Obese children naturally produce higher levels of a key stress hormone than their normal weight peers, according to new research accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
A tomato-rich diet may help protect at-risk postmenopausal women from breast cancer, according to new research accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Physicists at the University of Chicago and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, are uncovering the fundamental physical laws that govern the behavior of cellular materials.
University Hospitals (UH) Bedford Medical Center, a campus of UH Regional Hospitals, has launched a new program to help older adults live healthier, more independent lives. The new center can serve as a model for working with older patients and their families.
Nutrition education improves fruit, vegetable and low-fat dairy consumption among low-income children and the elderly, according to a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed). The results support the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ commitment to nutrition education programs, many of which are directed by registered dietitian nutritionists and Academy members.
The Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON) has been honored with the gold award in the Book/Manual/Catalogue category in Association TRENDS 2013 All-Media Contest for its publication, Telephone Triage Guidelines.
The 2014 Evidence-Based Guideline for the Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults contains nine recommendations for health care providers.
Researchers discover there are seven distinct African crocodile species, not just three.
Mayo Clinic has produced a series of expert-led presentations where physicians can learn from each other, ask questions and engage in peer-to-peer dialogue across a variety of medical topics. The presentations are part of Quantia’s social learning and collaboration platform. QuantiaMD is designed to enhance physician collaboration and information sharing.
Functional foods. Fortified foods. They sound good for you, but they may actually be sabotaging your healthy diet. In this episode, we talk with one psychologist who studies how companies market foods to health-conscious consumers and why we should all by wary of what they tell us about their products.
Johns Hopkins Nursing DNP program’s impact on its students and their impact on communities worldwide grow with each cohort.
A Cochrane review finds few benefits to a two-stage orthodontic correction for buck teeth in children versus treatment done in one-stage during early adolescence.
Amy Tiemeier, Pharm.D., BCPS, associate professor of pharmacy practice at St. Louis College of Pharmacy suggests four easy resolutions for a healthier 2014.
The Wallace Foundation is awarding a grant to the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research to synthesize what is known about how attitudes, skills and character traits, such as grit and perseverance, contribute to a young person's long-term success.
The poor and minorities tend to suffer from poor sleep and chronic disease more often, but sleep does not appear to be a root cause of disease disparity, finds a new study in Ethnicity & Disease.
Professor co-created a diamond-based coating that allows a microchip to be implanted into the eye. That chip is part of the Argus II, which restores partial vision to people blind from eye disease such as retinitis pigmentosa
The Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) awards Dr. Kerry Parsons, BCOP PharmD, with the 2013 HOPA Research Award.
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) congratulates authorities in China’s Jilin Province for the recent arrests of five poachers – the largest ever for the province.
The American Thoracic Society Foundation and the American Lung Association announced today that they are co-funding an $80,000 grant that will support important research into the mechanisms underlying Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS), a rare inherited disease which affects a number of organs including the lungs.
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