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| | Not getting enough sleep may lead to weight gain over time, researchers say | TUESDAY, Jan. 24 Getting too little sleep can make you hungrier than normal and may lead to weight gain, a small study suggests. The team at Uppsala University in Sweden used functional MRI to observe the brains of 12 normal weight males while they looked at images o... » Read the full article |
| | In twins study, smaller size was associated with greater risk | TUESDAY, Jan. 24 After studying data on more than 3,700 pairs of identical twins, researchers from Northwestern University found that low birth weight was associated with more than triple the risk for autism spectrum disorder among twins in which autism only affected one of t... » Read the full article |
| | Study found lower response to vaccines in those with higher levels of PFCs in their blood | TUESDAY, Jan. 24 Exposure to high levels of a group of common household chemicals may impair children's immunity, a new study suggests. The team of researchers, from the United States and Denmark, showed that elevated exposures to perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in e... » Read the full article |
| | Acid-reducing drugs might boost respiratory infections in children without reflux, study finds | TUESDAY, Jan. 24 Children with asthma who don't have heartburn and other signs of gastroesophageal reflux don't get additional asthma control from acid-reducing medications, according to new research. And, taking these medications when there are no digestive issues ... » Read the full article |
| | Researchers point to better management of disease in explaining the trend | TUESDAY, Jan. 24 The rate of leg and foot amputations among diabetes patients aged 40 and older fell by 65 percent between 1996 and 2008, a new U.S. government study shows. The analysis of data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey found that the rate of non-tr... » Read the full article |
| | Women with BRCA1, BRCA2 have higher risk for the disease, but prognosis might be better | TUESDAY, Jan. 24 Genetic mutations known as BRCA1 and BRCA2 raise the risk of getting ovarian cancer, but new research shows that those same mutations may boost a woman's odds of surviving the deadly disease. Women with invasive epithelial ovarian cancer who carry th... » Read the full article |
| | Used for some medical imaging, cardiac procedures | TUESDAY, Jan. 24 Iodinated contrast media (ICM), a substance commonly used in imaging procedures such as CT scans and cardiac catheterization, may affect patients' thyroid function, according to a new study in the Jan. 23 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. ... » Read the full article |
| | Small studies found key ingredient lowered activity in areas of brain linked to mood disorder | TUESDAY, Jan. 24 Psychedelic mushrooms may point to new ways to treat depression, suggest two small brain imaging studies that seem to show how psilocybin -- the active ingredient in such mushrooms -- affects the brain. One study included 30 healthy people who had ps... » Read the full article |
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