Younger women who smoke have more than double the risk of stroke compared to nonsmokers, with the heaviest smokers among them having nine times the risk, according to a U.S. study published on Thursday.The research assessed stroke risk in women

Stroke victims frequently fail to seek emergency treatment promptly enough, and even when they do get to the ER quickly, their treatment is often delayed, a new study shows."Our study shows that most people with stroke symptoms still do not

Urban black men in the U.S. typically fit few fruits and vegetables into their diets and most are unaware of how many servings they should be getting, a new study suggests.Health experts generally recommend that men eat at least nine

Treatment with tibolone, a drug with hormone-like effects, reduces the risk of fractures and the risk of breast and colon cancer in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, but also seems to increase the risk of stroke, according to the results of

Half of all Americans have some sort of vision problem, mostly myopia or astigmatism, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.This is far higher than previous estimates, the team at the National Eye Institute reported in the Archives of Ophthalmology."Clinically important refractive

Stroke prevention seems to piggyback on a heart-healthy lifestyle, Action Points In a large cohort of health professionals, those who didn't smoke, were lean, exercised 30 minutes or more a day, consumed no more than two alcoholic drinks a day,

Chili peppers can do more than just make you feel hot, reports a study in the August 1 Journal of Biological Chemistry; the active chemical in peppers can directly induce thermogenesis, the process by which cells convert energy into heat.Capsaicin

Times are tough for many families and schools - so those food dollars need to work hard by providing plenty of nutrition. Many nutrient-rich foods such as milk, are a good economic and nutritional value because they pack in many

At least 10 infant deaths in Arizona in 2006 were linked to over-the-counter cough and cold remedies—underscoring the danger of giving the medications to children younger than 2, researchers report.The investigators found that of 21 infants who died unexpectedly and

Kids are still off from school and keeping them entertained is getting tougher by the day. But, can children have fun this summer while staying safe and healthy? Several experts from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are attempting

Eating tuna and other types of fish may help lower the risk of cognitive decline and stroke in healthy older adults, according to a study published in the August 5, 2008, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American

An estimated 2 million children in developing countries die each year from diarrhea, but simple zinc treatment could reduce the risk of such deaths.Researchers reached this conclusion in a new review of studies involving more than 6,000 children of all

Bladder problems may leave a mark on the brain, by changing patterns of brain activity, possibly contributing to disrupted sleep and problems with attention. For one in six Americans who have overactive bladder, the involuntary bladder contractions that often trigger

Asking patients to monitor their own medications can be fatal, as exemplified by the recent death of actor Heath Ledger. In the first large-scale study of home medication consumption, sociologists at the University of California, San Diego have found a

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified two new techniques to detect the progression of Alzheimer's disease earlier. By catching Alzheimer's disease before symptoms are apparent, physicians can prescribe treatments to slow down the disease progression.

NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have long been making important contributions to the understanding of Alzheimer's disease. They were among the first to characterize amyloid, the plaque-forming protein implicated in Alzheimer's, and the first to describe a genetic mutation in

A growing number of older U.S. children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, while diagnoses among younger children have held steady, government researchers said on Wednesday.The report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found ADHD diagnoses

The editors of Neurotherapeutics are pleased and proud to announce their July issue, devoted to "Novel Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease." Neurotherapeutics is the journal of the American Society of Experimental NeuroTherapeutics (ASENT) http://www.asent.org.The issue coincides with the 2008 Alzheimer's Association

A study led by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers revealed that some Iraqi children diagnosed with leukemia paid a steep price for economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations against the Iraqi government. The U.N.-ordered sanctions were imposed in 1990 after

Sports-related concussions in young athletes frequently go unrecognized, and often do not receive proper respect for the potential seriousness that even a mild injury may have, says Mark Halstead, M.D., an instructor of orthopaedic surgery and of pediatrics at Washington