Across the country, thousands of toddlers are joining studies that could signal new hope for a baffling childhood disorder.

Originally from The New York Times

The pressure of meeting a work deadline can mean a sixfold hike in the risk of suffering an attack the very next day, a new study finds.

Originally from New Scientist

University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. is giving instruction in a type of CPR that does not involve mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Instead, rescuers push rapidly and continuously on the chests of patients who have suffered heart attacks. NPR’s Ted Robbins reports.

Originally from NPR’s All Things Considered

A fingertip test could detect patients in the earliest stages of heart disease, US scientists have claimed.

Originally from BBC News

Taking one drug to raise “good” cholesterol and one to lower bad cholesterol can slow the progression of heart disease more effectively than either medicine alone, a new study has found.

Originally from The New York Times

Drinking water could help people suffering from low blood pressure who faint while standing, scientists say.

Originally from BBC News

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MS is an adult-onset disease. So you wouldn’t think that what happened right back at the beginning would be a risk factor, but this study does show that the month in which people are born appears to have an effect. Children born in May have an increased risk of going on to develop multiple sclerosis, research has suggested.

The brawl that erupted last week at a basketball game has exposed the weakness of a common assumption: that anger can be treated almost as if it were an infection.

Originally from The New York Times

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that its estimate that 400,000 Americans die each year from obesity was too high because of a calculation error.

Originally from The New York Times

The Food and Drug Administration approved a drug for multiple sclerosis that works by a new mode of action and has shown early evidence of being more effective than existing drugs.

Originally from The New York Times

The finding could explain why intense, long-term emotional strain can make people get sick and grow old before their time.

Originally from washingtonpost.com

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In another era, the commander of a cavalry troop who lost a foot and leg would have been heralded for his bravery and likely issued a medical retirement. In a shift in military culture, the U.S. armed forces have recently announced new efforts to keep seriously wounded or disabled soldiers on active duty.

Policy has really changed in 20 years. I had a massive pulminary embolism and a cardiac arrest when I was on active duty 20 years ago. One of my vocal cords was paralized when they shoved the breathing tube down my throat, and the military was planning to discharge me because of the paralized vocal cord. The vocal cord started working again (after I repeatedly tried to yell on Easter Sunday 1984) and I wasn’t discharged, but I did remain on restricted duty for most of the remaining time I was in the Army. Reenlistment definitely was not pushed when it was time for me to either reenlist or get out – 2 1/2 years after the massive pulminary embolism/cardiac arrest.

A ‘veggie’ material made from soybean curd could repair broken bones and teeth, according to scientists.

Originally from BBC News