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Three new genetic links to colorectal cancer
Dec. 23, 2012 Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have identified three new genetic “hotspots” linked to colorectal cancer. These variants, reported Dec
Regular family meals together boost kids’ fruit and vegetable intake
Dec. 20, 2012 Regular family meals round a table boosts kids’ fruit and vegetable intake, and make it easier for them to reach the recommended five portions a day, indicates research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Occasional family meals enough to boost kids’ fruit and veg intake
Dec. 19, 2012 Eating meals together as a family, even if only once or twice a week, increases children’s daily fruit and vegetable intake to near the recommended 5 A Day, according to researchers at the University of Leeds.
Massive shifts reshape the health landscape worldwide
Dec. 13, 2012 Globally, health advances present most people with a devastating irony: avoid premature death but live longer and sicker.
Unhealthy behaviors could slow progress in reducing heart disease, stroke
Dec. 12, 2012 Poor eating and exercise habits could be the game-changer in the fight against heart disease and stroke deaths, according to the American Heart Association’s “Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update 2013,” published in the American Heart Association journal, Circulation .
Foreign multidrug resistant bacteria contained in Toronto hospital
Dec. 11, 2012 As the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant infections continue to rise around the world, a hospital in Canada detected the presence of New Delhi Metallo-ß-lactamase-1-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (NDM1-Kp), a multidrug resistant bacteria that is resistant to carbapenems, one of the last lines of antibiotics. The retrospective report, featured in the January issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology , the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, analyzes risk factors and infection control strategies taken to prevent the spread of NDM1-Kp.
Abuse during childhood linked to adult-onset asthma in African-American women
ScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2012) According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported suffering abuse before age 11 had a greater likelihood of adult-onset asthma compared to women whose childhood and adolescence were free of abuse
Abuse during childhood linked to adult-onset asthma in African-American women
ScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2012) According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported suffering abuse before age 11 had a greater likelihood of adult-onset asthma compared to women whose childhood and adolescence were free of abuse
‘Sticky’ stomach flu virus stands up to typical restaurant dishwashing measures
ScienceDaily (Dec. 5, 2012) Restaurant dishes and silverware may be an overlooked place where people can catch stomach viruses, according to a new study published December 6 on the PLoS ONE website.
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