Mexico’s Health Insurance Success Offers Lessons for U.S.
• Public Health • Apr 30 09
As America considers major healthcare reforms, it may have lessons to learn from Seguro Popular, Mexico’s ambitious plan to improve healthcare for its estimated…
Athletes with Asthma Need More Help from Their Team Trainers
• Allergies • • Asthma • Apr 30 09
Very few athletic trainers associated with National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) programs said that they were following best practice standards for managing asthma among…
Avian Flu Research Sheds Light on Swine Flu Outbreak
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
A new study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that the potential for an avian influenza virus to cause a human flu pandemic is…
Nasal Flu Vaccine in Kids: One Dose Is Good, but Two Are Better
• Flu • Apr 30 09
For infants and children under age three, one dose of nasal influenza vaccine reduces the risk of getting sick with the flu, but two…
Texas flu death first outside Mexico
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
A baby in Texas has died of the H1N1 flu strain, the first confirmed death outside Mexico from a virus which health officials fear…
Heat scanners give cold comfort during flu outbreak
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
Alarmed by the spread of a new swine flu virus, airports around the world have rushed to install temperature scanners to pick out the…
In swine flu, Obama faces big domestic test
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
Barely 100 days in office, President Barack Obama is facing his first domestic emergency with the outbreak of swine flu and is seeing yet…
Swine flu fears jeopardize sporting events
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
A string of sports events were left feeling the shivers on Wednesday as the specter of swine flu continued to spread fears globally, sparking…
Mexican boy first U.S. flu death, more cases reported
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
A Mexican toddler in Texas has died of the H1N1 flu strain, the first confirmed death outside Mexico from a virus which health officials…
Britain confirms three new swine flu cases
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
Britain confirmed another three cases of swine flu on Wednesday, one in London, one in Birmingham and one in a 12-year-old girl in…
France to ask EU to suspend flights to Mexico
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
France will ask the European Union on Thursday to suspend all flights going to Mexico because of the outbreak of swine flu, Health…
Australia approves new swine flu detention powers
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
Australia’s government has approved tough new powers to detain and disinfect people suspected of carrying swine flu as authorities await test results from 91…
U.S. confirmed swine flu total rises to 91: CDC
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
U.S. health officials confirmed a total of 91 human cases of H1N1 swine flu across the country on Tuesday.
“We’re reporting 91 confirmed cases…
U.S. lawmaker urges Mexico border curbs to stop flu
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
A U.S. Congressman urged the government on Wednesday to restrict travel over the Mexico border to prevent the spread of deadly swine flu,…