Second-hand smoke could cause dementia
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 13 09
Exposure to second-hand smoke could increase the risk of developing dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment, according to research published today on bmj.com.
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Have Migraine? Bigger Waistline May Be Linked
• Headaches • • Migraine • Feb 13 09
Overweight people who are between the ages of 20 and 55 may have a higher risk of experiencing migraine headaches, according to a study…
Smoking Prevention Campaign Saving Billions in Smoking-Related Care
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 13 09
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the American Legacy Foundation have estimated that truth®, the nations’ largest youth…
Computer Exercises Improve Memory and Attention
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 12 09
Study results to be published in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society show that computerized brain exercises can…
Casual Smoking Is Not a Good Idea in the Frat House – Or the White House
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 12 09
President Barack Obama won two-thirds of the 18-29 year old vote, thanks largely to his popularity among college students. As a role model, however,…
Healthy People with High Urinary Protein Levels have Elevated Kidney Disease Risk
• Urine Problems • Feb 12 09
Measuring the amount of protein lost in the urine can identify individuals at risk of developing kidney disease, according to a study appearing in…
School-based health program boosts kids’ activity
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Feb 11 09
Primary schools are suitable settings for promoting healthy lifestyles to students, say researchers in the United Kingdom.
Over a 10-month period, students attending schools…
No stomach for market turmoil? Thank your genes
• Genetics • Feb 11 09
No stomach for the ups and downs of the financial market? Or maybe you lost everything in the global economic downturn? Genes important for…
Toothsome research: Deducing the diet of a prehistoric hominid
• Dieting • Feb 11 09
In an unusual intersection of materials science and anthropology, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and The George Washington University…
New reference material can improve testing of multivitamin tablets
• Drug News • Feb 11 09
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new certified reference material that can be an important quality assurance tool for…
China Health Ministry “puzzled” by bird flu cases
• Flu • Feb 10 09
China’s Health Ministry is puzzled by eight human cases of bird flu in January which appeared independent of any known case in birds, a…
Thirty minutes a day of exercise? Better think 50
• Public Health • Feb 10 09
Greater amounts of physical activity than currently recommended may be necessary to prevent people from gaining weigh, and to help them lose weight…
Long-term use of popular inhalers increases risk of pneumonia for COPD patients
• Drug News • • Respiratory Problems • Feb 10 09
Newly published research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine finds that a popular class of anti-inflammatory inhalers significantly increases the risk of…
First brain study reveals benefits of exercise on quitting smoking
• Brain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 10 09
Research from the University of Exeter reveals for the first time, that changes in brain activity, triggered by physical exercise, may help reduce cigarette…
New Guidelines for Prescribing Opioid Pain Drugs Published
• Drug News • Feb 10 09
A prestigious panel of pain-management experts representing the American Pain Society (APS) www. ampainsoc.org and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has published…
Stroke awareness campaign aims to halve deaths
• Neurology • • Stroke • Feb 09 09
Deaths from strokes can be halved if people recognize the signs of an attack and call an ambulance immediately, the National Health Service…
Mediterranean Diet Associated with Lower Risk of Cognitive Impairment
• Dieting • Feb 09 09
Eating a Mediterranean diet appears to be associated with less risk of mild cognitive impairment—a stage between normal aging and dementia—or of transitioning from…
Tests May Predict Driving Safety in People with Alzheimer’s Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 09 09
Doctors may be able to use certain cognitive tests to help determine whether a person with Alzheimer’s disease can safely get behind the…
Study Suggests Possible Treatment for Neurological Disorder Rett Syndrome
• Neurology • Feb 09 09
Using injections of a small derivate of the protein insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), scientists at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and MIT’s Picower Institute…
Effects of Smoking Linked to Accelerated Aging Protein
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 06 09
A University of Iowa study is apparently the first to make a connection between a rare, hereditary premature aging disease and cell damage that…
Team led by Scripps Scientists increases understanding of two types of blindness
• Eye / Vision Problems • Feb 06 09
Though based on mouse studies, the research bolsters the idea that humans suffering from these and other eye conditions may be able to help…
Routine scans for low-back pain do not improve outcomes
• Backache • • Pain • Feb 06 09
Physicians should not immediately order routine scans for low-back pain unless they observe features of a serious underlying condition, researchers in the Oregon Evidence-Based…
Vitamin D deficiency may harm brain function: study
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 05 09
Low levels of vitamin D increase the risk of cognitive impairment in the elderly, according to findings from the nationally representative, population-based Health…
Playing violent video games has risks: study
• Children's Health • Feb 05 09
Among young college students, the frequency and type of video games played appears to parallel risky drug and alcohol use, poorer personal relationships,…
Poor People Suffer Disproportionately from Chronic Infections
• Infections • Feb 05 09
Kids from low-income families are much more likely to suffer from serious infections such as herpes or hepatitis A than their counterparts in…