Health
New Alternative to Surgery lets Doctors Remove Suspicious Polyps, Keep Colon Intact
Millions of people each year have polyps successfully removed during colonoscopies. But when a suspicious polyp is bigger than a marble or in a hard-to-reach location, patients are referred for surgery to remove a portion of their colon — even if doctors aren't sure whether the polyp is cancerous or not. ... Full story
Sugar overload can damage heart according to UTHealth research
HOUSTON – (June 14, 2013) – Too much sugar can set people down a pathway to heart failure, according to a study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). ... Full story
Poultry Drug Increases Levels of Toxic Arsenic in Chicken Meat
Chickens likely raised with arsenic-based drugs result in chicken meat that has higher levels of inorganic arsenic, a known carcinogen, according to a new study led by researchers at theJohns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. ... Full story
Depression Raises Diabetics’ Risk of Severe Low Blood Sugar Episodes
Patients with diabetes who are depressed are much more likely to develop episodes of dangerously low blood sugars, or hypoglycemia, than are those who are not depressed, a new study has found. ... Full story
Frequent Heartburn May Predict Cancers of the Throat and Vocal Cord
PHILADELPHIA — Frequent heartburn was positively associated with cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nonsmokers and nondrinkers, and the use of antacids, but not prescription medications, had a protective effect, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. ... Full story
Research Offers Promising New Approach to Treatment of Lung Cancer
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers have developed a new drug delivery system that allows inhalation of chemotherapeutic drugs to help treat lung cancer, and in laboratory and animal tests it appears to reduce the systemic damage done to other organs while significantly improving the treatment of lung tumors. ... Full story
Overeating Learned in Infancy, Study Suggests
In the long run, encouraging a baby to finish the last ounce in their bottle might be doing more harm than good. ... Full story
Researchers Pinpoint Upper Safe Limit of Vitamin D Blood Levels
Chevy Chase, MD––Researchers claim to have calculated for the first time, the upper safe limit of vitamin D levels, above which the associated risk for cardiovascular events or death raises significantly, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ... Full story
Secondhand Smoke Presents Greater Threat to Teen Girls than Boys
Chevy Chase, MD––When teenage girls are exposed to secondhand smoke at home, they tend to have lower levels of the “good” form of cholesterol that reduces heart disease risk, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). ... Full story
Study: Young Men Who Feel Body Shame Less Hopeful about Relationships
It's no longer just Barbie dolls that evoke a sense of unattainable beauty. Now, it seems G.I. Joe's biceps and six-pack abs are doing the same. Increasingly, objectification and heightened masculinity in images of men is saturating popular culture and the media. ... Full story
Reversing Paralysis with a Restorative Gel
Some parts of the body, like the liver, can regenerate themselves after damage. But others, such as our nervous system, are considered either irreparable or slow to recover, leaving thousands with a lifetime of pain, limited mobility, or even paralysis. ... Full story
Studies Support Using Less Salt, But Not Too Much Less
WASHINGTON -- Recent studies that examine links between sodium consumption and health outcomes support recommendations to lower sodium intake from the very high levels some Americans consume now, but evidence from these studies does not support reduction in sodium intake to below 2,300 mg per day, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. ... Full story
