Archive: 01/12/2015
Inequalities in alcohol-related mortality in Europe
Alcohol-related conditions are an important contributing factor to the socioeconomic inequality in total mortality in many European countries, according to a study published this week in PLOS Medicine. The database analysis, ...
Dec 1, 2015
Legionnaires' disease bacteria found at hotel; one guest died
The bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease was found in rooms of a hotel in a popular Missouri tourist town associated with Mark Twain, and health officials said Tuesday that one of three people who contracted the disease ...
Dec 1, 2015
Type 2 diabetes reversed by losing fat from pancreas
A team from Newcastle University, UK, has shown that Type 2 diabetes is caused by fat accumulating in the pancreas—and that losing less than one gram of that fat through weight loss reverses the diabetes.
Dec 1, 2015
Underage drinkers' brand preferences vary by race, age, study finds
Bud Light and Budweiser—are uniformly popular among underage drinkers, regardless of age, gender or ethnicity, while certain other brands appear to have a unique appeal to African-American youth drinkers, according to a ...
Dec 1, 2015
Antibody for severe hemophilia a may reduce injections needed to prevent bleeding
An antibody engineered to prevent excessive bleeding in patients with severe hemophilia A may be safe and effective, and require fewer injections than existing options, according to a first-in-human study of the treatment ...
Dec 1, 2015