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Monday, Nov. 30th 2009
Intense Activity Keeps Telomeres Long By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC
Dec. 1, 2009 — People who exercise regularly tend to stay healthier as they age, and now new research may explain why at a cellular level.
Compared to people who did not exercise, elite runners in the study had cells that looked much younger under a microscope.
Specifically, investigators
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Monday, Nov. 30th 2009
Researchers Say Rise Could Reflect the Growing Proportion of Births to Older Mothers By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Nov. 30, 2009 — The prevalence of infants born with Down syndrome has increased dramatically in recent years, new research indicates.
Reporting in the Nov. 30 issue of Pediatrics, scientists say the prevalence of live born infants with Down syndrome
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Monday, Nov. 30th 2009
Researchers Say CT Scan Images Sent via iPhone Clear Enough for Appendicitis Diagnosis By Charlene Laino
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Nov. 30, 2009 (Chicago) — Your child has abdominal pain and the young doctor suspects appendicitis. But he wants to make sure.
There’s an app for that.
CT scan images sent via an iPhone, using a $19.99 app that’s available on iTunes, were clear
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Monday, Nov. 30th 2009
Questionnaire Looks at Age, Gender, Weight, and Lifestyle By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC
Nov. 30, 2009 — Are you overweight? Do you exercise? Do you have high blood pressure or relatives who have diabetes? Are you male or female?
Researchers have developed a simple, six-question screening test designed to help you determine whether you might be one of many millions
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Monday, Nov. 30th 2009
Study Shows Antipsychotic Drug Improves Aggression, Tantrums, and Other Symptoms By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Nov. 30, 2009 — The drug Abilify ( aripiprazole) may help ease the symptoms of irritability related to autism in children and adolescents.
A new study shows the drug significantly improved autism-related irritability symptoms, such as aggression, tantrums, rapidly
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Monday, Nov. 30th 2009
Study Shows Link Between Healthy Body and Academic Success By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC
Nov. 30, 2009 — A healthy body may be the first step to achieving a healthy mind and appetite for learning.
A large new study links cardiovascular fitness in early adulthood to increased intelligence, better performance on cognitive tests, and higher educational achievement
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Sunday, Nov. 29th 2009
Study Finds Comprehensive Home-Based Program Improves IQ, Language, Social Ability By Kathleen Doheny
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Nov. 30, 2009 — A new, home-based program for toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that combines behavioral change techniques in a playful environment boosted the children’s IQ, language ability, and social interaction skills more than a community-based program,
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Sunday, Nov. 29th 2009
Study Shows High Levels of Physical Activity Linked to Knee Damage By Charlene Laino
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Nov. 30, 2009 (Chicago) — Weekend warriors, take note: Too much exercise may place you at risk for arthritis.
A new study shows that middle-aged men and women who engage in high levels of physical activity — at home and at work as well as at the gym — may be unwittingly damaging
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Thursday, Nov. 26th 2009
Cost of Treating the Disease Set to Triple, Researchers Say By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD
Nov. 27, 2009 — If nothing is done, the number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years and spending on the disease will nearly triple, a new study shows.
An aging population combined with a dramatic rise in obesity has created a perfect storm for diabetes
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Wednesday, Nov. 25th 2009
CDC: Rise in Life-Threatening Bacterial Infections Linked to H1N1 Swine Flu By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD
Nov. 25, 2009 — “A worrisome spike” in severe bacterial infections is complicating H1N1 swine flu cases, the CDC warned today.
Denver and nine other cities where CDC conducts intensive surveillance are seeing a tripling of cases of severe, life-threatening bacterial
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