health - "study published"

A chemical found in hard plastics, like baby bottles and Nalgene-style water bottles, interferes with monkeys' moods and brain function, a Yale University study has concluded. The Yale study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, marks the first time the chemical, bisphenol A, has been connected to health problems in primates. In a separate experiment on adult human tissue, researchers from the University of Cincinnati found that low doses of bisphenol A suppressed a hormone that protects against obesity and diabetes.read more

Ibuprofen reduces a child's temperature faster and for longer than paracetamol, in the first four hours a child has a fever. If the fever persists, then children should be given ibuprofen plus paracetamol, according to a study published today online at BMJ.com.The work was carried out by the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England, with support from the NHS in Bristol. The children in the study were recruited from 35 Bristol primary care sites, thanks to help from the local media in Bristol.read more

Patients discontinuing statin medication following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) increase their risk of dying over the next year, say researchers at McGill University and the McGill University health Centre (MUHC). Their study was published in a recent issue of the European Heart Journal.read more

A team of orthopaedic researchers has found definitive, genetic proof of how the most common form of arthritis destroys joint cartilage in nearly 21 million aging Americans, according to a study published online Sept. 2 in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. The findings serve as an important foundation for the design of new treatments for osteoarthritis (OA), researchers said.

Regular exercise is one of the best ways to reduce your risk of dementia and can help slow progression of the condition. This study demonstrates that exercise improves cognition in people with Mild Cognitive Impairment, and that there is a lasting effect even after the exercise intervention stops. Mild Cognitive Impairment is a term used to describe someone who has mild memory problems that are not serious enough to interfere with every day life.

A new study published in BJOG examines the reasons why some women have miscarriages during the first months of pregnancy. There is a one in five risk of an early miscarriage in the first three months of pregnancy. Previous research has shown factors which increase the chance of a spontaneous miscarriage include high levels of alcohol intake and smoking during pregnancy, as well as the consumption of certain foods such as blue-veined cheeses.

Yale School of medicine researchers reported that the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA), a building block for polycarbonate plastics found in common household items, causes the loss of connections between brain cells. This synaptic loss may cause memory/learning impairments and depression, according to study results published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

(Springer) cancer patients have complained for years about the mental fog known as chemobrain. Now in animal studies at West Virginia University, researchers have discovered that injections of N-acetyl cysteine, an antioxidant, can prevent the memory loss that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs sometimes induce. The WVU researchers' study has just been published in the September issue of the Springer journal Metabolic Brain Disease.

CAESAREAN childbirth may weaken the attachment of a mother to her baby, a study published today claims.

(University of Virginia health System) In a study published in the Sept. 3, 2008, issue of Surgical Infections, UVA researchers report that switching between two antibiotics, linezolid and vancomycin, every three months in the surgical ICU decreased the MRSA infection rate from 1.9 to 1.4 patients per 100 admissions. In-hospital mortality from surgical ICU-acquired MRSA infections fell from 3.8 patients per year to none.