http://phys.org/health-news/health/ en-us Phys.Org provides the latest news on health, medicine technology and health sciences. You're sitting in a freshly drywalled house, drinking coffee from a Styrofoam cup and talking on a cellphone. Which of these is most likely to be a cancer risk? It might be the sitting, especially if you do that a lot. http://phys.org/news227369481.html Medicine & Health - Health Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:11:49 EST news227369481 (AP) -- The next tool in the campaign against concussions might be your smartphone. A doctor at the University of North Carolina teamed with other head-trauma researchers to develop an application for mobile devices that helps determine whether someone may have suffered a concussion. http://phys.org/news226288455.html Medicine & Health - Health Fri, 03 Jun 2011 02:54:41 EST news226288455 The US government on Thursday ditched its two-decade old "pyramid" model for healthy eating and introduced a new plate symbol half-filled with fruits and vegetables to urge better eating habits. http://phys.org/news226253840.html Medicine & Health - Health Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:17:42 EST news226253840 (AP) -- A respected international panel of scientists says cellphones are possible cancer-causing agents, putting them in the same category as the pesticide DDT, gasoline engine exhaust and coffee. http://phys.org/news226065232.html Medicine & Health - Health Tue, 31 May 2011 12:54:11 EST news226065232 Workers at Japan's troubled nuclear plant should store blood cells now in case they need them later as treatment for radiation overdose, some Japanese experts suggest. http://phys.org/news222060147.html Medicine & Health - Health Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:22:47 EST news222060147 Eating a fatty fast food meal is never good for you, but washing that meal down with a coffee is even worse, according to a new University of Guelph study. http://phys.org/news220849489.html Medicine & Health - Health Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:05:06 EST news220849489 Don't worry too much about the hint of radiation reaching U.S. shores from the damaged nuclear reactors in Japan, experts say. http://phys.org/news220630282.html Medicine & Health - Health Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:00:03 EST news220630282 Psychological problems experienced during childhood can have a long-lasting impact on an individual's life course, reducing people's earnings and decreasing the chances of establishing long-lasting relationships, according to a new study. http://phys.org/news220546774.html Medicine & Health - Health Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:59:54 EST news220546774 That nonstop crying of a baby with colic has some parents turning to popular folk remedies. Unfortunately, there's no good evidence they work, according to a review of 15 studies. http://phys.org/news220501611.html Medicine & Health - Health Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:27:20 EST news220501611 Sex and exercise can trigger heart attacks in older people who don't get much of either, a new analysis finds. The risk is low, but it's a good reminder that slackers should change their exercise habits gradually, especially in middle age. http://phys.org/news220031361.html Medicine & Health - Health Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:50:00 EST news220031361 A new study in the journal Health Services Research shows that diabetes patients who do a better job of taking their medication have slightly lower health care costs. http://phys.org/news219670689.html Medicine & Health - Health Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:00:02 EST news219670689 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have shown that breastfeeding causes children to do better at school. The research conducted by Oxford University and the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Essex University, found that as little as four weeks of breastfeeding for a newborn baby has a significant effect on brain development, which persists until the child is at least 14 years old. http://phys.org/news219398701.html Medicine & Health - Health Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:05:32 EST news219398701 In the next 20 years in large parts of China and India, there will be a 10% to 20% excess of young men because of sex selection and this imbalance will have societal repercussions, states an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://phys.org/news219325447.html Medicine & Health - Health Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:44:36 EST news219325447 (PhysOrg.com) -- An international study of 220,000 people has challenged the idea that obese people who have an “apple shape” (fat deposits on the middle section of the body) are at higher risk of heart attacks and strokes than obese people with other types of fat distribution. http://phys.org/news219061107.html Medicine & Health - Health Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:18:42 EST news219061107 Drinking more than a cup of coffee a day was associated with a 22 percent to 25 percent lower risk of stroke, compared with those who drank less, in a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://phys.org/news219000942.html Medicine & Health - Health Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:35:49 EST news219000942 Daily use of aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, commonly known as NSAIDs, is associated with a 22 percent increase in the risk of erectile dysfunction, Kaiser researchers found in a study of more than 80,000 men in Southern California. The results were a surprise because erectile dysfunction, commonly abbreviated ED, is thought to be caused by inflammation, and the researchers expected that use of the drugs