Heatlh & Medicine

Posted October 28, 2013:

• Child Brides at Funerals


• Yoga Practice Beneficial to Patients With COPD


• X-Rays Overused in ICU: Ultrasound Safer, Just as Effective


• Public Wants Labels for Food Nanotech -- And They're Willing to Pay for It


• Problems With Alzheimer’s Protein Can Jam Up Traffic in the Brain


• First Hospital in the World to Offer Patients New Device for Severely Calcified Arteries


• Smoking Long or Ultralong Cigarettes Increases Risk of Lung Cancer


• Burden of Futile Care in ICU Studied: Patients Waiting for Care Affected Negatively


• Electronic Intensive Care Units Effective in Providing Remote Care


• Exhaled Breath Biomarker May Detect Lung Cancer


• Beta-Blockers May Increase Adverse Cardiac Events During Noncardiac Surgeries


• Regular Cocaine, Cannabis Use May Trigger Addictive Behaviors


• Cafe Toxins Have Decreased by 90% Since the Smoking Ban


• Treat Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Say Physicians


• Electronic Cigarettes Should Be Treated Like Tobacco


• HPV Strains Affecting African-American Women Differ from Vaccines


• Minimally Invasive Surgery for Paraesophageal Hernia Is 'Revolutionary'


• Keeping Emotions in Check May Not Always Benefit Psychological Health


• Early Skin-to-Skin Contact Linked to Higher Breastfeeding Rates


• Measuring Segments of Genetic Material May Help Predict, Monitor Recurrence of Thyroid Cancer


• New Technology Optimizes Ear Infection Diagnosis, Management


• Can the 'Right' Helmet Prevent Concussions?


• Sports Specialization, Hours Spent in Organized Sports May Predict Young Athlete Injury


• Can Pediatricians Successfully Promote Safe Driving Agreements Between Teens, Parents?


• New Protein Fold With a Transport Tunnel Discovered


• Pain Processes in Tennis Elbow Illuminated by PET Scanning


• Study With Totally Blind People Shows How Light Helps Activate the Brain


• Headaches in Lupus Patients Not Linked to Disease Activity


• New Study Examines Link Between Pregnancy Weight Gain, Autism Spectrum Disorders


• Flawed Health Care System Causes Doctors to 'Bend' Ethical Norms to Best Serve Patients

Posted October 27, 2013:

• Brief Exposure to Performance-Enhancing Drugs May Be Permanently 'Remembered' by Muscles


• Eleven New Genetic Susceptibility Factors for Alzheimer's Disease Discovered Through the Largest Study


• Rare Childhood Disease May Hold Clues to Treating Alzheimer's, Parkinson's


• Mechanisms, Potential Biomarkers of Tumor Cell Dormancy


• Study Finds New Genetic Error in Some Lung Cancers


• Cell Nucleus Protein in Brown Fat Cells Governs Daily Control of Body Temperature


• Novel Mutations Define Two Types of Bone Tumor: Two Related Genes Underlie the Development of Two Rare Bone Tumors in Nearly 100 Per Cent of Patients


• Young Children With Asthma Visit ER Most Often


• After a Concussion, Students May Need Gradual Transition Back to Academics


• Prevalence of Household Gun Ownership Linked to Child Gun Shot Wounds


• Supermagnets Present Ongoing Child Health Risks


• Biomarker Linked to Poor Outcomes in Pregnant Lupus Patients


• Timely, Effective Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Reduces Disability Two Years out


• Study Shows How Social Media Engages People With Chronic Diseases


• Socially Isolated Patients Experience More Pain After Hip Replacement


• Young People Report Worse Fibromyalgia Than Older Patients


• Dangerous Connection Between Rheumatoid Arthritis, Heart Disease


• New Oral Treatment Shows Significant Promise in the Treatment of Mouth and Genital Ulcers in People With Behcet's Syndrome


• Recent Advances in Medicine Lead to Better Health for Children With Juvenile Arthritis


• New Tools in Juvenile Arthritis Treatment Help Children, Their Families and Their Rheumatologists Share in Important Health Care Decision Making