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| | Study found children with the disorder have different type of microbes in stomach than other kids | TUESDAY, Jan. 10 Children with autism have bacteria in their gut that is different from the bacteria seen in kids who do not have the disorder, researchers have found. In their report, published Jan. 10 in the online journal mBio, researchers from the Mailman... » Read the full article |
| | However, program to improve health care reduced disparity | TUESDAY, Jan. 10 Asian-Americans are more likely to die in the hospital following a heart attack than whites, new research reveals, although this disparity was reduced over time in hospitals participating in a quality improvement program. In the study, doctors examin... » Read the full article |
| | Two monkeys were more likely to share juice after inhaling oxytocin in study | TUESDAY, Jan. 10 The so-called "love hormone" oxytocin promotes greater kindness in monkeys, a new study finds. It included two rhesus macaques who were seated next to each other and trained to choose different symbols that either provided a squirt of fruit juice for... » Read the full article |
| | Two-thirds of admissions in these patients are for preventable illnesses, study finds | TUESDAY, Jan. 10 People with dementia are far more likely to be hospitalized than their peers who don't have any impairment in their brain function, a new study finds. What's more, about two-thirds of the hospitalizations that occur in people with dementia are for p... » Read the full article |
| | 20-year study finds a few joints a month have no effect, but other experts differ | TUESDAY, Jan. 10 Unlike the cigarette habit, occasional pot smoking does not seem to trigger declines in lung function that could lead to breathing problems, a new 20-year study suggests. "Tobacco takes you down that road toward breathlessness, but low to moderate le... » Read the full article |
| | Current recommendations for the mineral may be too high, researchers say | TUESDAY, Jan. 10 Heart attack patients whose blood potassium levels are within a certain range are less likely to die than those with levels of the mineral below or above that range, says a new study that challenges current recommendations for potassium levels in heart attack ... » Read the full article |
| | Most are young adults, but those aged 65 and over drink most often, report shows | TUESDAY, Jan. 10 An estimated 38 million American adults are binge drinkers -- defined as men who down five or more drinks at a sitting and women who consume four or more drinks at one time, federal researchers reported Tuesday. Of the 17 percent of Americans who eng... » Read the full article |
| | Higher-than-normal levels can increase cardiac inflammation, study found | TUESDAY, Jan. 10 Studies have shown that vitamin D is critical for bone health and could have a protective benefit for the heart, but new research suggests that too much of it could actually be harmful. "Clearly, vitamin D is important fo... » Read the full article |
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