Archive: 21/12/2016

After worry, joy arrives for mother of quintuplets

The new mother of quintuplets kept her excitement in check for the first six months of her pregnancy—even putting off setting up a nursery.

Dec 21, 2016

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A novel approach: Fighting painkiller addiction at home

People hooked on prescription painkillers were able to use a drug at home to curb cravings and prevent abuse while waiting to get in a treatment program, finds a small study that gives hope for a new way to fight the opioid ...

Dec 21, 2016

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Snickers maker criticizes industry-funded paper on sugar

Mars Inc., the maker of Skittles and M&M's, is breaking ranks with other food companies and denouncing an industry-funded paper that says global recommendations on limiting sugar are based on weak evidence.

Dec 21, 2016

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Reducing antibiotic duration does more harm than good for ear infections in young children

In a landmark trial conducted at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, researchers have demonstrated that when treating children between 9 and 23 months of age with ...

Dec 21, 2016

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Don't cut the cord too fast; a pause benefits most newborns

Don't cut that umbilical cord too soon: A brief pause after birth could benefit most newborns by delivering them a surge of oxygen-rich blood.

Dec 21, 2016

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Tissue, organ research institute to benefit injured soldiers

The Department of Defense is providing $80 million to establish a bio-research and manufacturing institute in Manchester, New Hampshire, to develop transplant tissues and organs for injured American soldiers and other patients.

Dec 21, 2016

'Obamacare' holding its own: 6.4M signed up so far

"Obamacare" seems to be holding its own. The administration said Wednesday that 6.4 million people have enrolled for subsidized private coverage through HealthCare.gov, ahead of last year's pace.

Dec 21, 2016

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Toeing the line: Study finds brain cells that signal path of travel

Imagine you're navigating a city like New York, or any other that's laid out on a grid. Suppose you run into a roadblock as you're heading north. How do you know that you can turn to your left, say, and then take a right ...

Dec 21, 2016

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Study shows discrimination interacts with genetics and impacts health

It's no secret that discrimination is stressful for those who experience it, but turns out the issue is more than skin deep—these stressors can interact with our genetics to negatively impact our health, a new University ...

Dec 21, 2016

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Challenges remain in HIV care in Africa

Barriers to diagnosis and lack of access to modern medications have combined to place caregivers and HIV-positive patients in sub-Saharan Africa between a rock and a hard place. A new study shows that physicians are often ...

Dec 21, 2016

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