Health & Medicine...

Posted June 17, 2013:

• New Way to Improve Antibiotic Production


• Testosterone Therapy May Help Improve Pain in Men With Low Testosterone


• Investigational Drug Improves Sleep Disorder Among the Blind


• Testosterone Improves Verbal Learning and Memory in Postmenopausal Women


• Naturally Occurring Hormone Induces Egg Maturation


• High-Fat Diet During Pregnancy Contributes to Offspring's Increased Weight


• Rett Syndrome Protein Surrenders Some of Its Secrets


• Protein Essential for Normal Heart Function Identified


• Medical Assessment in the Blink of an Eye


• Is There an Invisible Tug-of-War Behind Bad Hearts and Power Outages?


• People Attribute Minds to Robots, Corpses That Are Targets of Harm


• Artificial Sweetener a Potential Treatment for Parkinson's Disease


• Eating Behaviors of Preschoolers May Be Related to Future Risk of Heart Disease


• Trusted Voice of Doctors Is Key to Viability of Health Care Cost-Control Reforms


• Chemical in Antibacterial Soap Fed to Nursing Rats Harms Offspring, Study Finds


• Prenatal Exposure to BPA Affects Fat Tissues in Sheep


• BPA Linked to a Common Birth Defect in Boys


• Vitamin D Supplementation May Delay Precocious Puberty in Girls


• Exposure to BPA in Developing Prostate Increases Risk of Later Cancer: Ubiquitous Plasticizers May Have Long-Term Health Effects


• Bariatric Surgery Restores Nerve Cell Properties Altered by Diet


• Mice in a 'Big Brother' Setup Develop Social Structures


• FGF21 Hormone, Key to Control Obesity, Also Protects Against Heart Diseases in Mice


• Vitamin D Deficiency May Raise Allergy and Asthma Risk in Obese Children, Teens


• Estrogen Replacement Therapy Helps Reduce Anxiety in Anorexia Nervosa


• 'Gene Signature' Test Diagnoses Benign Thyroid Growths


• Steroid Hormone May Be Indicator of Infant Distress


• Weight Loss Improves Memory and Alters Brain Activity in Overweight Women


• Too Little Sleep May Trigger the 'Munchies' by Raising Levels of an Appetite-Controlling Molecule


• Drugs Used to Treat Heart Failure and High Blood Pressure May Help Decrease Obesity


• Excessive Salt Consumption Appears to Be Bad for Your Bones


• Whole Body Vibration Therapy Increases Bone Strength


• Dietary Supplement Linked to Increased Muscle Mass in the Elderly


• Adolescents' High-Fat Diet Impairs Memory and Learning


• Short-Term Antidepressant Use, Stress, High-Fat Diet Linked to Long-Term Weight Gain


• Insulin Resistance Linked to Weaker Bones


• Babies Seeing Violence Show Aggression Later


• Coatings Could Help Medical Implants Function Better


• Healthy, Full-Term Babies Use a Different Stress Hormone Than Their Mother


• Psychiatric Disorders Linked to a Protein Involved in the Formation of Long-Term Memories


• Cells Play 'Tag' to Determine Direction of Movement


• Plasma in a Bag: Plastic Bags Coated by Plasma Serve as Lab for Cultivating Adherent Cells


• Sibling Aggression Linked to Poor Mental Health


• Medical Marijuana Not the Answer for Teens With Chronic Pain, Doctors Say