Friday, February 10, 2012
Dr Oz: 7 Keto DHEA & Annie Chun?s Roasted Seaweed Snacks Reviews
Dr Oz: Weight Loss Diet Foods You?ve got the diet and exercise thing going, but you can?t seem to drop those last few pounds. On today?s show, Dr Oz showed you those all-natural food products, supplements and drinks that can help you shed those pounds. �Plus, Dr Weil shared this healthy Pasta Puttanesca Recipe. Jennifer, [...]
California leads in health laws
Beyond skateboards, Silicon Valley and hippies, California has a trendsetting streak of a different kind.
Does sex ed keep girls from becoming teen moms?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study, states with more comprehensive sex education programs had lower teen birth rates -- but the effect seemed to be due more to political, religious and social differences between those states than the sex ed itself.
FDA panel rules against NeurogesX patch for HIV
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Food and Drug Administration panel of outside experts on Thursday ruled against using a pain-relief product derived from chili peppers to treat the pain that afflicts many HIV patients suffer in their extremities.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
C-Sections Not Always Best for Small Babies
Babies in the womb who are smaller than they should be have higher rates of breathing problems when delivered early by C-section vs. similar babies who are born vaginally, a new study shows.
Y Chromosome Link For Coronary Artery Disease: Presdisposition 'Passed On From Father To Son'
A common heart disease which kills thousands each year may be passed genetically from father to son, according to a study led by the University of Leicester. A paper published in medical journal The Lancet shows that the Y chromosome, a part of DNA present only in men, plays a role in the inheritance of coronary artery disease (CAD). The study, called Inheritance of coronary artery disease in men: an analysis of the role of the Y chromosome, was led by researchers at the University's Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Department of Genetics...
Football Withdrawal Coping Tips
Millions of football fans will experience withdrawal symptoms now that the Super Bowl and football season is over. When an individual experiences pleasurable activity, such as watching a football game, dopamine is released in the nucleus accumbens region of the brain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter (brain chemical) related to the brain's pleasure centers. However, the individual is left feeling deprived once the pleasurable activity ends. This feeling of depravation is similar to what a smoker feels when deprived of a cigarette...
FIT Connection for Parents: Move
Why does activity matter for a healthy lifestyle? The choices you make about exercising affect your eating, emotions, and energy, too.
Are depressed kids bully magnets?
Psychologists, not to mention parents, have long observed that kids who seem depressed tend to have trouble being accepted by their peers.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
10 Ways to Improve Your Day in Just 5 Minutes
Short on time and feeling overwhelmed? Get quick tips to improve your mood so you can take on the day.
Is Economy Class Air Travel Linked To Blood Clot Risk? Apparently Not
"Economy Class Syndrome" is a myth, your risk of developing a blood clot during a long-distance economy trip by plane is not higher than in first class, researchers report in an article published in Chest. The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) has issued new evidence-based guidelines which address some of the risk factors linked to DVT (deep vein thrombosis) - it says that there is no compelling evidence linking economy class air travel to the development of DVT...
Genetic Variant Increases Risk Of Common Type Stroke
A genetic variant that increases the risk of a common type of stroke has been identified by scientists in a study published online in Nature Genetics. This is one of the few genetic variants to date to be associated with risk of stroke and the discovery opens up new possibilities for treatment. Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide (more than one in 10 of all deaths, and over six million deaths annually), and also in developed countries is a major cause of chronic disability. As the world's populations age the impact of stroke on wellbeing is likely to increase further...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Finger Foods During Weaning Help Maintain Healthy Body Weight Later On
A study published in BMJ Open reveals that infants tend to eat healthier and be a healthy weight as they get older if they are allowed to feed themselves with finger foods from the start of weaning (baby led weaning), compared to infants who are spoon fed. According to the researchers, findings from the study indicate that baby led weaning may help prevent childhood obesity. Findings from the study were based on 155 children aged between 20 months and 6.5 years, whose parents filled out a survey regarding their children's food preferences and weaning style...
Child Abuse - 4,569 Hospitalizations And 300 Deaths In One Year, USA
Child abuse injuries resulted in 4,500 hospitalizations and 300 fatalities in just one year in the USA, researchers from Yale School of Medicine reported in the journal Pediatrics. This is the first study that has quantified abuse severity and how many children ended up in hospital, the authors added. Child Protective Services had only tracked occurrence of child abuse at a national level. Dr. John M. Leventhal and team set out to find out what the incidence of hospitalizations due to child abuse among children under 18 years of age might be...
Cause Of Metabolic Disease Identified By Whole Exome Sequencing
Sequencing a patient's entire genome to discover the source of his or her disease is not routine - yet. But geneticists are getting close. A case report, published this week in the American Journal of Human Genetics, shows how researchers can combine a simple blood test with an "executive summary" scan of the genome to diagnose a type of severe metabolic disease. Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine and Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute used "whole-exome sequencing" to find the mutations causing a glycosylation disorder in a boy born in 2004...
Preventing Obesity Through Positive Parenting During Early Childhood
Programs that support parents during their child's early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study in the online issue of Pediatrics. Today, one out of five American children is obese. Young children who are overweight are five times more likely than their peers of normal weight to be obese by adolescence. Obese children and adolescents, especially low-income and minority youth, are at increased risk for a range of medical, social and academic problems...
Monday, February 6, 2012
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