Health
Traffic Linked To Chronic Childhood Asthma
BASEL, Switzerland (UPI) — Fourteen percent of chronic childhood asthma is due to exposure to traffic pollution near busy roads, researchers in Europe say. Lead author Dr. Laura Perez of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute said until now, traffic pollution was assumed to only trigger asthma symptoms, but the research did not account […]
Mental Disorders Linked To Smoking
ROCKVILLE, Md. (UPI) — U.S. adults who experienced mental illness or who have had a substance use disorder in the past year are more likely than others to smoke, researchers say. A report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — found […]
Children Who Drink Skim Milk Fatter
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (UPI) — U.S. children ages 2-4 who drank skim milk or 1 percent milk had higher body mass index than those drinking whole milk, researchers say. Rebecca Scharf and Mark DeBoer, both of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and Ryan Demmer of Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University said […]
Autism Rose From 1 In 88 To 1 In 50
ATLANTA (UPI) — Parent-reported autism spectrum disorder among U.S. children ages 6-17 was 2 percent in 2011-12, up from 1.2 percent in 2007, health officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics and the Health Resources and Services Administration said the change in prevalence estimates was greatest for boys […]
Weight Management Products $40 Billion By 2016
ROCKVILLE, Md. (UPI) — U.S. retail sales of weight management food, beverages, meal replacements, diet aids and diet programs will reach $41 billion in 2016, experts say. A report from Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com, which publishes market intelligence, said of the total weight management sales, food and beverages represent the largest share of […]
Greek Coffee May Be Key To Long Life
ATHENS, Greece (UPI) — Researchers investigating cardiovascular health say a cup of boiled Greek coffee may be why the inhabitants of Ikaria, a Greek island, live to age 90 and older. Dr. Gerasimos Siasos of the University of Athens Medical School said only 0.1 percent of Europeans live to be age 90 and older, yet […]
New Guideline For Treating Concussions
LOS ANGELES (UPI) — The American Academy of Neurology released an evidence-based guideline for evaluating and managing the 1 million U.S. athletes with concussions each year. Co-lead guideline author Dr. Christopher C. Giza of the David Geffen School of Medicine and Mattel Children’s Hospital at University of California, Los Angeles, said the new guideline replaced […]
Middle-Age Exercise May Stave Off Dementia
DALLAS (UPI) — U.S. adults who stay aerobically fit during middle age might be less likely to develop dementia later in life, a U.S. researcher says. Laura DeFina of the Cooper Institute in Dallas and colleagues analyzed data involving about 20,000 middle-aged people over a 24-year period. “With increasing cardiorespiratory fitness levels, there was decreased […]
Stressful Events Can Increase Inflammation
MIAMI (UPI) — Dwelling on negative events can increase levels of inflammation — linked to heart disease and arthritis — in the body, U.S. researchers say. Peggy Zoccola, an assistant professor of psychology at Ohio University in Athens, and colleagues discovered when study participants were asked to ruminate on a stressful incident, their levels of […]
Doctors Challenged By Patient Discussions
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The U.S. doctor-patient conversation is tougher for physicians with today’s more informed, more proactive and more in-control patients, researchers say. Al Topin, president of Topin & Associates, who conducted the study, said he found the age-old, doctor-patient relationship has been changing dramatically. “Specialists find themselves answering more questions, countering misleading information patients […]
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