Northwestern University study indicates that getting inadequate sleep has negative effects on children’s social and emotional well-being and school performance and also increases their risk of being overweight.
Folate may protect cognition in seniors, but only with adequate levels of vitamin B12. In an epidemiological study, low B-vitamin status was associated with anemia and cognitive impairment. Low vitamin B12 status was especially linked to these conditions if seniors also had high folate in the blood.
Several neurological and psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, alcoholism, and Parkinson?s disease, are associated with changes in the brain that affect the nerves that communicate with each other through the naturally-produced chemical dopamine.
Physicians who treat a blood disorder called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), characterized by easy bruising and excessive bleeding, now have a new tool to help them provide the best care for patients with this disease.
Four million people die every year from respiratory diseases such as viral influenza. For elderly people in particular, an infection can be dangerous.
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), a leading organization for interventional cardiologists, today released a document recommending the adoption of stringent quality standards by those who perform percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in hospitals not equipped for cardiac surgery.
The Healthcare Commission is urging NHS trusts to do more to learn from patients’ complaints and to handle the issues raised ?quickly, efficiently and locally?.
In a groundbreaking new study from the American Journal of Education, researchers from Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania reveal that first- or second-generation immigrants comprise a disproportionately high percentage of the of Black student population at U.S. universities, with the percentage increasing in proportion to the selectivity of the institution.
Creatine, a popular nutritional supplement used by weightlifters and sprinters to improve athletic performance, could lend muscle strength to people with muscular dystrophies.
A wealth of research supports early aggressive treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) as the best course for preventing joint damage and avoiding the fate of a wheelchair.