Health Discoveries in General Health News
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Brain protein may hold answer for treatment of depression
January 5, 2010
A brain protein that is elevated in people diagnosed with depression, may answer scientists' questions about why antidepressants don't always succeed.
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Dreams do occur during sleepwalking and sleep terrors
January 4, 2010
New research sheds light on dream activity that takes place when people experience sleepwalking or episodes of "sleep terrors."
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Test for early Alzheimers may predict later dementia
December 31, 2009
Using a compound that binds to brain plaques, doctors may be able to determine whether individuals who test positive for early Alzheimer's disease will progress into more serious stages of the disease with dementia.
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Tried-and-true weight loss methods work for obese adolescents
December 31, 2009
Most overweight adolescents who successfully lost weight relied on tried-and-true weight loss methods – increased exercise, walking and climbing stairs, drinking less soda and self-weighing – rather than resorting to extreme dieting.
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Lower electronics maximum sound level to prevent hearing loss
December 29, 2009
Pre-setting the maximum decibel level on children's electronic gifts will help prevent noise-induced hearing loss, say Vanderbilt University Medical Center experts.
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Job authority may bring on physical, psychological illness
December 28, 2009
Being the boss may look good on a resume, but it could result in both physical and psychological medical problems.
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Combined traffic and indoor pollutants may trigger asthma
December 28, 2009
Environmental health scientists report that children exposed to high levels of both traffic-related and indoor pollutants are six times more likely to experience "persistent wheezing," an early indication of asthma.
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Drinking more coffee and tea may reduce risk for diabetes
December 28, 2009
Adding more cups of coffee and tea – regular or decaffeinated – to the daily diet could lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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Acupuncture may offer relief to itchiness and skin inflammation
December 24, 2009
The short-term effects of acupuncture may include soothing itchiness and skin inflammation caused by atopic eczema, a German research team has found.
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Nearsightedness more prevalent now than a generation ago
December 24, 2009
Myopia, or nearsightedness, may be more common today than it was 30 years ago, according to the December issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
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Experts say rare aging syndromes are distinct conditions
December 24, 2009
Patients who are living with rare aging conditions have distinct physical characteristics and shouldn't be placed in just one medical category, say experts at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
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Fitness and sports participation lower risk for womens health problems
December 24, 2009
Women who participate in fitness and sports programs are at lower risk for breast cancer, osteoporosis and depression, and are less likely to smoke or use drugs, the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) reports in an updated version of its wide-ranging study on women and fitness.
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Latest CDC figures show 1 in 110 children are autistic
December 24, 2009
The latest government estimate of children affected by autism places the ratio at 1 in 110 youngsters, based on 8-year-olds who were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in 2006.
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Steroid injection may slow vision loss related to diabetes
December 24, 2009
Vision loss and blindness that results as a complication of diabetes could be slowed by the injection of steroids into the eye, according to a new study.
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Headaches may be an early warning to serious illness
December 23, 2009
Headaches can be one of the earliest signs of serious medical problems if unusual symptoms accompany them, according to the American Chiropractic Association (ACA).
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Testing semantic memory could assess risk of Alzheimers disease
December 23, 2009
Two studies by Canadian researchers show that recognizing a celebrity could be a tool for early detection of Alzheimer's disease.
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Injectable birth control causes bone density loss in some women
December 23, 2009
Many women who use an injectable birth control shot are likely to develop bone density loss in the hip or lower spince, a University of Texas medical research team has found.
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Lung cancer specialists focusing more on never smokers
December 22, 2009
For research purposes, they are called the "never smokers" – people who have smoked fewer than 100 cigarettes in their lifetimes.
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Better staging is among the improvements in lung cancer care
December 22, 2009
There have been many refinements in diagnosing lung cancer and "better staging" – identifying the illness in earlier stages – that have led to more effective treatments and longer survival rates for patients.
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Teens may smoke less, but those who do, have a hard time quitting
December 21, 2009
Cigarette smoking among teens is declining, but once they begin, teen smokers may have a tougher time quitting than if they had begun at a later age.
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