Health Medicine Posted September 10, 2013:

Posted September 10, 2013:

• Researchers Link Obesity and the Body's Production of Fructose


• Scientists Create New Memories by Directly Changing the Brain


• Statins Being Overprescribed for Kidney Disease Patients


• Think Twice, Speak Once: Bilinguals Process Both Languages Simultaneously


• Irregular Periods in Young Women Can Be Cause for Concern


• Older Adults Gauge Their Partner's Feelings Through Knowing, Not Seeing


• New Training to Improve the Care of People With Dementia in General Hospitals


• How Do Consumers Compare Prices? It Depends on How Powerful They Feel


• Four Common Genetic Variants Associated With Blood Pressure in African-Americans


• Bilingual Education Has Spillover Effect


• Mechanism Discovered in First Line of Immune Defense


• Wishes Benefit Seriously Ill Children and Their Parents


• Why Are Consumers More Likely to Participate in Online Gaming Than Gambling?


• The Price of Envy: How Do Consumers React to Flattering Salespeople?


• Survey of 10,000 Men in Asia and the Pacific Reveals Why Some Men Use Violence Against Women and Girls


• Minimally Injured People Sent to Trauma Centers Cost Hundreds of Millions Per Year


• Three of Four Cases of Bladder Cancer Display Mutations in the Same Gene


• Screening for Minor Memory Changes Will Wrongly Label Many With Dementia, Warn Experts


• Strain of MERS Coronavirus Engineered for Use in a Vaccine


• Positive Emotion Increases Life Satisfaction and Creates a Happy State


• MRI May Predict Heart Attack and Stroke Risk in People With Diabetes


• Novel Avian Influenza A Virus Has Potential for Both Virulence and Transmissibility in Humans


• Electronic Tool Helps Reduce Deaths from Pneumonia in Emergency Departments


• New Strategy Could Reduce Inappropriate Use of Antibiotics


• Doctor Turns to Singing and Social Media to Change Medical Practice


• Can the Law Improve Diabetes Prevention and Control?


• Effects of Multitasking on Doctors' Ability to Diagnose


• Kids Get More Exercise in Smart Growth Neighborhoods


• Researchers Find What’s Missing in Teen Health Programs


• A Better Malaria-Fighting Machine


• Changing Part of Central Line Could Reduce Hospital Infections

Posted September 9, 2013:

• Lung Cancer Drug Could Aid Plight of Ectopic Pregnancy Patients


• British Healthcare: Spirit of NHS Is Willing, but Flesh Is Often Weak, Finds Largest Ever Study of Culture and Behavior


• Commercial Baby Foods Don't Meet Infants' Weaning Needs


• Closing in on Risk Factors for Cerebral Palsy and Infant Death


• Copper Destroys Highly Infectious Norovirus


• Hypertensive Smoking Women Have an Exceptionally High Risk of a Fatal Brain Bleeding


• Turning to Parasites as Potential Disease Fighters


• Doctors Look at Treating Specific Types of Pediatric Cancer With Viral Therapy


• Changing Breakfast Habits May Not Affect Weight


• Nanodiamonds Used to Deliver Chemotherapy Directly to Brain Tumors


• Ferritin Plays Central Role in Kidney Damage by Controlling Iron


• The New Face of Medicaid: Incoming Enrollees Include the Young, White Men, Smokers, Drinkers


• Rare, Inherited Mutation Leaves Children Susceptible to Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia


• Antisocial Texting by Teens Linked to Bad Behavior


• Autoimmune Disease Strategy Emerges from Immune Cell Discovery


• Brain Circuitry Loss May Be an Early Sign of Cognitive Decline


• Study Finds Men Are More Likely to Develop Physical Illness Than Women


• Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease Linked to Genetic Deletion


• Effects of Climate Change on West Nile Virus