Nutirtion News

Low-Income Women Living In Small Cities Have Higher Chance Of Obesity A recent Kansas State University study found that the availability of supermarkets -- rather than the lack of them -- increas  University Of Florida Researchers Find Cancer-fighting Properties In Papaya Tea The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for gen  First Time Research On Long-term Consequences Of Intravenous Nutrition On Children's Health No work is known in the literature to date which provides a long-term and generalised evaluation of the health of children fe  New Survey Finds Out What Americans Are Really Paying Attention To When Choosing Foods Americans recognize things need to change in the grocery aisle, and they support Uncle Sam's efforts to overhaul what is incl  Nutrition Services For Older Adults At Home And In Communities The Society for Nutrition Education (SNE) has partnered with the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and American Society for  Dietary Supplements Discouraged For Prostate Cancer Patients Prostate-specific dietary supplements should not be taken during radiation therapy treatments because they have been shown to  The Long-Term Consequences Of Intravenous Nutrition On Children's Health Children with serious intestinal problems have to be fed intravenously. Systems exist that enable intravenous feeding to be c  New Syndrome Identified By BUSM Researchers Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a new syndrome affecting potentially thousands o  Light To Moderate Drinking Linked To Less Weight Gain In Middle Aged Women A new study from the US found that normal weight women in their 40s and older who drank a light to moderate amount of alcoho  Higher Fast Food Prices Lead To Lower Weight, Diabetes Risk A new study that followed participants for 20 years shows both weight and risk for diabetes decreased for people in communiti

Medical News

FDA Approves Botox for Muscle Spasms The FDA has approved a new indication for onabotulinumtoxin A injection for spasticity in the flexor muscles of the elbow, wr  Parents Consider "Hastening Death" in Children With Terminal Cancer The first study of its kind found that parents who had lost a child to cancer considered "hastening death" in cases of uncont  A Third Study Finds Bisphosphonates Reduce Breast Cancer Risk Women who were taking bisphosphonates for osteoporosis had a 30% reduced risk for breast cancer, compared with control subjec  Circumcision May Not Cut HIV Spread Among Gay Men in the West Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much t  Home Abortion Drug Use Effective, Safe for Most Medication-induced home abortions are safe for women who are 50 to 63 days pregnant, a new study from Sweden shows. <  Few US Studies Compare One Drug to Another: Report Comparing medical treatments to find the best and the cheapest may be a pillar of U.S. healthcare reform efforts, but very li  Guideline Pharmacotherapy Curbs Cardiovascular Deaths When pharmacotherapy for cardiovascular disease meets national guidelines, patients have significantly lower mortality, resea  Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Does Not Affect Childhood BMI While treatment of gestational diabetes markedly reduces macrosomia at birth, it does not reduce the infant's risk of a high  Robotic Prostatectomy Curbs Blood Loss Blood loss is significantly lower in robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy than in open radical prostatectomy, a new st  Coffee Associated With Lower Risk of Arrhythmias Drinking four or more cups of java per day is associated with an 18% lower risk of hospitalization for arrhythmias, new resea