Parents bring newborns to ER for many non-urgent reasons
(Reuters Health) – One of the hardest things about being a new parent is figuring out when babies are so sick they need to go to the emergency room and…
Most diabetes apps lack real-time advice on blood sugar management
(Reuters Health) – Hundreds of smartphone apps promise to make managing diabetes easier, but very few offer real-time guidance on what to do for dangerously high or low blood sugar,…
Financial scam victims have higher risk of Alzheimer’s
(Reuters Health) – Older adults who are victims of financial scams may be more likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer’s disease than elderly people who don’t get tricked by scammers,…
Up to 1 in 13 boys in U.S. have sex before adolescence
While it’s possible that as many as one in 13 boys in the U.S. have sex before reaching their teens, the chance that they will do this varies widely depending…
Workplace yoga can indeed lower employee stress
People who get to do yoga at work may be less stressed out than their peers who don’t, a research review suggests. FILE PHOTO: People practice Yoga on International Yoga…
Women often keep impact of menstrual pain, bleeding to themselves
Many women who suffer from menstrual symptoms like pain and heavy bleeding don’t tell their families or doctors about it even when it interferes with their ability to keep up…
Frailty before surgery tied to more complications, higher costs
(The March 28 story was refiled to correct the source URL at end of the story) By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – – Patients who are frail before surgery are…
What’s bad for the heart is also bad for the brain
(Reuters Health) – People who have risk factors for heart disease like diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity may also be more likely to develop structural changes in the brain…
Google glass helps kids with autism read facial expressions
(Reuters Health) – Children with autism may have an easier time reading facial expressions and navigating social interactions when they use Google Glass paired with a smartphone app, a small…
Your health app could be sharing your medical data
(Reuters Health) – That nifty new health app you downloaded to your phone to keep track of your meds might be sharing your information with a host of unrelated companies,…