Posted October 18, 2013:

• High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Could Elevate Risk of Future Stroke


• Overnight Dialysis Boosts Kidney Health, Reduces Risk of Heart Disease


• Training, Mediterranean Diet Cuts Health Risks in Obese Individuals

Posted October 17, 2013:

• Housework Isn't as Healthy as People Think


• Study in Teens & Young Adults May Help Predict If Health Insurance Expansion Will Cut ER Use


• Statin, Osteoporosis Drug Combo May Help Treat Parasitic Infections


• 'Traffic-Light' Labeling Increases Attention to Nutritional Quality of Food Choices


• Prescription Drug Use Among Medicare Patients Highly Inconsistent


• Death from Drugs Like Oxycodone Linked to Disadvantaged Neighborhoods, Fragmented Families


• Psychologists Report New Insights on Human Brain, Consciousness


• Five-Year-Old Children as Likely to Suffer from Bilharzia as Their Mothers


• Pioneering Use of Oral Cholera Vaccine During Outbreak


• Human Neutrophil Peptide-1: A New Anti-Leishmanial Drug Candidate


• Use of False ID by Youth to Buy Alcohol Is Slippery Slope Toward Alcohol Use Disorders


• Adolescence: When Drinking, Genes May Collide


• Making Sense of Conflicting Advice on Calcium Intake


• Infertility Problems? Eating Tips to Boost Fertility


• Costly Cigarettes and Smoke-Free Homes


• Vitamin D Does Not Contribute to Kidney Stones


• Men-Only Hepatitis B Mutation Explains Higher Cancer Rates


• Mutation in NFKB2 Gene Causes Hard-to-Diagnose Immunodeficiency Disorder CVID


• Brain May Flush out Toxins During Sleep; Sleep Clears Brain of Molecules Associated With Neurodegeneration: Study


• Gene Regulation Differences Between Humans, Chimpanzees Very Complex


• FDA Must Find Regulatory Balance for Probiotics


• Researchers Advance Toward Engineering 'Wildly New Genome'


• Scientists Discover Genetic Disease That Causes Recurrent Respiratory Infections


• Nursing Homes Win High Marks for Quality, Antipsychotic Prescribing Remains Problematic


• Bladder Bacteria Vary in Women With Common Forms of Incontinence


• Mysterious Ancient Human Crossed Wallace's Line


• Nanotech System, Cellular Heating May Improve Treatment of Ovarian Cancer


• Stem Cell Transplant Repairs Damaged Gut of Inflammatory Bowel Disease


• Complex Diseases Traced to Gene Copy Numbers


• Yoga Accessible for the Blind With New Kinect-Based Program


• Brain Scans May Aid in Diagnosis of Autism


• Depression Twice as Likely in Migraine Sufferers


• A Lost Generation of Young Scientists? Grad Student Voices Concern About Research Funding Crunch


• Home Schooled Children Leaner Than Traditionally Schooled Kids


• Weighing Up Blood-Thinners: Is Warfarin Always the Best Choice?


• 3D Images from PET/CT Scans Help Surgeons Envision Tumors


• The Pig, the Fish and the Jellyfish: Tracing Nervous Disorders in Humans


• Female Doctors Better Than Male Doctors, but Males Are More Productive


• Toxin-Emitting Bacteria Being Evaluated as Potential Multiple Sclerosis Trigger


• Traumatic Injuries in Elderly Patients Often Underestimated


• Miscarriage Perceptions Vs. Reality: Public Understanding Not in Sync With Facts


• Vertebral Augmentation for Spinal Fractures Offers Greater Survival, Overall Cost Savings


• Brain Scans Show Unusual Activity in Retired American Football Players


• Lawsuits Increasing Over Skin-Related Laser Surgery Performed by Non-Physicians


• Activating Proteins in Brain by Shining LED Light on Them


• Helping Abdominal Surgery Patients Recover Sooner


• Diaphragm Pacing System Benefits Patients With ALS