Within the next decade lung cancer is predicted to be the main cause of cancer deaths in European women, according to a recent study published in the journal Annals of Oncology. Lung cancer has already become the main cause of cancer death among women in the UK and Poland, overtaking breast cancer...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) improves overall quality of life and social functioning in patients in earlier stages of Parkinson's disease, according to results of a two-year clinical trial...

A way to turn off the ability to feel cold in mice was recently developed by neuroscientists at the University of Southern California. The experts isolated chills at a cellular level, establishing the sensory network of neurons in the skin that relays the cold sensation...

High-energy parents who are still in charge of their college kids' schedules, vacations, and laundry may actually be negatively affecting their children instead of helping them. A new study published in Springer's Journal of Child and Family Studies identified that these college students are actually more depressed and dissatisfied with life than other students...

An updated review of placebo-controlled trials on Vitamin C and the common cold finds the vitamin may help people under heavy physical stress, such as marathon runners and skiers, to reduce their risk of catching a cold...

A newly confirmed coronavirus infection in the UK indicates that it occurred as a result of person-to-person infection - the individual has no history of recent travel anywhere and no short- or long-term history of travel to the Middle East, the Health Protection Agency (HPA), UK, announced today...

Surveillance, or the watch and wait approach, may be the best option for older patients with small kidney tumors. The finding came from a large retrospective study which showed that surveillance is a safe alternative to surgery. The research will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference on Saturday...

High levels of sugar or corn syrup in sodas are a major cause of obesity, diabetes, and other health problems, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)...

A study of over 3 million hospital admissions reveals that there is no significant association between hospital readmission and mortality rates among Medicare patients who suffer from heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia...

Playing the recorder in kindergarten, piano lessons in first grade, clapping to the rhythm throughout elementary school music class, all of these can contribute to developing the brain. The new findings, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, reveal that musical training earlier than the age of seven has a significant impact on the development of the brain...

A new study from New Zealand finds firstborn children have reduced insulin effectiveness, a known risk factor for diabetes, and higher blood pressure, compared to children who have older siblings. More research is needed to find out how these relate to risks in adulthood, since puberty and lifestyle also have an influence, say the researchers...

When you buy your vitamin D supplements over-the-counter be careful, they may be less potent than the labels claim, researchers from Kaiser Permanente reported in JAMA Internal Medicine. Vitamin C insufficiency can be harmful to health, hence supplementation is commonly prescribed. However, vitamin D supplements are not regulated by the FDA, meaning that potency might not be evaluated...

Women who take folic acid supplements four weeks before becoming pregnant and also during the first weeks of pregnancy have a lower risk of giving birth to children who eventually become diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ADS), Norwegian researchers reported in JAMA...

Once daily treatment with a new antibiotic called tedizolid phosphate for six days proves just as successful as the antibiotic linezolid twice a day for ten 10 days, for patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections...

The bacterium Helicobacter pylori is one of the leading causes of gastric cancer worldwide, researchers analyzed the results of interventions that tried to eradicate the bacterium in several different Latin American population groups...

Reducing the amount of salt the U.S. population consumes could save hundreds of thousands of American lives, according to recent research published in the journal Hypertension. Salt is a chemical compound, called sodium chloride. Its chemical formula is NaCL. NA = sodium and CL = chlorine. Sodium chloride consists of 60% chlorine and 40% sodium. Sodium is the part that affects our health...

The ability of bacteria to carry and pass on genes that give them survival advantages, such as resistance to antibiotics, depends on there being a plentiful supply of oxygen and nutrients. If you starve them of these essential resources, the bacteria sacrifice some of their metabolic burden in order to survive...

There are significant variations among conflict-of-interest policies for state Medicaid drug selection committees, researchers now reveal. A new examination of policy documents from Medicaid programs shows that current policies to handle conflicts of interest (COIs) are not crystal clear and differ greatly. The findings were published in JAMA Internal Medicine...

Little evidence is available to determine the best treatment options for children suffering from post-traumatic stress. Traumas such as school shootings, car accidents, and man-made disasters can cause serious long-term negative consequences which can be very difficult to treat...

A study that used "secret shopper" techniques to find out the price of a hip replacement in hospitals across the US finds a huge variation in price, by as much as a factor of ten, with many hospitals contacted not able to give an estimated price...