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Vitamin D's wild days: Who to test, what to take? Medicine & Health / Health August 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- Don't be surprised if your doctor orders a vitamin D test during your next physical. Blood tests to check levels of the so-called sunshine vitamin are on the rise as doctors and patients react to headline-grabbing ...

Education needed to decrease teens' misconception about emergency contraception Medicine & Health / Health 7 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Targeted health education may help urban, minority adolescent women better understand how the emergency contraception pill works and eliminate some misconceptions about side effects, confidentiality and accessibility, according ...

Researchers: Merck Vioxx study was for marketing Medicine & Health / Other August 18, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- A 1999 Merck & Co. study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, touted to participating doctors and patients as meant to show whether Vioxx caused fewer stomach problems than another drug, was primarily a stealth ...

Obesity raises risks of serious digestive health concerns Medicine & Health / Research 7 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet The prevalence of obesity and overweight in the United States coupled by the increased risk of gastrointestinal diseases related to obesity raises serious implications for the health of Americans. Several scientific studies ...

More than 10 percent of older Americans suffer mistreatment Medicine & Health / Health 7 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet About 13 percent of elderly Americans are mistreated, most commonly by someone who verbally mistreats or financially takes advantage of them, according to a University of Chicago study that is the first comprehensive look ...

FDA reports new deaths with diabetes drug Byetta Medicine & Health / Medications August 18, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- Federal regulators are working on a stronger label for a widely used diabetes drug marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. after deaths continue to be reported despite earlier government warnings.

Suicidal thoughts among college students more common than expected Medicine & Health / Psychology August 17, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 More than half of 26,000 students across 70 colleges and universities who completed a survey on suicidal experiences reported having at least one episode of suicidal thinking at some point in their lives. Furthermore, 15 ...

'Stereotype threat' could affect exam performance of ethnic minority medical students Medicine & Health / Other August 18, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 The underperformance in examinations of UK medical students from ethnic minorities could be partly down to a psychological phenomenon called 'stereotype threat', according to new UCL research published today in the British ...

Model for angelman syndrome developed Medicine & Health / Research August 14, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 A model for studying the genetics of Angelman syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes mental retardation and other symptoms in one out of 15,000 births, has been developed by biologists at The University of Texas at ...

You've got to have hope: studies show 'hope therapy' fights depression Medicine & Health / Psychology August 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A growing body of research suggests that there is a potent way to fight symptoms of depression that doesn't involve getting a prescription. This potent weapon? Hope.

Biracial Asian Americans and mental health Medicine & Health / Health August 17, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 A new study of Chinese-Caucasian, Filipino-Caucasian, Japanese-Caucasian and Vietnamese-Caucasian individuals concludes that biracial Asian Americans are twice as likely as monoracial Asian Americans to be diagnosed with ...

Lawsuits help guarantee drug safety, doctors say Medicine & Health / Other August 16, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- Top doctors at the helm of one of the nation's most influential medical journals are giving the Supreme Court some unsolicited legal advice about a major case.

New case of mad cow disease detected in Canada Medicine & Health / Diseases August 16, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| User comments: 1 A new case of mad cow disease has been detected in the western Canadian province of Alberta, the government's Food Inspection Agency announced Friday.

Asthma in boys may be just a phase, but for girls it may be there to stay Medicine & Health / Diseases August 15, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Boys may be more apt than girls to have childhood asthma, but, when compared to girls, they are also more likely to grow out of it in adolescence and have a decreased incidence of asthma in the post-pubertal years. This indicates ...

New method to overcome multiple drug resistant diseases developed by Stanford researchers Medicine & Health / Research August 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Many drugs once considered Charles Atlases of the pharmaceutical realm have been reduced to the therapeutic equivalent of 97-pound weaklings as the diseases they once dispatched with ease have developed resistance to them.

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Vitamin D's wild days: Who to test, what to take? Medicine & Health / Health August 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- Don't be surprised if your doctor orders a vitamin D test during your next physical. Blood tests to check levels of the so-called sunshine vitamin are on the rise as doctors and patients react to headline-grabbing ...

