Study Identifies New Gene Therapy Tools for Inherited Blindness
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jul 26 07
An improved approach to gene therapy may one day treat some of the nearly 200 inherited forms of blindness, scientists at Washington University School…
Malt Liquor Linked to Marijuana Use Among Young Adults
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 26 07
Drinking malt liquor - the cheap, high-alcohol beverage often marketed to teens - may put young adults at increased risk for alcohol problems and…
Viagra’s Other Uses
• Drug News • • Heart • Jul 26 07
Viagra is now being used to treat not only erectile dysfunction (ED) but also pulmonary hypertension. And the drug may have potential for treating…
Eat fish—especially if you drink high levels of alcohol
• Dieting • Jul 25 07
Essential fatty acids (EFAs) are a necessary part of an individual’s healthy diet.
New findings indicate that binge-drinking men have lower intakes…
Learning a second language—Is it all in your head?
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 25 07
Think you haven’t got the aptitude to learn a foreign language? New research led by Northwestern University neuroscientists suggests that the problem, quite literally,…
Childhood Sun Exposure May Lower Risk of MS
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Jul 24 07
People who spent more time in the sun as children may have a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than people who…
Poor Health Literacy Associated With Increased Mortality in the Elderly
• Public Health • Jul 23 07
Older adults who cannot read and understand basic health information appear to have increased mortality rates over a five-year period than those with adequate…
Nicotine Rush Hinges on Sugar in Neurons
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 22 07
When nicotine binds to a neuron, how does the cell know to send the signal that announces a smoker’s high?
As with other questions…
Investigating the causes of Parkinson’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Jul 20 07
A University of Nottingham researcher has been awarded more than £440,000 by the Parkinson’s Disease Society (PDS) to investigate the causes of the condition.
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Improvement following ADHD treatment sustained in most children
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 20 07
Most children treated in a variety of ways for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) showed sustained improvement after three years in a major follow-up…
Advice, devices ineffective in preventing worker back pain
• Backache • Jul 19 07
Back pain is the number one cause of worker-compensation complaints, second only to the common cold in causing lost workdays. Consequently, employers and regulators…
“Preconditioning” Helps Protect Brain’s Blood Vessels from Stroke
• Neurology • • Stroke • Jul 19 07
Challenging brain tissue with a small noxious stimulus beforehand gives it a resilience that can lessen damage to blood vessels during a stroke, report…
Gene Identified for Crohn’s Disease in Children
• Bowel Problems • • Genetics • Jul 19 07
Pediatrics researchers have identified a gene variant that raises a child’s risk of Crohn’s disease, a chronic and painful condition attributed to inflammation of…
Very Young Babies Vulnerable to Sudden Death While Seated
• Children's Health • Jul 19 07
Very young babies are vulnerable to sudden death, when seated, warns a study published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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Safer Cigarettes Coming Soon?
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 18 07
The federal agency charged with keeping food and drugs from harming people may soon be asked to take a consumer product that kills more…
Prognostic factors for tobacco consumption reduction after relapse
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 17 07
It is not properly estimated the cigarette consumption after a relapse compared with the consumption before a smoking cessation therapy. The aim of this…
Flat Feet Can Slow Down Back to School Kids
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 17 07
The first few weeks of school are always difficult for children transitioning from the lazy days of summer to the rigorous schedule of classes…
Screenings Help Detect Eye Problems Early
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jul 17 07
Experts recommend routine eye screening in all infants before they leave the hospital and at all well-child visits.
Pediatricians look for abnormalities in the…
Pharmacokinetics of tramadol in children
• Children's Health • • Drug News • Jul 17 07
The recent studies focusing on the pharmacokinetics of tramadol in children contributed to the increase popularity of tramadol as an analgesic alternative in clinical…
Healthy Diets Are Important, Even in Your College Years
• Dieting • Jul 13 07
With the number of Americans overweight and obese at an all-time high, the diet choices of young people are of concern, especially as they…
Connection Between Anti-tobacco Ads and Consideration of Quitting
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 12 07
Marketing researchers at the University of Arkansas have completed a study of the impact of an anti-tobacco advertising campaign and found that attitudes toward…
Milk and Dairy Products Protect Against “Metabolic Syndrome”
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jul 12 07
A daily pinta or a helping of dairy foods protect against the clustering of abnormal body chemistry known as the metabolic syndrome, suggests…
When it Comes to Walking, it’s all Good
• Public Health • Jul 12 07
These days, it’s easy for people to get confused about exercise - how many minutes a day should they spend working out, for how…
Some Smokers Have Genetic Predisposition to Develop COPD
• Genetics • • Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 12 07
Some people have a genetic variation that makes them more susceptible to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) if they smoke tobacco, according to new…
Two in three believe radiation from phones damaged their health
• Public Health • Jul 11 07
Two-thirds of Britons believe radiation from mobile phones and their masts has affected their health, a startling official survey shows. And huge majorities…