by Bruce Sylvester – taken from JAMA – Among non-diabetic adults, smoking cessation compared with continued smoking correlates to a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, even with subsequent… read more.
Study shows magnesium intake, absorption significantly associated with bone density in children. Parents are advised to make sure their children drink milk and eat other calcium-rich foods to… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from the NEJM – Approximately 90 percent of children who have two copies of a genetic variation and who wheezed when they had… read more.
World Health Matters (The Netherlands) by Gary Finnegan – Eating while distracted generally makes people eat more without being aware of it, but reducing bite sizes may be… read more.
World Health Matters (Switzerland) by Gary Finnegan – Italian people who move to live in Switzerland outlive the Swiss-born majority, according to a new study.
World Health Matters (INDIA) by Gary Finnegan – Women in India are more likely to avail of prenatal care when pregnant with boys, according to ground-breaking research that… read more.
World Health Matters (Japan) by Gary Finnegan – Addiction may result from abnormal brain circuitry in the frontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls decision-making, according… read more.
Researchers reported encouraging but preliminary results of gene-based immune therapy in two children with relapsed and refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Significant benefit also seen in men. The proportion of young women diagnosed with genital warts in Australia has seen a significant decline thanks to the HPV vaccine, say… read more.
Interventions to physicians and patients improve osteoporosis treatment at low cost. Reminding primary care doctors to test at-risk patients for osteoporosis can prevent fractures and reduce health care… read more.
EMA Highlights by Gary Finnegan – The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the granting of marketing authorisations for several new products.
Long-term cortisol exposure in seniors linked to heart disease, stroke. Hair strands contain valuable information about senior citizens’ stress levels that can be used to determine an individual’s… read more.
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