Physicians may some day have a new tool for tailoring smoking cessation treatments to a patient’s individual genetic makeup. Researchers from Duke University Medical Center and the National Institute on Drug Abuse scanned the entire genetic makeup, or genome, of smokers and found that variants in 221 genes distinguished smokers who were successful in quitting [...]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – African-Americans age 65 and younger are more than twice as likely to have a stroke compared with Caucasians in any region, and people who have a stroke are more likely to die in the South than elsewhere, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health. [...]
Yellow fever cases have occurred throughout southern Brazil, mainly in the states of Rio Grande do Sul and São Paolo. Yellow fever occurs in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America and is spread to people through the bite of infected mosquitoes. Symptoms can include sudden onset of fever, chills, headache, backache, nausea, and vomiting. From [...]
A lit “candle” that can drip hot wax into your ear, usually as you lie on your side. Sound dangerous? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) thinks so, and is warning consumers to steer clear of products being sold as ear candles. These “candles”—hollow cones that are about 10 inches long and made from a [...]
New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine may help more smokers keep their New Year’s resolution by helping them quit smoking. Extended use of a nicotine patch — 24 weeks versus the standard eight weeks recommended by manufacturers — boosts the number of smokers who maintain their cigarette abstinence and helps more [...]
Online programs that provide information and tips about fruits and vegetables may be the key to getting more Americans to eat healthier, say researchers at Henry Ford Hospital. Researchers found that when given access to an online program about fruits and vegetables, participants increased their daily fruit and vegetable intake by more than two servings. [...]