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Consumption of sugar, which helps to drive the obesity crisis and causes millions of deaths worldwide each year, should be controlled like other threats to public health, a team of researchers from the University of California San Francisco argue in the Feb. 2 issue of Nature.

The cost of asthma due to traffic pollution is far higher than previously estimated, researchers report in a study published online Jan. 20 in European Respiratory Journal.

Cravings in cocaine-dependent men appear to be triggered by drug cues while cravings in cocaine-dependent women appear to be triggered by stress, researchers at the Yale School of Medicine report in a study published online Jan. 31 in The American Journal of Psychiatry.

Research on people recruited randomly from the community suggests that, after adjusting for various demographic, behavioral, and physical characteristics, there is no association between sleep apnea and hypertension.

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Based on reports of a disturbingly high rate of significant intraoperative hyponatremia during major pediatric craniofacial surgery, researchers at Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide, Australia, embarked on a study to establish the incidence, severity, and associated risk factors of hyponatremia during and after major craniofacial surgery for craniosynostosis in their institution.

The FDA announced today that it had approved Kalydeco (ivacaftor) to treat cystic fibrosis caused by a rare genetic mutation. The drug was approved in just three months under the agency's priority review program and was developed by its manufacturer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., with assistance from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

According to a new study of mothers in the New Orleans area, survivors of Hurricane Katrina have suffered from poor mental health for years after the storm, including many who suffer from post-traumatic stress symptoms and psychological distress.

Most men who undergo robotic prostate surgery believe they will spend less time in the hospital and return to sexual functionality more quickly than if they had traditional surgery, despite a lack of conclusive evidence supporting these beliefs, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found.

Poor sleep is connected to a significantly increased risk for major cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, such as obesity, diabetes, and coronary artery disease, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine have found.

According to a study by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), more than 32 million people in the United States have proteins created by the immune system that target the body's tissues. Known as autoantibodies, these proteins are typically markers for autoimmunity, which can result in conditions such as type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Bydureon as the first once-weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes after several years of delays due to concerns over the drug's safety.

What better way to pay for school than to create an innovative health-related mobile application? An ongoing contest sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Engineering offers students pursuing degrees in health, engineering, and computer science the opportunity to do just that-and is offering a top prize of $10,000.

Men and individuals who have only a high school education are more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment than women and individuals who have completed some higher education, researchers at the Mayo Clinic report in a study published online on Jan. 25 in Neurology.

People with one or more risk factors for cardiovascular disease in middle age are significantly more likely to suffer a major cardiovascular event, such as heart attack or stroke, for decades afterwards, a large-scale analysis of previous studies indicates.

Glucocorticoid therapy appears to help reduce the amount of citrullination in the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients, researchers have found.

Participants in the London marathon have a spotty understanding of the causes and potential dangers of exercise-associated hyponatremia, researchers at the Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine at the University of London have found.

Researchers have mined a national database to create and validate a risk calculator for perioperative pulmonary complications.

More than two in five adults with rheumatoid arthritis are physically inactive, to the detriment of their health, researchers at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine report in a study published online today in Arthritis Care & Research.

A recent measles outbreak described in the Jan. 20 edition of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report provides a stark reminder of the potential consequences of vaccine refusal and the vigilance required of health care providers to prevent such occurrences from growing out of hand.

Exposure to chemicals called phthalates is linked to the development of obesity in young children, researchers from the Children's Environmental Health Center at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York have found.

Infants who grow at an accelerated pace have an increased risk of asthma symptoms, researchers at the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands have found.

Just a quarter of adolescents surveyed for a new study reported wearing sunscreen when out in the sun for extended periods of time, and over half reported suffering a sunburn during the previous summer.

The current flu season has been relatively quiet so far-especially when compared to the recent H1N1 riddled seasons-but the CDC still maintains that precautions against influenza must be taken.

Complications as a result of prostate needle biopsy (PNB) have increased in recent years, though they remain infrequent enough that patients should go through with the procedure when deemed necessary by medical providers, researchers report.

Doctors may be halting use of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) medications too early in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who are set to undergo surgery, researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City have found.

The American Psychiatric Association is advancing towards changing the diagnosis for autism. Many fear, however, that the new definition will make it more difficult for patients who would no longer meet the autism criteria to receive health, educational, and social services.

Living in sunnier parts of the country appears to be associated with a reduced risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly after the age of 30, indicates a long-term prospective US-based study.

Breaking and immobilizing an arm can lead to a significant change in the brain, including skill transfer from the dominant to the nondominant hand, a recently concluded longitudinal study suggests.

BodyWave, the biofeedback device which measures brainwave activity through the body's extremities, could train children with ADHD to focus when used in conjunction with interactive computer games.