The antidepressant drug citalopram, significantly relieved agitation in a group of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. In lower doses than those tested, the drug might be safer than antipsychotic drugs currently used to treat the condition, according to results of a clinical trial led by Johns…

Results of the first clinical study to assess the impact of providing early outpatient palliative care versus standard oncology care in a wide range of advanced cancers show that earlier care improved quality of life and patient satisfaction.The four-year study involved 461 patients at 24…

* Upper respiratory infections are the most common reason parents take their young children to the doctor.* Upper respiratory infections are responsible for 75 percent of prescribed antibiotics for children living in high income countries.* There is no evidence to support the use of antibiotics…

Researchers have developed the technology for a catheter-based device that would provide forward-looking, real-time, three-dimensional imaging from inside the heart, coronary arteries and peripheral blood vessels. With its volumetric imaging, the new device could better guide surgeons working in the heart, and potentially allow more…

It’s official: sugar is not so sweet—for our health, that is. The new study “Added Sugar Intake and Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality Among US Adults,” published in JAMA Internal Medicine, examines the intake of “added sugars,” and the results suggest that sugar is now an independent…

Overweight and obese people who feel their physicians are judgmental of their size are more likely to try to shed pounds but are less likely to succeed, according to results of a study by Johns Hopkins researchers.The findings, reported online last week in the journal…

Eating foods that contain vitamin C may reduce your risk of the most common type of hemorrhagic stroke, according to a study that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 66th Annual Meeting.Vitamin C is found in fruits and vegetables such as oranges,…

An ultrasound of the lungs could help doctors quickly determine if a pregnant woman with preeclampsia is at risk for respiratory failure, suggests preliminary research published in the April issue of Anesthesiology. About 60,000 women worldwide die as a result of preeclampsia, which causes severely…

Social relationships, fatigue and other coexisting medical problems have a stronger effect on how patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) rate their overall health than the severity of their gastrointestinal symptoms, a University at Buffalo study has found. “Our findings suggest that in IBS patients…

Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in numerous health conditions in recent years, including depressed mood and major depressive disorder. Recent observational studies provide some support for an association of vitamin D levels with depression, but the data do not indicate whether vitamin D deficiency…

A large study of child growth patterns in 36 developing countries published in The Lancet Global Health journal has found that, contrary to widely held beliefs, economic growth is at best associated with very small, and in some cases no declines in levels of stunting,…

People with a genetic predisposition to obesity are at a higher risk of obesity and related chronic diseases from eating fried foods than those with a lower genetic risk, according to a new study from researchers from Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s…