Archive: 06/12/2012
Trade-offs in raising Medicare eligibility age
(AP)—Americans are living longer, and Republicans want to raise the Medicare eligibility age to help reduce the government's huge deficits.
Dec 6, 2012
Healthpoint, DFB to pay up to $48M in drug case
(AP)—Healthpoint Ltd. and DFB Pharmaceuticals will pay up to $48 million to settle allegations that Healthpoint marketed a prescription skin ointment without approval from federal regulators.
Dec 6, 2012
Kids' sleep-related breathing problems
Children with sleep-related breathing problems (such as snoring or apnea) frequently have concurrent behavioral sleep problems (such as waking repeatedly)—and vice versa, according to research led by a scientist at Albert ...
Dec 6, 2012
Discovery of pathway leading to depression reveals new drug targets
Scientists have identified the key molecular pathway leading to depression, revealing potential new targets for drug discovery, according to research led by King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry. The study, published ...
Dec 6, 2012
Arsenic in drinking water linked to lung disease
New research from the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has uncovered likely mechanisms for the link between arsenic in drinking water and increased risk of developing chronic lung disease.
Dec 6, 2012
Is your house a winter wonderland or a nightmare before Christmas?
Maybe it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas around your house, but what seems festive to adults can become lethal to children. Bridget Boyd, MD, pediatrician and Loyola University Health System pediatric safety expert, ...
Dec 6, 2012
Olympics: 2012 Games increase English sport participation
This year's Olympics and Paralympics in London has led to record numbers of people in England participating in sport, according to a survey conducted by Sports England after this year's London Games.
Dec 6, 2012
Study highlights the danger of cross-contamination of viruses from kitchen knives and graters
Poor hand hygiene is often thought to be the main cause of outbreaks of foodborne illnesses. Although it is well recognized that utensils used for food preparation can harbor bacteria, a new study by Qing Wang and her colleagues ...
Dec 6, 2012