Archive: 02/12/2015

The global diet is getting sweeter, particularly when it comes to beverages

A Personal View, published today in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal, highlights that the global diet is getting sweeter, particularly when it comes to beverages. This Personal View paper is written by Professor ...

Dec 2, 2015

Imaging yields evidence of heart disease in archeological find

Researchers using modern imaging techniques on hearts more than 400 years old found at an archeological site were able to learn about the health conditions of the people buried there, according to a new study presented today ...

Dec 2, 2015

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The danger of overdiagnosis amid the childhood ADHD epidemic

In barely a decade, the number of U.S. children and adolescents diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has risen by more than 40 percent, note authors Stephen Hinshaw and Katherine Ellison in their ...

Dec 2, 2015

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IOF urges early evaluation of fracture risk in diabetics

Despite an up to six-fold increased risk of broken bones in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), the relationship between diabetes and osteoporosis has, until recently, suffered from a general lack of attention ...

Dec 2, 2015

Study suggests breast density alone not a risk factor for cancer

Breast density may not be a strong independent factor for breast cancer risk, according to a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Dec 2, 2015

Sleep environment one of several factors behind reduction in sudden infant death syndrome

While the successful public health campaign to improve infant sleep environments has long been associated with declines in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), an analysis of 30 years of data by researchers from Boston Children's ...

Dec 2, 2015