Archive: 11/07/2012

TV watching linked to eating unhealthy food

Adults and children who watch more television have less healthy diets, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. For every age and gender studied, people who watched no more than an hour of TV a day ...

Jul 11, 2012

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Audio relaxation techniques date back to the Sixteenth Century

(Medical Xpress) -- The use of birdsong and the sound of running water to aid sleep has been used for more than five hundred years, according to researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Jul 11, 2012

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Student researches social media usage in healthcare reform

Forest Institute doctoral student Gage Stermensky II recently conducted a study on consumer attitudes towards healthcare reform and the use of social media. More than 1,000 participants from around the US, of various ages, ...

Jul 11, 2012

Transforming cancer treatment: Multidrug strategy emerges from new research

A Harvard researcher studying the evolution of drug resistance in cancer says that, in a few decades, “many, many cancers could be manageable.”

Jul 11, 2012

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'Master switch' experimental drug could treat different cancers

(Medical Xpress) -- A unique multi-target experimental drug could treat a range of cancer types, according to research published in Clinical Cancer Research today.

Jul 11, 2012

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Support for cancer patients is just phone call away

Cancer patients across the country have a new way to navigate through difficult treatment decisions and communicate better with their doctors. “Open to Options,’’ which recently launched nationally, was developed ...

Jul 11, 2012

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Perceptions trick memory

An inflated sense of memory function in people with dementia may influence their likelihood of seeking help, new Flinders University research shows.

Jul 11, 2012

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My hearing is fine, thank you, but could you please speak up?

(Medical Xpress) -- More than half of factory workers who thought they had excellent or good hearing actually suffered hearing loss and didn't even recognize the problem, a new study shows.

Jul 11, 2012

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A step forward for stem cell therapy

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study shows the potential of a method to prepare stem cells that may provide relief from a painful diabetes complication. Aline Betancourt of the Tulane University Center for Stem Cell Research and ...

Jul 11, 2012

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Oral contraceptive use in girls and alcohol consumption in boys are associated with increased blood pressure

Lifestyle behaviour in adolescents may adversely affect blood pressure and cardiovascular risk in adulthood, according to results from a large pregnancy follow-up study in Australia. In particular, alcohol consumption among ...

Jul 11, 2012

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