The pandemic H1N1 influenza strain, which first surfaced in 2009, appears to be the predominant circulating virus this flu season, the CDC has notified healthcare providers. In November and December, several cases of severe respiratory illness associated with the virus were reported, including ITU admissions…

A Vanderbilt University Medical Center study shows there is no evidence that the risk of suicide differs with two commonly prescribed antidepressants prescribed to children and adolescents.The population-based study, published today in the journal Pediatrics, tracked children and adolescents who recently began taking selective serotonin…

Having shingles may increase the risk of having a stroke years later, according to research published in the online issue of Neurology®.Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. It is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. After people recover from…

Loyola Pediatric Psychiatry Expert Share Insights for Parents whose Kids are Online Smartphones, laptops, tablets and video games were happily crossed off many the wish lists of many young children and teens this Christmas. But for parents, giving children electronic devices has to be about…

Fetal exposure to a commonly used plasticizer found in products such as water bottles, soup can liners and paper receipts can increase the risk for prostate cancer later in life, according to a study from the University of Illinois at Chicago published online in the…

A new study may alleviate concerns that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine leads to either the initiation of sex or unsafe sexual behaviors among teenage girls and young women. The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center study shows that teen girls’ and young women’s beliefs regarding…

Women that are pregnant may want to take extra precaution around those that are sniffling and sneezing this winter. According to a new study published today, the more common colds and viral infections a woman has during pregnancy, the higher the risk her baby will…

According to the study published in JAMA: Internal Medicine, those who got 17 to 21 percent of calories from added sugar had a 38 percent high risk of dying from cardiovascular disease compared to those who consumed 8 percent of their calories from added sugar….

Widely used treatments for type 2 diabetes have different effects on the hearts of men and women, even as the drugs control blood sugar equally well in both sexes, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.In particular, the commonly prescribed…

A tomato-rich diet may help protect at-risk postmenopausal women from breast cancer, according to new research accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.Breast cancer risk rises in postmenopausal women as their body mass index climbs. The study found eating…

Breast cancer patients experience fewer side effects while being treated with a widely used drug called an aromatase inhibitor when they get acupuncture – either the real treatment or a “sham” procedure, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Maryland…

Findings published online first in JAMA Ophthalmology Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is the leading cause of dry eye disease, which affects tens of millions of Americans. However, there is no FDA-approved treatment for MGD. Researchers from the Schepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and…