New studies show mixed results on epilepsy drugs and birth defects
...during pregnancy before the pregnancy occurs." The bad news is about the drug valproic acid. One study monitored the rate of birth defects in infants whose mothers had taken valproic acid as their only epilepsy drug during the first trimester of pregnancy and were enrolled in the North American Antiepile...Pushy parents can be bad for their children's health
...ising their rights as healthcare consumers, can be bad for their children's health, suggests a small study in Archives of Disease in Childhood. Clinical researchers from the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, analysed the health outcomes of 23 children, who h...Aloe vera: Natural, home remedy treats canker and cold sores
...rs on the lips or mouth. Aloe vera does not have a bad taste or sting when applied. The journal article, written by Richard L. Wynn, PhD, mentions a study done on a patient with lichen planus, a disease affecting the skin and oral mucus membranes. The patient drank 2.0 ounces of aloe vera juice daily and...Boston University team finds link between high cholesterol and better cognitive performance
(Boston) -- What's bad for your ticker may be good for your bean, according to research from a team of scientists at Boston University. The team looked at 18 years of data from the long-running Framingham Heart Study and found an association between naturally high levels ...US life expectancy about to decline, researchers say
...Social Security does not appear to be in nearly as bad a shape as we think," Olshansky said. "The obese may be inadvertently 'saving' Social Security, but the obese themselves and the health care system that cares for them will pay a very heavy price in terms of higher death rates and escalating health c...Prostate cancer screening practices examined
...er had an abnormal PSA test, and he's 76 and has a bad heart, diabetes, or recently had a stroke. Frankly, the patient and doctor have to base their decision on the probability that one of those factors may cause death before prostate cancer." Of the men screened by PLCO, about 14 percent had positive sc...Dealing with conflict in caring for the dying patient
...tools. "Physicians often assume that conflict is a bad thing and something that should be avoided, yet conflict handled well can be productive and the clarity that results can lead to clearer decision making and greater satisfaction," says Dr. Arnold.The five major types of conflict the authors identifie...Short-term effects of spit tobacco suggest long-term health risks
...ny spit tobacco users are relatively young and the bad effects may not be apparent unless use continues for prolonged periods. Blunting a Protective Mechanism By placing electrodes into the sympathetic nerves of the participants, the researchers also obtained a window on the message from the brain to...Put culture in your life and reduce bad breath: Eat yogurt!
...raditional yoghurt reduces the bacteria that cause bad breath. Reporting today at the 83rd General Sessio...ly lower than in the non-yoghurt-eating group with bad breath. The results suggest that eating traditional yoghurt may reduce the components of oral malodo...Sharing clinical trial results with participants may be beneficial
...closures in person. Specifically, individuals with bad outcomes might need more attention, including additional psychosocial support. As we move towards routine sharing of results of participants, future research is needed about the best ways to offer and share such information."...Immersion in virtual world alleviates pain from injury
...sed 5 different faces representing no pain to very bad pain. The researchers also interviewed the nurses and parents present during the dressing change. The average pain score when the children received painkillers alone was 4.1/10. It decreased to 1.3/10 when the children had played a game and been give...Meditation may reduce heart disease risk
...overty and not feeling safe at home contribute to bad habits such as overeating and/or eating high-fat comfort foods and not exercising. Stress also may impair sleep, preventing the body and blood pressure from resting and recovering. It appears that meditating allowing the mind to settle to minimal...Computer model being developed at Stanford may help surgeons better predict patient outcomes
...the patient," he said. "We don't care if something bad happens to the computer model."...Heart attack treatment gap may be closing for women
...t lowering the low-density lipoproteins (LDL) the bad cholesterol provides better outcomes in terms of prevention, it's not clear whether only those with high LDL levels should be treated. "We need to look at the specific guidelines on who needs to receive statins because lowering LDL is beneficial and...USC dental researchers develop first test for predicting cavities in children
...good oral hygiene education, some people just have bad teeth. The USC test spots the risk early, when something can be done about it. "When we apply this to young children, it allows us to predict what might be their future caries history - the number of cavities that they'll get by, say, their late twen...Unemployed women at higher risk for cardiovascular disease
...own sense of well-being and the number of good and bad days during the past month as a global measure. Unemployed women also reported more poor mental health days than the employed women and homemakers. Women who had lost their jobs reported an average of nine poor mental health days in the past month. ...Changing chemistry helps explain estrogen threat to the heart
...h's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. This bad news about estrogen and the heart puzzled Drs. Whi...lled superoxide. It's an oxidant, and oxidation is bad in general. It causes a lot of cellular damage. But what we also have found is that now, instead of...Breast cancer treatment reduces risk of heart disease
... reductions in markers of cardiac disease, such as bad cholesterol and homocysteine. However, there is little direct evidence of tamoxifen's heart protective benefits by way of reduced morbidity or mortality. To evaluate its hypothesized cardioprotective affects, Brian D. Bradbury, D.Sc., M.A. and a team...Murder, eyewitness identification and the limits of human vision
...nize them. One of the jurors said although he had bad eyesight and couldn't recognize faces at those distances, he believed the other jurors because they could. The jurors said this gave credibility to the eyewitness identification. In late 2004, an appeals court granted a new trial. "It is becoming ......se participants might suffer the consequences of a bad date with someone who might look compatible on paper, they had more incentive to follow their hearts and desires. Behavior, more than self-reports, give us an important window into the underlying psychology of mating." Kurzban got the idea to study...