Archive: 21/02/2019

Brain condition CTE seen in H.S. football players: study

(HealthDay)—Crippling brain injury from football can start early, even among high school players, a new study suggests.

Feb 21, 2019

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Studies promising for sensory feedback for hand prostheses

(HealthDay)—By triggering sensory stimulation, transradial amputees are able to regain proprioception; and a slippage simulation strategy can detect slipping in a patient with hand amputation, according to two small studies ...

Feb 21, 2019

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FDA aims to strengthen sunscreen rules

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took steps Thursday to tighten regulation of over-the-counter sunscreen products.

Feb 21, 2019

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Panicked Hawaiians swarmed social media during nuke attack false alarm

(HealthDay)—First came confusion, shock and fear, as people struggled to process the emergency warning they'd received.

Feb 21, 2019

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Smartphones help researchers better understand the nature of depression and anxiety

Decades of research into anxiety and depression have resulted in the development of models that help explain the causes and dimensions of the two disorders.

Feb 21, 2019

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Price transparency helps Arizona health system achieve financial turnaround

Efforts to understand costs and openly share information on healthcare prices played a key role in a major Arizona health system's successful turnaround from a financial crisis, according to a feature article in the Spring ...

Feb 21, 2019

Height gap with parents, not genetics, determines onset of puberty

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have found that the age puberty hits is based on the gap between the parents' and child's ultimate height, not genetics.

Feb 21, 2019

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Study links diabetes and back pain

People with diabetes have a 35 percent higher risk of experiencing low back pain and 24 percent higher risk of having neck pain than those without diabetes, a review by University of Sydney researchers has found.

Feb 21, 2019

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Study looks at seasonal and geographic trends in syphilis

Much of the public health impact of syphilis revolves around its impact on fetuses and neonates through the mother-to-child transmission of the disease. Researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have now analyzed ...

Feb 21, 2019

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GI neuroimmune disruption contributes to Gulf War Illness

Many Persian Gulf War veterans experience Gulf War Illness (GWI), a chronic condition with symptoms ranging from gastrointestinal to neurological. While exposure to the anti-nerve gas pyridostigmine bromide (PB) is linked ...

Feb 21, 2019

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