Lack of vigorous physical activity is the main contributor to obesity in adolescents ages 11 to 15, according to a study of 878 adolescents by researchers.
A simple urine sample could soon be used to predict the complex toxic effects of new drugs potentially making clinical trials safer, more effective, and saving the industry millions of pounds.
Researchers at the Children's Center have designed an online, Web-based system for ordering total parenteral nutrition (TPN) that identifies and pre-emptively eliminates potentially serious calculation errors.
Neurosurgeons now have the means to educate patients and their families on ways to memorialize, honor, or pay tribute to their loved ones: the "Celebrate a Life" memorial and tribute giving program facilitated by the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) of the AANS.
Women with diabetes are at an increased risk of pregnancy complications, even if their diabetes is well controlled, according to new research. These findings suggest that the current criteria for strict blood sugar (glycaemic) control before and during pregnancy are not good enough.
Substantial numbers of young people with mental illness are admitted to inappropriate hospital wards that don't meet their needs, claims new research.
Adults who have never smoked and who live with smokers have a 15% higher risk of death than those living in a smoke-free household, according to new research.
Smoke-free laws may be linked with a rapid fall in the number of heart attacks, according to new research. Previous studies have shown that people living or working in an environment polluted with secondhand smoke have a 30% increased risk of heart attack.
Among healthy people over the age of 75 who have the genotype associated with higher risk for Alzheimer's, low levels of vitamin B12 are associated with significantly worse performance on memory tests.
Using previously secret tobacco industry documents, researchers outline the strategies used by the tobacco industry to try to derail the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report that led to smoke-free indoor air requirements.
New evidence in animals about hormones that regulate blood pressure and heart function could lead to better treatments for humans after heart attacks, say researchers.
The world's largest Annual Scientific Meeting for neurosurgeons, neurological residents in training, neuroscience nurses, clinical specialists, nurse/physician assistants, and other allied health professionals will feature the latest scientific and technological advances in neurological surgery.
The UM Medical School now ranks No. 7 among the nation's 125 accredited medical schools, according to the annual "Best Graduate Schools" rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report.
Researchers at the Children's Center report that 20 percent of children with asthma do not get enough exercise, even though physical activities such as running and swimming have been shown to decrease the severity of asthma symptoms.
The use of paroxetine and other antidepressant medications continues to grow by about 10% annually among children and adolescents. A study profiles trends of prescription antidepressant use in children and adolescents using prescription claim information from a random, nationwide sample.
FDA has approved KETEKâ„¢ (telithromycin) tablets to treat acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis; acute bacterial sinusitis; and mild to moderate community-acquired pneumonia, including those infections caused by multi-drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, in patients age 18 and older.
This week's editorial is strongly critical of the way that tropical medicine remains structured on outdated colonial lines and calls for the discipline to 'resist contemporary imperialistic forces that hide under the folded veils of counterterrorism and corporate colonialism'.
Research from Australia highlights how day-care services could offer some benefits over hospital admission for women with pregnancy complications.
Authors of a research letter highlight how suicide among young people in India--especially among young women--is a major public-health problem requiring urgent intervention.
In Pakistan, relationship problems and financial difficulties are linked to anxiety and depression, whereas supportive family and friends may protect against the development of these disorders, finds researchers.
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