America’s most popular prescription sleep medication linked to mass shootings
Published time: January 20, 2014 22:05 A new report describing the bizarre and dangerous side effects of the sleep aid Ambien has once again raised questions about one of…
Video Health Research Report 20 JAN 2014
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO6Wo_phGxY&w=560&h=315] Topics: Probiotic use in preventing gastrointestinal disorders in infants * University of Bari, Italy 17 JAN 2014 Melatonin may lower prostate cancer risk * Prostate Cancer Foundation Conference Jan…
How much does it cost to have a baby in a hospital?
- California women giving birth were charged from $3,296 to $37,227 for an uncomplicated vaginal delivery - For a C-section, women were billed between $8,312 and nearly $71,000 [caption id=""…
Altering the community of gut bacteria promotes health and increases lifespan
Study published in Cell provides first systemic understanding of aging gut [caption id="" align="alignright" width="213"] Making Raw Milk Kefir (Photo credit: Chiot's Run)[/caption] Scientists at the Buck Institute for Research…
Researchers discover that coevolution between humans and bacteria reduces gastric cancer risk
IMAGE: This image shows admixture proportions (C-F) of human (C and D) and H. pylori (E and F) ancestry (n = 233). Each human host and his…
Study explores possible costs, benefits of making movies with ‘Oscar appeal’
- "The movies tend to be serious and depressing, and audiences don't like that, so making Oscar-y movies is a riskier strategy than the average moviegoer might appreciate." …
Study examines probiotic use in preventing gastrointestinal disorders in infants
- At three months of age, the average duration of crying time (38 vs. 71 minutes), regurgitations (2.9 vs. 4.6) and evacuations per day (4.2 vs. 3.6) differed in the…
Study questions anti-cancer mechanisms of drug tested in clinical trials
"However, our findings unveil a potential role for AMPK as a tumor growth supporter, not a suppressor, in the type of cancer that we study. This is why clinicians…
13 JAN 2014 Video Health Research Report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeB85kN3xdU Topics: Pregnenolone shown to inhibit cannabis intoxication * 03 JAN 2014 Published in Science Brief fever common in kids given influenza, pneumococcal vaccines together * 06 JAN 2014 JAMA…
Chemical in baby wipes ’causes scaly, itchy rashes on children’s faces’ study reveals
Connecticut dermatologist Dr Mary Wu Chang has seen 6 children with condition over the past 2 years Study explores a reaction to methylisothiazolinone which is found in household products like…
172 Health Research Report 10 JAN 2014
Health Research Report #172 10 JAN 2014 / White paper draft Compiled by Ralph Turchiano · Detailed research references and further affiliations on each article are posted at…
SHY hypothesis explains that sleep is the price we pay for learning
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 9-Jan-2014 MADISON — Why do animals ranging from fruit flies to humans all need to sleep? After all, sleep disconnects them from their environment, puts them at…
New study finds that older firefighters may show signs of long-term heat adaptation due to repeated occupational heat stress exposure
Older Firefighters May Be More Resilient to Working in Heat FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Release No. SPR-14-0108-01 FALLS CHURCH, Va. (January 8, 2014) — Older firefighters who are chronically exposed…
Low diversity of bacteria may increase the risk for asthma
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 7-Jan-2014 Low gut microbial diversity in the intestines of infants can increase the risk for asthma development. These are the findings of the age 7 follow-up in…
Several forms of vitamin E protect against memory disorders
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 7-Jan-2014 Elderly people with high serum vitamin E levels are less likely to suffer from memory disorders than their peers with lower levels, according to a study…
BPA increases risk of cancer in human prostate tissue
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 7-Jan-2014 - Our research provides the first direct evidence that exposure to BPA during development, at the levels we see in our day-to-day lives, increases the risk…
Improper use of biocides in food production may endanger public health
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 6-Jan-2014 - exposing Escherichia coli bacteria to sub-lethal concentrations of each of three food-grade biocides could result in greater antibiotic resistance, a greater ability to form damaging…
Breastfeeding associated with lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis, according to new study
- after adjusting for potential confounding factors, those who had ever breastfed were around half as likely to have RA In a new study of over 7,000 older Chinese women…
Brief fever common in kids given influenza, pneumococcal vaccines together
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 6-Jan-2014 - Parents should be made aware that their child might develop a fever following simultaneous influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations - children who received simultaneous influenza and…
Study: Half of black males, 40 percent of white males arrested by age 23
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 6-Jan-2014 First contemporary findings on how the risk of arrest varies across race and gender Nearly half of black males and almost 40 percent of white males…
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