Health News

Hourly 5-minute walks 'reverse arterial damage caused by sitting'

Date: Sep-08-2014
Prolonged periods of sitting can reduce the function of arteries in the legs. A new study finds that this reduced function can be avoided by taking short walking breaks.

Seeing aging as positive may improve mental health

Date: Sep-08-2014
A national study of older veterans finds that those who resist negative age stereotypes are less likely to experience post-traumatic stress, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.

Superbug infection risk increases with length of hospital stay

Date: Sep-08-2014
Each day spent in the hospital raises the risk of an infection becoming multidrug-resistant by 1%, says a new study presented at a conference recently.

Electronic nose 'detects asthma subtypes in children'

Date: Sep-08-2014
A new study claims an electronic nose is able to detect asthma subtypes from the exhaled breath of children, potentially paving the way for personalized asthma treatments.

Ebola vaccine set for human trials after inducing long-term immunity in monkeys

Date: Sep-08-2014
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have developed a vaccine that they say promotes durable immunity in monkeys against Ebola virus. It is now entering human trials.

Asthma risk reduced in babies sleeping on animal fur

Date: Sep-08-2014
A new study has found that sleeping on animal fur for the first 3 months of life could reduce the risk of babies developing asthma later in childhood.

Everyday experiences may bring us unexpected joy in the future

Date: Sep-07-2014
A series of experiments from researchers at Harvard University suggest that the mundane moments in life may bring us pleasure when we rediscover them in the future.

Memory loss more common in people with blood type AB

Date: Sep-07-2014
Researchers have found that although people with blood type AB only make up 4% of the US population, those with this blood type are 82% more likely to develop memory problems.

Baseball pitchers: stronger core means less days lost to injury

Date: Sep-06-2014
An analysis of professional baseball pitchers finds that those with poor lumbopelvic control are prone to missing more days out of the season due to injury.

Cannabis-using adolescents 'commonly experience withdrawal symptoms'

Date: Sep-06-2014
Around 40% of cannabis-using adolescents being treated for substance use disorders displayed withdrawal symptoms - a sign of drug dependence, according to a new study.