Fish may be brain food for teenage boys
• Brain • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 17 09
Teenage boys who regularly eat fish may be doing their brains some good, a new study suggests.
Swedish researchers found that among nearly 5,000…
Stress may cause the brain to become disconnected
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 16 09
Does stress damage the brain? In the March 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, a paper by Tibor Hajszan and colleagues provides…
U.S. program aims to help babies beat obesity odds
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 16 09
Elena Nieves hardly looks like a poster girl for an obesity program for pregnant moms.
The 5-foot-8 (1.7-meter) 23-year-old recently lost more than 50…
Obama picks FDA chief, starts food safety panel
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Mar 16 09
President Barack Obama on Saturday chose public health and biological threat expert Dr. Margaret Hamburg to run the troubled U.S. Food and Drug…
Acupuncture may help cancer patients’ pain -expert
• Alternative Medicine • • Pain • Mar 16 09
Acupuncture can be used to help relieve the pain of cancer patients, as well as the nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy, a leading…
New test can detect early Alzheimer’s: study
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 16 09
A new test can accurately detect Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages, before dementia symptoms surface and widespread damage occurs, U.S. researchers said on…
Peanut-allergic kids can build tolerance
• Children's Health • • Allergies • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 16 09
In carefully conducted ongoing studies, giving peanut-allergic children peanuts in increasingly higher amounts over time has eased their allergic reactions to the nuts…
Cause often not serious when babies cry a lot
• Children's Health • Mar 16 09
A thorough examination will usually identify an underlying cause when a baby cries excessively for no apparent reason, and the problem is likely to…
Youth drawn to restricted video games, study
• Addiction • • Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 16 09
Labeling video games as violent or age-inappropriate only makes them more attractive to girls and boys, particularly those who tend to do the…
Topiramate safely prevents migraine in adolescents
• Children's Health • • Headaches • • Migraine • Mar 16 09
Topiramate is safe and effective in preventing migraine in 12- to 17-year-old patients, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics.
While topiramate is…
Frequency of Disposable Diaper Changing and Urinary Tract Infection in Infants
• Children's Health • • Urine Problems • Mar 16 09
A study from Japan looked at the frequency of diaper changing in relation to urinary tract infection. The theory behind this study was…
Blocking Protein May Help Ease Painful Nerve Condition
• Neurology • Mar 16 09
Scientists have identified the first gene that pulls the plug on ailing nerve cell branches from within the nerve cell, possibly helping to…
Meningococcal disease has high risk neurological deficits
• Neurology • Mar 13 09
Invasive meningococcal disease is common among adolescents and usually does not cause serious illness. But in some severe cases, it has a disturbing series…
Two Parkinson’s drugs similar for early treatment
• Neurology • Mar 13 09
As a treatment strategy for early Parkinson’s disease, initial therapy with levodopa versus pramipexole appears to be comparable in delaying the progression of…
School Buses Among Safest Way to Travel in Iowa
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Mar 13 09
University of Iowa researchers recently published findings that may put some parents at ease - school buses are among the safest forms of road…
High-impact exercise may be best bone-builder
• Gender: Male • • Public Health • Mar 12 09
Men who want to keep their bones strong may want to add running to their exercise routine, new research suggests.
In a study of…
Patients who gave up smoking before surgery had half as many complications afterwards
• Surgery • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 12 09
More than a third of patients who took part in an eight-week smoking cessation programme before and after planned surgery were able to give…
Weighing the Options after Life-Altering Stroke
• Surgery • • Stroke • Mar 12 09
Choosing to have aggressive brain surgery after suffering a severe stroke generally improves the patients’ lives and allows them to live longer, according to…
Smokers’ COPD risk is genetic
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 12 09
It’s well known that puffing on cigarettes can eventually leave you out of puff. But why do a quarter of long-term smokers develop serious…
Extremely premature children at high risk of learning difficulties by age 11
• Children's Health • Mar 12 09
Children born extremely prematurely are at high risk of developing learning difficulties by the time they reach the age of 11.
A study carried…
HIPAA Privacy Rule Hinders Health Research
• Public Health • Mar 11 09
Rules designed to safeguard the privacy of patients’ medical records are not as effective as they should be and may also impede health research,…
Alzheimer’s Marker Linked to Brain Damage
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 11 09
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have linked a potential indicator of Alzheimer’s disease to brain damage in humans with…
1 in 7 U.S. Teens Is Vitamin D Deficient
• Children's Health • Mar 11 09
One in seven American adolescents is vitamin D deficient, according to a new study by researchers in the Department of Public Health at Weill…
Migraines increase stroke risk during pregnancy
• Headaches • • Migraine • • Pregnancy • • Stroke • Mar 11 09
Women who suffer migraines are at an increased risk of stroke during pregnancy as well as other vascular conditions such as heart disease, high…
Teenage Stress Has Implications for Adult Health
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Mar 11 09
Most of us remember our teenage years with a mix of fondness and relief. Fondness for the good memories, and relief that all that…