Health News

Psychiatric disorders common among college-aged
A new study has revealed that psychiatric disorders appear to be common among 18- to 24-year-olds, with overall rates similar among those attending or not attending college. ANI

Cardiac CT can effectively assess coronary artery stenosis
A large study performed by Dutch researchers suggests that Cardiac CT can effectively assess coronary artery stenosis. ANI

Why people eat at fast-food restaurants despite it being unhealthy
Despite being considered unhealthy, fast foods continue to be a popular meal choice for most people - because its fast. ANI

Health News for July 14, 2008

Recommended colorectal cancer screening still below target
A new study reveals that nearly 50 percent of people are not getting screened for colorectal cancer, even though the recommended tests have already proven to reduce mortality linked to the disease. ANI

Study finds arsenic threats in Southeast Asia
A new model, developed by Eawag researchers, has shown that the contamination of groundwater with arsenic poses a risk to the health of millions of people, especially in the densely populated river deltas of Southeast Asia. ANI

Pressure to look sexy driving under-14s to stress, anxiety
A new study has shown that under-14s believe that the influence of magazines, websites and friends telling them to look and act sexually is making them unhappy, and driving some of them to self-harm and eating disorders. ANI

New approach may offer emergency treatment for heart attack patients
Experts at The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia say that they have devised a way to manipulate cell activity that occurs during the interruption of blood flow to strongly protect heart tissue. ANI

Preventive malaria treatments cut anaemia risk, improve kids learning
Preventive malaria treatments are likely to cut anaemia risk and improve learning in school children, suggests a new study. ANI

Nicotine-based drugs may help treat dementia
Nicotine has toxic effects and carries a strong risk of addiction, but now scientists at Kings College London have found that it may hold the key to new treatments for dementia. ANI

Common cold virus helps scientists locate, image prostate cancer as it spreads
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have successfully used an engineered common cold virus to deliver a genetic payload to prostate cancer cells in mice, which enabled them to locate the diseased cells as they spread to the lymph nodes, the first place prostate cancer goes before invading other organs. ANI

Scientist create 3-D image of protein filaments that facilitate hearing
Berkeley Lab researchers say that they have made a significant advance towards understanding exactly how hearing works. ANI