Children and Chronic Kidney Disease
• Children's Health • Nov 18 06
News tips from the 2006 annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, Nov. 14 to 19, San Diego.
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Adolescent Girls More Active If Neighborhoods Have Parks
• Children's Health • Nov 18 06
Adolescent girls who live within half a mile of a public park are significantly more physically active than other girls, University of North Carolina…
The Role of Metals in Alzheimer’s Disease Explored
• Neurology • Nov 17 06
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating condition and its causes are still largely unknown. Various metals have been implicated as possible contributors to the…
A good wife, a good grip, a good education and no ciggies and you’ll live to 85!!
• Public Health • Nov 16 06
According to a long-term study which was conducted over a 40 year period, among the most significant factors influencing longevity in men were a…
Study Examines ADHD’s Role in Smoking
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 16 06
Are you easily forgetful, distracted, impulsive or fidgety? Do you find that smoking helps you alleviate these symptoms?
Columbia University Medical Center researchers are…
Antibiotics Unnecessarily Prescribed for Acute Bronchitis
• Respiratory Problems • Nov 16 06
Antibiotics are routinely prescribed unnecessarily for acute bronchitis, according to Virginia Commonwealth University findings published in today’s issue of the New England Journal of…
Sudden Death Isn’t Always So Sudden
• Children's Health • Nov 16 06
Sudden cardiac arrest is a common and deadly event. Twenty percent of all deaths in the United States each year are due to a…
Regular smoking substantially increases risk of asthma in adolescents
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 15 06
Adolescents who smoke cigarettes regularly have a significantly increased risk of developing asthma during their teens compared to their non-smoking peers, according to the…
Transfer Criteria Could Improve Intensive Care for Children
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • Nov 15 06
Transferring critically ill or injured child from a level II pediatric intensive care unit to a highly specialized and more technologically advanced, or level…
Depressed stroke patients use more health services
• Stroke • Nov 15 06
After having a stroke, healthcare utilization is significantly higher among patients who develop poststroke depression than those who are not depressed, according to findings…
Chocolate ‘Offenders’ Teach Science a Sweet Lesson
• Food & Nutrition • Nov 15 06
Some ‘chocoholics’ who just couldn’t give up their favorite treat to comply with a study to test blood stickiness have inadvertently done their fellow…
MChip to detect H5N1
• Flu • Nov 15 06
Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed an inexpensive “gene chip” test…
New study finds on/off switch for septic shock
• Surgery • Nov 15 06
According to a new study, septic shock-a dangerous, often deadly runaway immune response-is controlled by a genetic on/off switch. The research also suggests how…
Dad’s vocabulary affects child’s language skills
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 14 06
In families where both parents work outside of the home, fathers who use a wide variety of words when chatting with their children may…
Tamiflu label will carry new caution in U.S.
• Flu • Nov 14 06
The influenza drug Tamiflu will now come with a new caution urging close monitoring of patients for abnormal behavior, such as delirium and self-injury,…
Pharmacy care programs for elderly improve health outcomes
• Public Health • Nov 14 06
A pharmacy care program for elderly patients increases medication adherence, which results in improved health outcomes, according to a study posted online by JAMA:…
More U.S residents trust TV for health inf
• Public Health • Nov 14 06
Increasing numbers of U.S. residents gather and trust health information, including HIV/AIDS information, seen on fictional prime-time television shows, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Scientists use pixels to ease amputees’ pain
• Pain • Nov 14 06
Academics from the School of Computer Science and School of Psychological Sciences have developed a virtual reality system, which gives the illusion that a…
New Guideline for the Diagnostic Assessment of Children with Continuous Seizures
• Children's Health • Nov 14 06
A new guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society aims to help physicians diagnose the causes of status…
EU wants safer cigarettes to reduce fires
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 14 06
A coalition of public health groups, fire services, burn patients and an anti-smoking group has called for new regulations for safer cigarettes in Europe…
How Diet, Obesity and Even Gum Disease May Affect Immune System
• Immunology • Nov 13 06
The immune system is fickle, and easily influenced by more than just viruses and bacteria. It can be swayed by the seemingly unexpected, such…
Mobile Robots Offer 24/7 Care to Neurosurgical ICU, Stroke Patients
• Stroke • Nov 13 06
Two nearly 6-foot tall, remote-controlled robots are now on staff at The Methodist Hospital, caring for critically ill patients suffering from stroke or other…
Chronic fatigue syndrome begins with childhood trauma and stress
• Children's Health • Nov 11 06
According to the latest research traumatic events in childhood, and stress or emotional instability at any period in life, may be linked to the…
Google Can Help Doctors Diagnose Difficult Cases
• Public Health • Nov 11 06
Googling for a diagnosis – use of Google as a diagnostic aid: internet based study BMJ Online First
Searching with Google may help doctors…
New statistical approach could improve hospital care for sick newborns
• Children's Health • Nov 09 06
The movement to computerize patient records in a growing number of hospitals is paving the way for the use of sophisticated statistical methods to…