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Flu in pregnancy may quadruple child's risk for bipolar disorder

Pregnant mothers' exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings ...

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

New flu virus found in China, travelers urged to follow guidelines from experts

In late March 2013, China notified the World Health Organization (WHO), that it had identified a new flu virus in patients who had become ill. The new virus, avian influenza A (H7N9) virus, had not been found in humans until ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study raises concerns that teen athletes continue to play with concussion symptoms

Despite knowing the risk of serious injury from playing football with a concussion, half of high school football players would continue to play if they had a headache stemming from an injury sustained on the field.

Pediatrics created May 06, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New guidelines suggest HIV screening for all adults

(HealthDay)—New guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force call for virtually every adult to be routinely screened for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

HIV & AIDS created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study finds physicians less likely to 'bond' with overweight patients

In a small study of 39 primary care doctors and 208 of their patients, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that physicians built much less of an emotional rapport with their overweight and obese patients than with their ...

Overweight and Obesity created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Mammogram rate did not decline after controversial USPSTF recommendations

More than three years after the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against routine mammogram screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49, a study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) ...

Cancer created Apr 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Routine screening and counselling for partner violence in health-care settings does not improve women's quality of life

New research published Online First in The Lancet confirms that routine intimate partner violence screening and counselling in primary-care settings does not improve women's quality of life, but does help reduce depressive sympto ...

Health created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quality improvement methods up appropriate antibiotic rx

(HealthDay)—Quality improvement (QI) methods can be used to rapidly implement national guidelines relating to appropriate first-line antibiotic therapy for children aged 3 months or older with community-acquired ...

Pediatrics created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise or make dinner? Study finds adults trade one healthy act for another

American adults who prepare their own meals and exercise on the same day are likely spending more time on one of those activities at the expense of the other, a new study suggests.

Health created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Gauging brain cancer survival time may get easier, study says

(HealthDay)—Life expectancy of people with aggressive brain cancer may be easier to determine with a new method under development at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, researchers say.

Cancer created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Prostate cancer risk rises in men with inherited genetic condition

Men with an inherited genetic condition called Lynch syndrome face a higher lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer and appear to develop the disease at an earlier age, according to a new study led by ...

Cancer created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Many cancer institution websites lack nutritional guidance, others give mixed messages

Radiation oncologists at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital are stressing the need for evidence-based, standardized guidelines on dietary recommendations for cancer patients—and with good reason. A new analysis revealed ...

Cancer created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Higher soy intake prior to lung cancer diagnosis linked to longer survival in women

New results from a large observational follow-up study conducted in Shanghai, China, indicate that women with lung cancer who consumed more soy food prior to their cancer diagnosis lived longer than those who consumed less ...

Cancer created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Four in 10 babies given solid foods too early, study finds

(HealthDay)—Child development experts advise parents not to introduce solid foods, such as baby cereal, into an infant's diet until the infant is at least 4 to 6 months old. However, new research suggests ...

Pediatrics created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Benefit of PET or PET/CT in bone and soft tissue tumors is not proven

For patients with bone and soft tissue tumours, the study data currently available allow no robust conclusions as to the advantages and disadvantages of using positron emission tomography (PET), alone or in combination with ...

Cancer created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0