Education needed to decrease teens' misconception about emergency contraception Medicine & Health / Health 7 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Targeted health education may help urban, minority adolescent women better understand how the emergency contraception pill works and eliminate some misconceptions about side effects, confidentiality and accessibility, according ...

Researchers: Merck Vioxx study was for marketing Medicine & Health / Other August 18, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- A 1999 Merck & Co. study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, touted to participating doctors and patients as meant to show whether Vioxx caused fewer stomach problems than another drug, was primarily a stealth ...

Obesity raises risks of serious digestive health concerns Medicine & Health / Research 7 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet The prevalence of obesity and overweight in the United States coupled by the increased risk of gastrointestinal diseases related to obesity raises serious implications for the health of Americans. Several scientific studies ...

More than 10 percent of older Americans suffer mistreatment Medicine & Health / Health 7 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet About 13 percent of elderly Americans are mistreated, most commonly by someone who verbally mistreats or financially takes advantage of them, according to a University of Chicago study that is the first comprehensive look ...

FDA reports new deaths with diabetes drug Byetta Medicine & Health / Medications August 18, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- Federal regulators are working on a stronger label for a widely used diabetes drug marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. after deaths continue to be reported despite earlier government warnings.

Suicidal thoughts among college students more common than expected Medicine & Health / Psychology August 17, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 More than half of 26,000 students across 70 colleges and universities who completed a survey on suicidal experiences reported having at least one episode of suicidal thinking at some point in their lives. Furthermore, 15 ...

'Stereotype threat' could affect exam performance of ethnic minority medical students Medicine & Health / Other August 18, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 The underperformance in examinations of UK medical students from ethnic minorities could be partly down to a psychological phenomenon called 'stereotype threat', according to new UCL research published today in the British ...

Model for angelman syndrome developed Medicine & Health / Research August 14, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 A model for studying the genetics of Angelman syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes mental retardation and other symptoms in one out of 15,000 births, has been developed by biologists at The University of Texas at ...

You've got to have hope: studies show 'hope therapy' fights depression Medicine & Health / Psychology August 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A growing body of research suggests that there is a potent way to fight symptoms of depression that doesn't involve getting a prescription. This potent weapon? Hope.

Biracial Asian Americans and mental health Medicine & Health / Health August 17, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 A new study of Chinese-Caucasian, Filipino-Caucasian, Japanese-Caucasian and Vietnamese-Caucasian individuals concludes that biracial Asian Americans are twice as likely as monoracial Asian Americans to be diagnosed with ...

Lawsuits help guarantee drug safety, doctors say Medicine & Health / Other August 16, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- Top doctors at the helm of one of the nation's most influential medical journals are giving the Supreme Court some unsolicited legal advice about a major case.

New case of mad cow disease detected in Canada Medicine & Health / Diseases August 16, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| User comments: 1 A new case of mad cow disease has been detected in the western Canadian province of Alberta, the government's Food Inspection Agency announced Friday.

Asthma in boys may be just a phase, but for girls it may be there to stay Medicine & Health / Diseases August 15, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Boys may be more apt than girls to have childhood asthma, but, when compared to girls, they are also more likely to grow out of it in adolescence and have a decreased incidence of asthma in the post-pubertal years. This indicates ...

New method to overcome multiple drug resistant diseases developed by Stanford researchers Medicine & Health / Research August 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Many drugs once considered Charles Atlases of the pharmaceutical realm have been reduced to the therapeutic equivalent of 97-pound weaklings as the diseases they once dispatched with ease have developed resistance to them.

Vitamin D's wild days: Who to test, what to take?

Education needed to decrease teens' misconception about emergency contraception

Researchers: Merck Vioxx study was for marketing

Obesity raises risks of serious digestive health concerns

More than 10 percent of older Americans suffer mistreatment

FDA reports new deaths with diabetes drug Byetta

Suicidal thoughts among college students more common than expected

'Stereotype threat' could affect exam performance of ethnic minority medical students

Model for angelman syndrome developed

You've got to have hope: studies show 'hope therapy' fights depression

Biracial Asian Americans and mental health

Lawsuits help guarantee drug safety, doctors say

New case of mad cow disease detected in Canada

Asthma in boys may be just a phase, but for girls it may be there to stay

New method to overcome multiple drug resistant diseases developed by Stanford researchers

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