Health Gap Has Grown Among Young U.S. Adults
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Levels of health disparity have increased substantially for people born in the United States after 1980, according to new research.
Peanut Allergies: Breakthrough Could Improve Diagnoses
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., December 16, 2011—“Caution: This product may contain nuts.†It’s an increasingly common warning on food labels of all kinds, given the recent heightened awareness of the dangers of nut allergies. Roughly three million Americans suffer from peanut allergies; yet current diagnostic methods don’t detect every case. New findings by University of Virginia scientists, […]
New Clues as to Why Some Older People May be Losing Their Memory
ST. PAUL, Minn. – New research links ‘silent strokes,’ or small spots of dead brain cells, found in about one out of four older adults to memory loss in the elderly. The study is published in the January 3, 2012, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Study Offers Clue as To Why Alcohol Is Addicting
SAN FRANCISCO-Drinking alcohol leads to the release of endorphins in areas of the brain that produce feelings of pleasure and reward, according to a study led by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco.