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Finding elevates mortality risk with increasing waist circumference at all levels of BMI

Having a big belly has consequences beyond trouble squeezing into your pants. It's detrimental to your health, even if you have a healthy body mass index (BMI), a new international collaborative study led by a Mayo Clinic researcher found.

13 Mar 2014

Text-message program may be effective violence prevention tool for at-risk teen girls

Megan Ranney, M.D., M.P.H., an emergency medicine attending physician at Hasbro Children's Hospital, recently led a study that found a text-message program may be an effective violence prevention tool for at-risk teen girls. The study has been published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

13 Mar 2014

Experts implore chancellor to scrap duty escalator for alcohol in this year's budget

Writing on bmj.com, Katherine Brown, Director at the Institute of Alcohol Studies, says the UK chancellor should resist industry lobbying to scrap the annual rise in alcohol duty because "society simply can't afford for such cheap drink to get cheaper."

13 Mar 2014

Researchers identify distinct profiles of brain activity present when making decisions

Although choosing to do something because the perceived benefit outweighs the financial cost is something people do daily, little is known about what happens in the brain when a person makes these kinds of decisions.

12 Mar 2014

UCSF School of Medicine ranked fourth nationwide in research and primary care education

UC San Francisco's School of Medicine ranked fourth nationwide in both research and primary care education this year, according to a new survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report.

11 Mar 2014

Suicidal behaviour in schizophrenia may herald future violence

People with schizophrenia who threaten or attempt suicide have a propensity towards violence, UK researchers believe.

11 Mar 2014

Legal concerns raised over making Medicaid recipients work in Missouri

Elsewhere, some business groups enlist help to get their states to expand the program. Also, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urges Georgia's governor to accept the expansion, which also makes news in New Hampshire and Utah.

11 Mar 2014

Women with 'healthiest' pregnancy diet have lower risk of preterm delivery

In the study, which was conducted by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the participants completed a scientifically evaluated questionnaire about what they had been eating and drinking since becoming pregnant.

10 Mar 2014

Research roundup: Health care and prisoners; hospitalized patients' surrogates; suicides in the army

As a group, jail-involved individuals, which we define here as people with a history of arrest and jail admission in the recent past, carry a heavy illness burden, with high rates of infectious and chronic disease as well as mental illness and substance use.

10 Mar 2014

Longer looks: Health care in jail; preventing Medicare drug fraud; new medical codes

"Sheriff Ashe," [the waitress] began. "My daughter is in your jail." She then told me her daughter's story. "Laura," as I'll call her here, was a bright and sociable girl who, after graduating from high school, went on to community college.

10 Mar 2014

Just one drink can affect driving abilities of older drivers

You may have only had one glass of wine with dinner, but if you're 55 or older, that single serving may hit you hard enough to make you a dangerous driver.

10 Mar 2014

Consumption of energy drinks may be linked with poor mental health, substance use among teens

The uplifting effects of energy drinks are well advertised, but a new report finds consumption among teenagers may be linked with poor mental health and substance use.

6 Mar 2014

Tips to ease daylight saving time transition

Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, bringing more sunshine in the evenings at the price of an hour of sleep. Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center specialist Kelly Brown, M.D., says a little extra planning can alleviate that groggy feeling that often accompanies the time change.

6 Mar 2014

UCLA experts offer tips to help protect colon health

With colorectal cancer the second leading cause of cancer death, it's a great time to take a look at the health of your colon.

6 Mar 2014

Calcium and vitamin D supplements can improve cholesterol profiles in postmenopausal women

Calcium and vitamin D supplements after menopause can improve women's cholesterol profiles. And much of that effect is tied to raising vitamin D levels, finds a new study from the Women's Health Initiative just published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society.

6 Mar 2014

Study examines link between use of ultraviolet indoor tanning beds and melanoma risk

Why do some young women frequently use indoor tanning beds, knowing that it can increase their chances of developing melanoma and other skin cancers? What could convince them to reduce that risk?

5 Mar 2014

Studies examine issues of sexual orientation and intimate partner violence

Two studies at Sam Houston State University examined issues of sexual orientation and intimate partner violence, including its impact on substance abuse and physical and mental health as well as the effects of child abuse on its victims.

5 Mar 2014

Higher consumption of omega-3 fatty acids helps ward off heart disease

Eating fish in amounts comparable to those of people living in Japan seems to impart a protective factor that wards off heart disease, according to an international study funded by the National Institutes of Health and led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

5 Mar 2014

Health reform gives people with history of jail time access to continuous health care

Under the Affordable Care Act, an estimated 4 million people who have spent time in jail will have better access to health coverage for conditions that might-if left untreated-result in higher health care costs and an increased risk of recidivism.

4 Mar 2014

Leicester researchers share latest findings on brain research

Although our minds have unravelled many of the mysteries of the world, there is still a lot we don't know about the human brain itself.

4 Mar 2014

Alcohol News and Research

Finding elevates mortality risk with increasing waist circumference at all levels of BMI

Text-message program may be effective violence prevention tool for at-risk teen girls

Experts implore chancellor to scrap duty escalator for alcohol in this year's budget

Researchers identify distinct profiles of brain activity present when making decisions

UCSF School of Medicine ranked fourth nationwide in research and primary care education

Suicidal behaviour in schizophrenia may herald future violence

Legal concerns raised over making Medicaid recipients work in Missouri

Women with 'healthiest' pregnancy diet have lower risk of preterm delivery

Research roundup: Health care and prisoners; hospitalized patients' surrogates; suicides in the army

Longer looks: Health care in jail; preventing Medicare drug fraud; new medical codes

Just one drink can affect driving abilities of older drivers

Consumption of energy drinks may be linked with poor mental health, substance use among teens

Tips to ease daylight saving time transition

UCLA experts offer tips to help protect colon health

Calcium and vitamin D supplements can improve cholesterol profiles in postmenopausal women

Study examines link between use of ultraviolet indoor tanning beds and melanoma risk

Studies examine issues of sexual orientation and intimate partner violence

Higher consumption of omega-3 fatty acids helps ward off heart disease

Health reform gives people with history of jail time access to continuous health care

Leicester researchers share latest findings on brain research

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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