Most of us rely on the bathroom scale to tell us when middle-aged spread is getting out of hand. It might be better to keep a tape measure at the ready. New research shows that adding several inches to the waist?even if body weight still falls within a normal range?markedly increases the risk of unhealthy plaque build-up in the arteries of the heart and the rest of the body.
Current and past smokers appear to have a higher risk of developing late age-related macular degeneration than those who have never smoked, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Paying out certain types of government aid in a monthly lump sum appears to fuel a spate of harmful and often fatal drug binges, according to a new study in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Public Economics that links the monthly arrival of disability checks with a sharp rise in drug related hospitalizations and deaths.
Researchers from the division of rheumatology and clinical immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine are leading a worldwide effort to study a treatment for a rare autoimmune disorder called myositis, thanks to a five-year, $8 million contract from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Gilchrist & Soames, an Indianapolis-based provider of toiletry products for the hotel industry, has initiated a worldwide voluntary recall of its Gilchrist & Soames 0.65oz/18ml toothpaste manufactured in China for the company by Ming Fai Enterprises International Co., LTD, after independent tests showed some samples of the toothpaste contained diethylene glycol, or DEG.
Leptin, one of the key hormones responsible for reducing hunger and increasing the feeling of fullness, also controls our fondness for food, revealed by researchers at University of Cambridge.
In 1961, Robert Guthrie developed a method to test newborns for phenylketonuria, or PKU ? a genetic disorder that prevents the body from processing a protein found in almost all food, causing severe mental retardation.
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered a treatment that counteracts the effects of cocaine on the human cardiovascular system, including lowering the elevated heart rate and blood pressure often found in cocaine users.
The US Food and Drug Administration has received and is reviewing new safety data about two popular heartburn medicines – Prilosec (omeprazole) and Nexium (esomeprazole).
Health Canada is reminding Canadians and health care professionals that lancing devices must be used as directed in order to minimize the risk of transmitting blood-borne pathogens, including hepatitis B, hepatitis C. and HIV.