Kidney Stone Mystery Solved
Kidney stones strike an estimated 1 million Americans each year, and those who have experienced the excruciating pain say it is among the worst known to man (or woman).
More Baby Boomers Facing Old Age Alone
BOWLING GREEN, O.—Startling new statistics from Bowling Green State University’s National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) paint a bleak future for the largest generation in history, the baby boomers, as they cross into old age.
Nearly One in Four Grandparents Store Prescription Medicines Where Children Can Easily Find Them
Two-thirds of adults support single-dose packaging to avoid accidental poisoning, according to U-M’s National Poll on Children’s Health
How Parkinson’s Disease Starts and Spreads
Injection of a small amount of clumped protein triggers a cascade of events leading to a Parkinson’s-like disease in mice, according to an article published online this week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (www.jem.org).