Cigarette smoke may alter immune response in COPD exacerbations
• Immunology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 07 09
Smoking cigarettes is not only the principle cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it may change the body’s immune responses to bacteria…
Prescription painkiller relieves shingles pain
• Pain • Apr 06 09
A study shows that the powerful prescription painkiller oxycodone is an effective treatment for the sometimes excruciating pain of shingles.
Shingles is caused by…
Nicotine replacement could help more smokers quit
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 06 09
Nicotine replacement therapy can help smokers quit even when they do not think they are ready, researchers reported on Friday.
Smokers who do not…
Troubled teen? A summer job might help
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 06 09
When a friend of a friend attempts suicide, at-risk teens are more likely to attempt suicide as well, new research suggests. But having…
Season of conception tied to birth defect risk
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • Apr 06 09
Women who conceive in the spring or summer may run a higher risk of having a baby with a birth defect - and pesticide…
Alternative Therapies Can be Safe, Effective for Children
• Children's Health • • Alternative Medicine • Apr 06 09
Today, more children than ever are being treated with complementary and alternative therapies. Recent studies indicate that about 30 percent of healthy children and…
Alzheimer’s Disease Linked to Mitochondrial Damage
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 03 09
Investigators at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have demonstrated that attacks on the mitochondrial protein Drp1 by the free radical nitric oxide—which…
Maternal personality affects child’s eating habits
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Apr 03 09
Mothers with many negative thoughts and feelings are more likely to give their children unhealthy food. This is shown in a study from the…
Nicotine may have more profound impact than previously thought
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 03 09
Nicotine isn’t just addictive. It may also interfere with dozens of cellular interactions in the body, new Brown University research suggests.
Conversely, the data…
Get junk food out of U.S. schools: PTA, diet group
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 01 09
Congress can fight the epidemic of childhood obesity by getting “junk” food out of school stores and snack machines, a parent-teacher group and…
Researchers discover new fat-fighting pathway
• Fat, Dietary • Apr 01 09
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a process that controls the amount of fat that cells store…
Serious Vision Problems in Urban Preschoolers Rare but Not That Rare
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 01 09
In what is believed to be the first comprehensive eye disease study among urban pre-schoolers, Johns Hopkins investigators report that while vision problems…
Weight testing predicts eye disease in preemies
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 01 09
Weekly weight measurements can accurately predict which preterm babies are likely to develop retinopathy of prematurity, a potentially blinding condition that requires treatment, according…
Pain Meds Are Most Common Cause of Death after Spinal Fusion Surgery
• Backache • • Pain • Apr 01 09
Pain medications are involved in more than 20 percent of deaths occurring in the years after spinal fusion surgery for low back pain, reports…
Back Pain Treatment Needs to Catch Up with Evidence
• Backache • Apr 01 09
Back Pain Treatment Needs to Catch Up with Evidence: Exercise and Other Proven Treatments Are Underused
People with back pain use a lot…
Share information and stop disease outbreaks: study
• Public Health • Apr 01 09
Posting notices on pre-school doors, texting friends and other ways of sharing information locally can stop outbreaks of infectious diseases, hints research published on…
Study Reveals New Options for People with PKU
• Dieting • • Genetics • Mar 31 09
For people with the genetic condition known as phenylketonuria (PKU), diet is a constant struggle. They can eat virtually no protein, and instead get…
Octogenarian Muscles Don’t Get Stronger with Exercise
• Public Health • Mar 31 09
Octogenarian women were unable to increase muscle mass after a 3-month weight lifting program targeted at strengthening the thigh muscle, according to a new…
Tired of the treadmill? Get out and play instead
• Public Health • Mar 31 09
Tired of the same old exercise routine? Get out and play instead, suggests a fitness expert who spoke at the American College of Sports…
Tonsillectomy linked to excess weight gain in kids
• Children's Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Obesity • Mar 31 09
Children who undergo the surgical removal of their tonsils (tonsillectomy) with or without the removal of their adenoids (adenoidectomy) are at increased risk for…
Water in schools may cut kids’ obesity risks
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 31 09
Making drinking water more available to children at school may help reduce their risk of becoming overweight, a new study suggests.
In recent…
Device proves option to warfarin in stroke study
• Stroke • Mar 31 09
A new device implanted in the heart proved in a large clinical study to be a potential alternative to a standard blood thinner for…
Fat infants at risk of being obese toddlers: study
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Mar 31 09
Infants who gain too much weight as babies are more likely to grow into obese toddlers, showing the importance of early eating habits,…
Enzymes link brain injury to Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 30 09
It’s known that people who suffer a brain injury have a higher-than-normal risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, and now lab experiments suggest a…
Action video games improve vision
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 30 09
Video games that involve high levels of action, such as first-person-shooter games, increase a player’s real-world vision, according to research in today’s Nature Neuroscience.
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