Health

Tags:

Sex Lives Best When Couples Share Child Care Duties, Survey Shows

15008.jpg

Tags:

Doctor's Support Boosts Weight Loss, Study Shows

Researcher suggests including physicians in commercial programs.

weight_59119_1.jpg

Tags:

Got a Rash? You Might Be Allergic to Nickel, Dermatologist Says

Commonly used in metal jewelry, it's also found in food, topical medicines and medical implants.

creme_skin.jpg

Tags:

Severe Headache During Pregnancy May Signal Trouble

Study found it could be tied to raised risk of complications in women with high blood pressure.

46072.jpg

Tags:

Why the Aging Brain Is More Vulnerable to Alzheimer's

Toxic waste proteins aren't flushed as quickly from older brains, study finds.

alzheimer9181.jpg

Tags:

Genetically Modified Foods, Herbicides and Human Safety

2 researchers decry heavy use of weedkillers; manufacturer says no threat exists.

farm.jpg

Tags:

Insulin Pumps Nearly Halve Risk of Heart Disease Death for Type 1 Diabetics

Better blood sugar control, greater education may help explain results, researchers say.

Diabetes_Device.jpg

Tags:

Ob-Gyn Group Advises on Spotting Dangerous Pregnancy Complication

Preeclampsia causes rise in woman's blood pressure; taking medical history still best way to gauge risk.

46131.jpg

Tags:

In uveitis, bacteria in gut may instruct immune cells to attack the eye

NIH scientists propose novel mechanism to explain autoimmune uveitis

nei-18_l_0.jpg
Microbiota in the gut activate T cells that are able to recognize retinal proteins. These activated T cells then migrate through the bloodstream to the eye, where they cause the inflammatory response associated with autoimmune uveitis.

Tags:

Vaccine hesitancy: A growing challenge for immunization programmes

People who delay or refuse vaccines for themselves or their children are presenting a growing challenge for countries seeking to close the immunization gap. Globally, 1 in 5 children still do not receive routine life-saving immunizations, and an estimated 1.5 million children still die each year of diseases that could be prevented by vaccines that already exist, according to WHO.