News tagged with health condition


Differences between 'marathon mice' and 'couch potato mice' reveal key to muscle fitness

Researchers discovered that small pieces of genetic material called microRNAs link the two defining characteristics of fit muscles: the ability to burn sugar and fat and the ability to switch between slow- ...

Medical research created May 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shines light on how stress circuits learn

Researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute have discovered that stress circuits in the brain undergo profound learning early in life. Using a number of cutting edge approaches, including ...

Neuroscience created Apr 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies co-factors critical to PTSD development

Research led by Ya-Ping Tang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that the action of a specific gene occurring during exposure to adolescent trauma ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Two in China first known deaths from H7N9 bird flu

Two Shanghai men have died from a lesser-known type of bird flu in the first known human deaths from the strain, and Chinese authorities said Sunday that it wasn't clear how they were infected, but that there was no evidence ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 31, 2013 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Prematurity and maternal education affect early academic achievement

In a study published in the April 2013 edition of Pediatrics, Emory researchers suggest that late preterm birth and maternal education have a relative impact on standardized test performance—the most c ...

Pediatrics created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Potential Chagas vaccine candidate shows unprecedented efficacy

Scientists are getting closer to a Chagas disease vaccine, something many believed impossible only 10 years ago. Research from the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ...

Medications created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

People with depression may not reap full benefits of healthy behaviors

Depression may inhibit the anti-inflammatory effects typically associated with physical activity and light-to-moderate alcohol consumption, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study underlines potential of new technology to diagnose disease

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in Jupiter, FL, have developed cutting-edge technology that can successfully screen human blood for disease markers. This tool may hold the key to better diagnosing and ...

Medical research created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

One in eight Americans diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, poll says

(HealthDay)—A staggering one in eight Americans has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll suggests.

Diabetes created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Preference to save the best for last fades with age, study finds

Will you save the best chocolate in the box until last? Do you want the good news first or the bad? Your preferences may depend on your age, reports a Cornell study published in Psychology and Aging.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Some omega-3 oils better than others for protection against liver disease

(Medical Xpress)—Research at Oregon State University has found that one particular omega-3 fatty acid has a powerful effect in preventing liver inflammation and fibrosis – common problems that are steadily rising along ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study highlights important role that patients play in determining outcomes

When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs.

Health created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Personalized plans to address barriers to HIV drug adherence boost chances of successful therapy

HIV patients who participated in an intervention that helped them identify barriers to taking their drugs properly and develop customized coping strategies took a significantly greater amount of their prescribed doses than ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Childhood obesity linked to more immediate health problems than previously thought

While a great deal of research on childhood obesity has spotlighted the long-term health problems that emerge in adulthood, a new UCLA study focuses on the condition's immediate consequences and shows that obese youngsters ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Feeling lonely linked to increased risk of dementia in later life

Feeling lonely, as distinct from being/living alone, is linked to an increased risk of developing dementia in later life, indicates research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast