Archive: 21/07/2016

Sexual minority youth have higher rates of disordered eating behaviors

Sexual minority boys and girls are more likely to purge or take laxatives, use diet pills, or fast to lose weight than their straight peers, and those disordered eating trends may not be improving, according to new research ...

Jul 21, 2016

Analysis finds control of snail hosts critical to schistosomiasis elimination

Schistosomiasis (also known as snail fever) affects more than 250 million people worldwide. Individuals become infected after skin contact with the schistosome parasite in contaminated water, and, without treatment, experience ...

Jul 21, 2016

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Buprenorphine may be helpful in peripheral neuropathic pain

(HealthDay)—For patients with moderate to severe diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP), transdermal buprenorphine is effective for reducing pain, but is associated with adverse events, according to a study published ...

Jul 21, 2016

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Structured pretravel advice should be provided to patients

(HealthDay)—Structured advice should be provided to individuals planning to travel internationally, according to a review article published in the July 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Jul 21, 2016

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X-ray noise reduction technology cuts radiation

(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing coronary angiography and coronary angioplasty, a new X-ray technology with an image noise reduction algorithm reduces radiation exposure, according to research published in the Aug. 1 ...

Jul 21, 2016

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Failure to achieve negative margin ups facial BCC recurrence

(HealthDay)—Large tumor diameter, increased age, and failure to achieve negative margin resection at the first surgical appointment are all associated with increased risk of recurrence of facial basal cell carcinoma (BCC), ...

Jul 21, 2016

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Researchers find first direct evidence that A. aegypti mosquito transmits Zika virus

In collaboration with colleagues from Mexico, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers were the first to directly connect the Aedes aegypti mosquito with Zika transmission in the Americas, during an outbreak ...

Jul 21, 2016

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Seropositivity of meningitis B vaccine lower than expected

(HealthDay)—About one-third of Princeton University students given a vaccine to combat a meningitis B outbreak on campus in 2013 didn't show signs of protection against the infection eight weeks later, according to a study ...

Jul 21, 2016

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Drug shows promise for genetic proopiomelanocortin deficiency

(HealthDay)—An experimental drug spurred substantial weight loss in patients with proopiomelanocortin (POMC) deficiency, according to a study published in the July 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Jul 21, 2016

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Helping a child manage a chronic illness

(HealthDay)—Children and teens who feel confident handling a chronic illness on their own appear better able to learn to manage their health as adults, a new study finds.

Jul 21, 2016

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