Researchers from the University of Granada have demonstrated for the first time that chronic periodontitis, an inflammatory gum disease which provokes gradual teeth loss, is closely related to the severity of acute myocardial infarction, commonly known as heart attack.

New paper published online in the International Journal of Epidemiology says that randomized controlled trials (the gold standard method of evaluation) show that few currently available screening tests for major diseases where death is a common outcome have documented reductions in disease-specific mortality.Screening for disease…

12:05 13 January 2015 by Penny Sarchet Changes to England’s Cancer Drugs Fund mean that from April, new cancer patients will no longer be able to receive a number of expensive treatments – including three breast cancer medicines – that have hitherto been available on…

Rush Researchers Gain New Insights Into Treatment of Hypothyroidism Results suggest why standard treatments fail some patients and how to help them An international research team led by physician-scientists at Rush University Medical Center have gained new insights into hypothyroidism that may lead to new…

In patients with small renal tumors confined to the kidneys, close, active monitoring, as opposed to immediate surgery, is associated with low rates of tumor growth or death, according to a study by a researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published…

Shift in fear retrieval circuitry eyed in anxiety disorders – NIH-funded studies

Latest research from the University of Surrey has found that the potassium salts (bicarbonate and citrate) plentiful in fruit and vegetables, play an important part in improving bone health. For the first time, the results also showed that these potassium salts reduce bone resorption, the…

Asthma is a common disease. It has increased significantly over the last hundred years and now affects between 1 in 10 and 1 in 20 people in Europe. In most sufferers asthma can be treated successfully, and as a result emergency room consultation and hospitalization…

What does your mobile phone say about you? In a recent study featured in the Routledge journal Media Psychology entitled “Cosmetic Customization of Mobile Phones: Cultural Antecedents, Psychological Correlates,” authors Seoyeon Lee of LG Electronics & S. Shyam Sundar of Penn State University explored how…

Endocrine Society publishes Clinical Practice Guideline on medications for treating obesity The Endocrine Society issued a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) on strategies for prescribing drugs to manage obesity and promote weight loss.The CPG, entitled “Pharmacological Management of Obesity: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,” was…

How can Facebook aid someone in their weight loss journey? According to recent research from the Arnold School of Health at the University of South Carolina, use of the social media site can be associated with a significant drop in pounds, especially during the critical…

Damage done by endocrine-disrupting chemical may raise risk of diabetes, heart disease Exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy can cause oxidative damage that may put the baby at risk of developing diabetes or heart disease later in life, according to a…