would alleviate the problem. http://phys.org/news218828030.html Medicine & Health - Health Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:10:01 EST news218828030 Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a government survey shows, and theories abound for why they're doing it less. Experts say this generation may be more cautious than their predecessors, more aware of sexually spread diseases. Or perhaps emphasis on abstinence in the past decade has had some influence. http://phys.org/news218380118.html Medicine & Health - Health Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:08:53 EST news218380118 Freshmen on the eve of finals and graduate students staring down a thesis committee may not feel this way, but the privilege of obtaining an advanced education correlates with decades of lower blood pressure, according to a study led by a public health researcher at Brown University. The benefit appears to be greater for women than for men. http://phys.org/news218093883.html Medicine & Health - Health Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:38:19 EST news218093883 Eleven-year olds definitely have their own opinions about diet, exercise and weight-loss; and it is mostly their opinions — not those of their parents — that affect their lifestyle changes. Nevertheless, while parents’ opinions are secondary, they still count for something, a new study suggests. http://phys.org/news217854592.html Medicine & Health - Health Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:10:04 EST news217854592 Rany Shamloul's recent review of the medical literature on cannabis use and sexual health has revealed that cannabis use may negatively impact male sexual performance. http://phys.org/news217606596.html Medicine & Health - Health Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:17:28 EST news217606596 Men who start to lose hair at the age of 20 are more likely to develop prostate cancer in later life and might benefit from screening for the disease, according to a new study published online in the cancer journal, Annals of Oncology today. http://phys.org/news217018064.html Medicine & Health - Health Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:48:04 EST news217018064 New research shows a link between use of two pesticides, rotenone and paraquat, and Parkinson's disease. People who used either pesticide developed Parkinson’s disease approximately 2.5 times more often than non-users. http://phys.org/news216700547.html Medicine & Health - Health Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:30:01 EST news216700547 Even if you drink diet soda — instead of the sugar variety — you could still have a much higher risk of vascular events compared to those who don't drink soda, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2011. http://phys.org/news216473524.html Medicine & Health - Health Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:10:01 EST news216473524 A diet, high in fats, sugars, and processed foods in early childhood may lower IQ, while a diet packed full of vitamins and nutrients may do the opposite, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://phys.org/news216327030.html Medicine & Health - Health Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:50:59 EST news216327030 An estimated 5 billion people around the world hold cell phones up to their ears nearly every day. Many of them wonder if they might be receiving more than news from people on the other end. Are mobile phones dosing us with carcinogenic radiation? http://phys.org/news216038844.html Medicine & Health - Health Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:47:54 EST news216038844 The worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly doubled since 1980, according to a major study on how three important heart disease risk factors have changed across the world over the last three decades. The study, published today in three papers in the Lancet, looked at all available global data to assess how body mass index, blood pressure and cholesterol changed between 1980 and 2008. http://phys.org/news216016730.html Medicine & Health - Health Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:50:01 EST news216016730 Children injected with the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine were nine times more likely to contract narcolepsy than those who were not vaccinated, a preliminary study by Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare, THL, showed Tuesday. http://phys.org/news215767597.html Medicine & Health - Health Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:26:54 EST news215767597 Highly-caffeinated energy drinks – even those containing no alcohol – may pose a significant threat to individuals and public health, say researchers at the University of Maryland School of Public Health and Wake Forest University School of Medicine. http://phys.org/news215277155.html Medicine & Health - Health Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:13:07 EST news215277155 Exposure to noise from road traffic can increase the risk of stroke, particularly in those aged 65 years and over, according to a study published online today (Wednesday 26 January) in the European Heart Journal. http://phys.org/news215239616.html Medicine & Health - Health Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:47:14 EST news215239616 As news outlets throughout Europe and the U.S. report on the plummeting health of Western adults and children, there is no shortage of culprits. One villain often bandied about is the "fee for service" system of incentives for physicians. Clearly, if doctors are financially rewarded for simply performing more procedures, costs will soar at the expense of patient health. http://phys.org/news215203475.html Medicine & Health - Health Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:44:53 EST news215203475