Not Finishing High School May Lead to Memory Problems
• Neurology • Oct 02 07
People who don’t finish high school are at a higher risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease compared to people with more education, regardless…
New Treatment for Stroke Works up to a Day After Symptoms Start
• Neurology • • Stroke • Oct 02 07
People treated with the drug minocycline within six to 24 hours after a stroke had significantly fewer disabilities, according to a study published in…
New test could help consumers avoid surprise headaches from chocolate, wine
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Headaches • Oct 01 07
Researchers in California are reporting development of a fast, inexpensive test suitable for home use that could help millions of people avoid those ‘out…
Early treatment of children with bilateral amblyopia essential, according to multisite study
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Oct 01 07
When a child is farsighted or has astigmatism or has both conditions in both eyes, bilateral amblyopia may develop. In contrast to single-eye amblyopia…
Reversal of Blood Flow to the Head May Protect Against Stroke During Carotid Stenting
• Heart • • Stroke • Oct 01 07
Surgeons at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center in Houston have begun a new trial that will seek to protect patients from stroke by reversing…
Childhood TV viewing a risk for behavior problems
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 01 07
Daily television viewing for two or more hours in early childhood can lead to behavioral problems and poor social skills, according to a study…
Initial reaction to nicotine can dictate addiction
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 01 07
Following up on studies that have indicated the speed with which adolescents can get hooked on cigarettes, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical…
High-carb diet may help you think faster
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 30 07
A low-carbohydrate/high-fat diet and a high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet both improve weight loss, enhance mood, and speed thinking, a study shows, but the low-carb diet may…
Bird flu virus can pass mother to child: study
• Flu • Sep 30 07
The H5N1 bird flu virus can pass through a pregnant woman’s placenta to infect the fetus, researchers reported on Thursday.
They also found evidence…
Occupational therapy is an effective way of improving the daily life of stroke patients
• Neurology • • Stroke • Sep 28 07
Occupational therapy can improve the lives of patients who have suffered a stroke and lessen their chances of deteriorating, according to a study published…
Stress in Seniors Linked to Low Birth Weight
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 27 07
Low birth weight children may be at a greater risk of stress-related health problems as adults, according to a new study accepted for publication…
Acupuncture does not reduce radiotherapy-induced nausea, but patients believe it does
• Alternative Medicine • • Cancer • Sep 26 07
Despite widespread belief among cancer patients and health care professionals that acupuncture helps relieve nausea caused by cancer treatment, new research in radiotherapy has…
Mixing large doses of both acetaminophen painkiller and caffeine may increase risk of liver damage
• Drug News • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 26 07
Consuming large amounts of caffeine while taking acetaminophen, one of the most widely used painkillers in the United States, could potentially cause liver damage,…
Nosespray Vaccine Using Aloe Vera Has Exciting Potential
• Drug News • • Flu • • Infections • Sep 26 07
Researchers at Texas A&M University are participating in developing a medicine that is worth sneezing about: a treatment for influenza that forms a jelly…
New Lenses Offer Cataract Patients Clearer Future
• Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 25 07
You’re reading and you notice 3’s look like 8’s or vice versa. When driving, you find yourself needing to be closer to road signs…
Acupuncture Treatment May Be More Effective Than Conventional Therapy In Treating Lower Back Pain
• Alternative Medicine • • Backache • Sep 25 07
Six months of acupuncture treatment appears to be more effective than conventional therapy in treating low back pain, according to a study in the…
Norepinephrine May Increase Chances of Survival in Hemorrhagic Shock
• Brain • • Neurology • Sep 24 07
For trauma patients with shock caused by severe bleeding, giving the drug norepinephrine along with initial fluid replacement might help to improve the chances…
U.S. Adults Spent More on Lipitor in 2004 than Any Other Drug
• Drug News • • Public Health • Sep 24 07
With a total nearly $5 billion, Lipitor, a cholesterol-reducing drug, ranked first in terms of total spending on prescription medicines by adults ages 18…
Secondhand smoke increases teen test failure
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 20 07
Teens exposed to secondhand smoke at home are at increased risk of test failure in school, suggests a new study in the Journal of…
Genetic variation affects smoking cessation treatment
• Genetics • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 20 07
Mark Twain boasted that it was easy to quit smoking because he did it every day. We now may have the beginnings of understanding…
Those Who Stay in School, Stay Healthier
• Children's Health • Sep 19 07
Both education and income can determine whether a person will remain healthy, but those who stay in school longer have the best odds, largely…
Dizziness Causes Don’t Differ Across Age Groups
• Neurology • Sep 19 07
Dizziness is the distortion of the perception of space; vertigo is a special type of dizziness, which induces a sensation of spinning around. Dizziness…
Common Abdominal Pain May be Due to a Potentially Treatable Newly Recognized Inflammatory Reaction
• Pain • Sep 19 07
As many as one in four people in westernized countries experience pain or discomfort in their upper abdomen, and physicians have almost nothing to…
New understanding of basic units of memory
• Brain • • Neurology • Sep 19 07
A molecular “recycling plant” permits nerve cells in the brain to carry out two seemingly contradictory functions – changeable enough to record new experiences,…
New antibiotic drug combo to speed up treatment of tuberculosis
• Drug News • • Infections • Sep 18 07
A team of tuberculosis (TB) experts at Johns Hopkins and in Brazil have evidence that substituting the antibiotic moxifloxacin in the regimen of drugs…