Archive: 10/09/2014
More needed to protect our sportspeople from brain injury, experts say
Two University of Birmingham academics are calling for more research to be carried out looking at how the brains of sportspeople – including children – react when they receive a blow to the head.
Sep 10, 2014
Binge drinking in pregnancy can affect child's mental health and school results
Binge drinking during pregnancy can increase the risk of mental health problems (particularly hyperactivity and inattention) in children aged 11 and can have a negative effect on their school examination results, according ...
Sep 10, 2014
'Fat shaming' doesn't encourage weight loss
Discrimination against overweight and obese people does not help them to lose weight, finds new UCL research funded by Cancer Research UK.
Sep 10, 2014
Study examines vitiligo, alopecia areata and chronic graft vs. host disease
Vitiligo (depigmentation of the skin) and alopecia areata (AA, patchy or complete hair loss) in patients with chronic graft-vs-host disease (GvHD) following a stem cell transplant appear to be associated with having a female ...
Sep 10, 2014
Role of emergency contact is mistaken for advance directive, study says
More than 95 percent of patients treated in an Emergency Department mistake their emergency contact as the designated medical decision maker for end-of-life care, according to a new study by Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Sep 10, 2014
Recreational pot eclipses medical pot in Colorado
Colorado is now selling more recreational pot than medical pot, a turning point for the newly legal industry.
Sep 10, 2014
Association between sunshine and suicide examined in study
Lower rates of suicide are associated with more daily sunshine in the prior 14 to 60 days.
Sep 10, 2014