Posted by admin on 05 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Medication use among children across the United States is dramatically increasing as more kids are being treated for diabetes, asthma and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), researchers report.
Increased prescribing may be due in large part to increasing obesity among children and the health consequences of that trend, researchers say. Continue Reading »
Posted by admin on 04 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Eating fish twice a week may help reduce the risk of kidney disease in people with diabetes, according to a British study of more than 22,000 adults, including 517 with diabetes.The participants’ fish consumption was determined using dietary and lifestyle questionnaires. People with diabetes who ate less than one serving of fish per week were about four times more likely (18 percent) to have protein in their urine than those who ate at least two servings of fish per week (4 percent). Continue Reading »
Posted by admin on 31 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
The cardiac benefits of wine have been touted for years, but heavy metal contamination found in some European red and white wines could turn a health benefit into a hazard, British researchers report.Heavy metals have been linked to neurological problems such as Parkinson’s disease and may also increase oxidative stress, which can lead to chronic inflammatory disease and cancer, the researchers noted. Continue Reading »
Posted by admin on 30 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
A little of jolt of electricity to the brain could improve dexterity, a finding that could hold promise for stroke victims. Continue Reading »
Posted by admin on 28 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Few doctors or other health-care providers have enough smoking cessation training to help their patients quit smoking, a U.S. study suggests. Continue Reading »
Posted by admin on 27 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
The popular bone-building medications known as bisphosphonates may have a rare, but serious, cardiac side effect.
A review of available research concludes that these medications may increase the risk of atrial fibrillation — an erratic heart rhythm that can lead to blood clots that may cause heart attacks or strokes. Continue Reading »
Posted by admin on 26 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
It may not be the cure for the common cold, but it may set the stage for a cure.Canadian and U.S. researchers have found that the human rhinovirus, long blamed for causing the common cold, doesn’t actually cause those annoying sniffles, sneezes, and coughs. Continue Reading »
Posted by admin on 25 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Television ads that ran between 1999 and 2004 as part of the U.S. government’s “National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign” do not appear to have dissuaded teens from smoking marijuana, a new study suggests.In fact, researchers uncovered evidence indicating that the effort could possibly have had the reverse effect: sparking interest in marijuana among kids frequently exposed to the ads by implying that such drug use is common among their peers. Continue Reading »
Posted by admin on 24 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Recovering from a stroke is easier if you were physically active before the attack, a new Danish study finds.Researchers found that such patients had less severe strokes and a better chance of long-term recovery. Continue Reading »
Posted by admin on 23 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Two medications may prove to be advances in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, researchers say.In one study, an experimental drug called oral fumarate (BG00012) substantially reduced symptoms in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, according to a phase II clinical trial by European and North American researchers. Continue Reading »
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