Paintballs can cause ‘devastating’ eye injuries
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 15 09
Paintballs can cause severe and ‘visually devastating’ eye injuries, especially when used in unsupervised settings without proper eye protection, reports a study in the…
New model system may better explain regulation of body weight
• Dieting • • Obesity • Jan 14 09
A new mathematical model of the physiological regulation of body weight suggests a potential mechanism underlying the difficulty of losing weight, one that includes…
Pain Treatment Research Reports Often Cannot Be Trusted
• Pain • Jan 14 09
Undertreated pain is a worldwide problem and much of the published research behind so-called evidence-based pain management practices cannot be trusted. “Journals, conferences, and…
Peanut butter linked to U.S. Salmonella outbreak
• Dieting • • Infections • Jan 14 09
Tests confirm that bacteria in recalled batches of contaminated peanut butter match the strain of Salmonella food poisoning that has made at least 410…
Carpal tunnel syndrome incidence rising
• Neurology • Jan 14 09
A report in the January 6th issue of Neurology suggests that the incidence of medically diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome has increased dramatically during the…
Health group blasts inaction on tobacco control
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 14 09
U.S. leaders failed to take meaningful steps to reduce smoking over the past year, with a tobacco regulation bill stalling in Congress and a…
Longer paid leaves promote breastfeeding success
• Children's Health • Jan 14 09
Giving working mothers paid maternity leave - and more of it - could go a long way toward helping them to continue breastfeeding…
Athletes Not Spared From Health Risks of Metabolic Syndrome
• Diabetes • • Heart • Jan 14 09
College-age football players who gain weight to add power to their blocks and tackles might also be setting themselves up for diabetes and heart…
Early Immune System Exposures Linked to Chronic Disease
• Immunology • Jan 14 09
Scientists and regulators have a golden opportunity to reduce the health toll from a range of diseases by focusing more attention on identification of…
Letting infants watch TV can do more harm than good says wide-ranging international review
• Children's Health • Jan 13 09
A leading child expert is warning parents to limit the amount of television children watch before the age of two, after an extensive review…
Common Mechanism May Underlie Many Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Neurology • Jan 12 09
Discovery in a Rare Brain Disorder Suggests a Common Mechanism May Underlie Many Neurodegenerative Diseases
A Mayo Clinic-led international consortium has found a mechanism…
Workers Exposed to Lead Show More Cognitive Problems Later in Life
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 12 09
Both the developing brain and the aging brain can suffer from lead exposure. For older people, a buildup of lead from earlier exposure may…
Children Who Spend More Time Outdoors May Be Less Likely To Become Nearsighted
• Children's Health • Jan 11 09
Spending two to three hours a day outdoors can markedly lower a child’s risk of developing myopia or nearsightedness, according to a paper appearing…
New Clues to Mystery Childhood Illness: Kawasaki Disease
• Children's Health • • Heart • Jan 09 09
A study looking at the entire human genome has identified new genes that appear to be involved in making some children more susceptible to…
A good night’s sleep protects against parasites
• Immunology • • Parasitic diseases • Jan 09 09
Animal species that sleep for longer do not suffer as much from parasite infestation and have a greater concentration of immune cells in their…
Menthol Cigarettes Are More Addictive
• Addiction • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 09 09
Menthol cigarettes are harder to quit, particularly among African American and Latino smokers, according to researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of…
Alzheimer’s risk upped in senior smokers
• Brain • • Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 09 09
Older adults who smoke may face an elevated risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests.
In an analysis of two dozen previous…
Good childhood fitness tied to adult health
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jan 09 09
A person’s fitness level in childhood seems to influence certain measures of their health as young adults, new study findings suggest.
The study followed…
Eating habits and exercise behaviors in children can deteriorate early
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jan 09 09
As children transition from preschool-age to school-age, they may develop eating habits and leisure-time patterns that may not meet current recommendations and may…
Nicotine gum effective for gradual smoking reduction and cessation
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 06 09
Nicotine gum has been in use for over 20 years to help smokers quit abruptly yet close to two-thirds of smokers report that they…
Study Yields Clues About the Evolution of Epilepsy
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • Jan 06 09
Two children have a seizure. One child never has another seizure. Twenty years later, the other child has a series of seizures and is…
Most Babies with Uncomplicated Febrile Seizures Can Avoid Spinal Tap
• Children's Health • Jan 06 09
When babies develop a fever high enough or abrupt enough to cause a seizure, frightened parents often rush them to the emergency room, where…
Smokers with Stroke in the Family 6 Times More Likely to Have Stroke Too
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Stroke • Jan 03 09
A new study shows that people who are smokers and have a family history of brain aneurysm appear to be significantly more likely to…
Obese kids who snore more sleepy in the daytime
• Children's Health • Dec 29 08
Obese children who have difficulty breathing while they sleep have excessive daytime sleepiness compared with slimmer children who are also chronic snorers, new…
Study Examines Impact of Managed Care on Stroke Prevention Surgery
• Neurology • • Stroke • • Surgery • Dec 29 08
Policymakers and economists often promote managed-care plans based on the assumption that they prevent the overuse of unnecessary surgical procedures or help steer patients…