Medicine & Health news

Whooping cough vaccine may be losing its punch: study

Medicine & Health / Diseases

53 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vaccination programs against whooping cough may not be fully effective because the bacteria that cause the disease have evolved new strains, a new study has found. A team of Australian scientists has ...

IQ among strongest predictors of cardiovascular disease -- second only to cigarette smoking

Medicine & Health / Health

3 hours ago | not rated yet | 6 |

as reflected by low results on written or oral tests of IQ - have been associated with a raised risk of cardiovascular disease, no study has so far compared the relative strength of this association with other established ...

Communication breakdown: What happens to nerve cells in Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

3 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 |

A new study from The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro - at McGill University is the first to discover a molecular link between Parkinson's disease and defects in the ability of nerve cells to communicate. ...

Lawmaker's death a reminder of surgery risks

Medicine & Health / Health

3 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Gallbladder surgery is usually a very safe operation, but a powerful congressman's death is a reminder of the known risks.

China declares new national food-safety campaign

Medicine & Health / Health

4 hours ago | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- China declared a new food-safety campaign Wednesday after contaminated milk products from an earlier scandal showed up repackaged in several places around the country, exposing weaknesses in the country's promise ...

Study finds racial gaps continue in heart disease awareness

Medicine & Health / Health

2 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

Racial gaps exist in women's heart-health awareness, women's knowledge of heart attack warning signs requires attention and nearly half of women report they would not call 9-1-1 if they were having heart attack symptoms, ...

Helicobacter pylori and EBV in gastric carcinomas

Medicine & Health / Cancer

8 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

Mechanisms of gastric carcinogenesis are still not yet understood. Studies have linked genetic and epigenetic factors or microbiological agents to gastric cancer, but they didn't look for these events together. Dr. Ferrasi ...

Feeling blue? You'll shun the new

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

14 hours ago | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0 |

A sick or sad child might cling to mom's leg. But that same child - fed, rested and generally content - will happily toddle off to explore every nook and cranny of the known world. Or: You're chipper and you ...

Babies wise to what we really mean: Researchers find first evidence that six-month-olds comprehend adults' intentions

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

15 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

A study by York University researchers reveals that infants as young as six months old know when we're "playing" them - and they don't like it.

Early life stress may predict cardiovascular disease

Medicine & Health / Health

14 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 |

Early life stress could be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adulthood, researchers report.

Blueberries counteract intestinal diseases

Medicine & Health / Health

19 hours ago | 4 / 5 (6) | 2

It is already known that blueberries are rich in antioxidants and vitamins. New research from the Lund University Faculty of Engineering in Sweden shows that blueberry fibre are important and can alleviate and protect against ...

Brain Scans Track Hoop Fans' Happy Memories

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

15 hours ago | not rated yet | 1 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a novel study that used historical tape of a thrilling overtime basketball game between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, brain researchers at Duke have found that ...

Depression and lack of concentration do not necessarily go together

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

10 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Many clinicians believe that depression goes hand in hand with cognitive difficulties such as memory problems or difficulties concentrating and paying attention, but a recent review of nearly 20 years of literature conducted ...

Built-in amps: How subtle head motions, quiet sounds are reported to the brain

Medicine & Health / Research

22 hours ago | 3 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Subtle head motions are amplified by inner-ear hair cells before the signal is reported to the brain, report Marine Biological Laboratory scientists and colleagues. In both the auditory and the vestibular systems, hair cell ...

Auto exhaust linked to thickening of arteries, possible increased risk of heart attack

Medicine & Health / Health

19 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 1 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from Switzerland, California, and Spain have found that particulates from auto exhaust can lead to the thickening of artery walls. Their findings are reported in the journal PLoS ON ...

Scientists reveal how an old drug could have a new use for treating river blindness

Medicine & Health / Research

21 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 |

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a potential new use for the drug closantel, currently the standard treatment for sheep and cattle infected with liver fluke. The new research suggests that the ...

Watch your step: Elevator-related injuries and older adults

Medicine & Health / Health

12 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

In the first large-scale epidemiological study of elevator-related injuries in older adults in the United States, researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine and an Ohio State University colleague report in ...

Study: End-of-life care must reflect patient wishes and values

Medicine & Health / Health

14 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

Researchers from Brown University and Harvard Medical School are calling for improved decision-making in the use of feeding tubes for hospitalized nursing home residents with advanced dementia.