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Female genital cutting is based on private values rather than social norms Worldwide an estimated 125 million girls and women are cut despite the fact that female genital cutting leads to serious health problems throughout life. Development agencies spend millions of dollars every year on interventions promoting the abandonment of cutting. Researchers at the University of Zurich and their collaborators in Sudan have collected new data that challenge the assumptions on wh ... EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26
Rapidly assessing the next influenza pandemic Influenza pandemics are potentially the most serious natural catastrophes that affect the human population. New findings published in PLOS Computational Biology suggest that with both timely and accurate data and sophisticated numerical models, the likely impact of a new pandemic can be assessed quickly, and key decisions made about potential mitigation strategies. Novel strains of influenza emerg ... EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26
Do patients with age-related macular degeneration have trouble with touch scre... September 24, 2015 - Older adults with central vision loss caused by age-related macular degeneration AMD have no problem with accuracy in performing touch screen tasks, according to a study in the October issue of Optometry and Vision Science , official journal of the American Academy of Optometry . The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer . But their performance is slower--especially during th ... EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26
Medications to treat opioid use disorders -- new guideline from the American S... September 24, 2015 - Medications play an important role in managing patients with opioid use disorders, but there are not enough physicians with the knowledge and ability to use these often-complex treatments. New evidence-based recommendations on the use of prescription medications for the treatment of opioid addiction are published in the October November Journal of Addiction Medicine , the offi ... EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26
Breaking the anxiety cycle A woman who won t drive long distances because she has panic attacks in the car. A man who has contamination fears so intense he cannot bring himself to use public bathrooms. A woman who can t go to church because she fears enclosed spaces. All of these people have two things in common they have an anxiety disorder. They re also parents. Each of these parents sought help because they struggle with ... EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26
Bravo to biomass Biomass burning sometimes gets a bad rap. That s because many associate the burning of living and dead vegetation with human-caused fires and clearing of land that release unhealthy particles and gases that spur global warming. But what if you burned biomass in a controlled environment, such as in a power plant, that at least partially replaces using a fossil fuel Would there be demonstrable envir ... EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26
Countries have a long way to go to reduce the burden of NCD (non-communicable ... A new method published in the Lancet of monitoring countries performance in reducing the burden of NCD non-communicable disease , shows that many countries have a long way to go to reduce suffering and deaths from NCD. Scores to measure performance across four areas governance, risk factors, surveillance research, and health system response were gathered from 23 mostly low- and middle- income coun ... EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26
COPD heightens deadly lung cancer risk in smokers Boston, MA -- Smokers who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder COPD may face nearly twice the risk of getting small cell lung cancer SCLC --the deadliest form of lung cancer--than smokers who don t have COPD, according to a large worldwide study led by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study was published online September 24, 2015 in EBioMedicine . The new st ... EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26
Understanding self-control: Eating and spending are different public policy is... You can resist buying a candy bar while you re waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store--but you ll buy any pair of shoes that are on sale. Your best friend, in contrast, wouldn t dream of buying a pair of shoes he thinks he doesn t need, no matter how low the price--but he can t resist buying that same candy bar you so easily ignore. According to a new study in the Journal of Public Poli ... EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26
Calorie consumption: Do numbers or graphics encourage diners to eat less? To encourage consumers to lower their caloric intake, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration now requires most chain restaurants to state the number of calories that each menu item contains. But is a number the only effective way of helping diners make low-calorie choices No, says a new study in the Journal of Public Policy Marketing. According to the study, another popular way of indicating calori ... EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26
From brain, to fat, to weight loss Weight is controlled by the hormone leptin, which acts in the brain to regulate food intake and metabolism. However, it was largely unknown until now, how the brain signals back to the fat tissue to induce fat breakdown. Now, a breakthrough study led by Ana Domingos at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ci 234 ncia IGC Portugal , in collaboration with Jeffrey Friedman s group at Rockefeller University USA , ... EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26
Weight loss, exercise improve fertility in women with PCOS Washington, DC--Weight loss and exercise improve ovulation in women who have polycystic ovary syndrome , a common hormone disorder that often causes infertility, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism . Polycystic ovary syndrome PCOS is the most common cause of female infertility. The condition occurs when a woman s body produces ... EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26

Female genital cutting is based on private values rather than social norms

Worldwide an estimated 125 million girls and women are cut despite the fact that female genital cutting leads to serious health problems throughout life. Development agencies spend millions of dollars every year on interventions promoting the abandonment of cutting. Researchers at the University of Zurich and their collaborators in Sudan have collected new data that challenge the assumptions on wh ...

EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26

Rapidly assessing the next influenza pandemic

Influenza pandemics are potentially the most serious natural catastrophes that affect the human population. New findings published in PLOS Computational Biology suggest that with both timely and accurate data and sophisticated numerical models, the likely impact of a new pandemic can be assessed quickly, and key decisions made about potential mitigation strategies. Novel strains of influenza emerg ...

EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26

Do patients with age-related macular degeneration have trouble with touch scre...

September 24, 2015 - Older adults with central vision loss caused by age-related macular degeneration AMD have no problem with accuracy in performing touch screen tasks, according to a study in the October issue of Optometry and Vision Science , official journal of the American Academy of Optometry . The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer . But their performance is slower--especially during th ...

EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26

Medications to treat opioid use disorders -- new guideline from the American S...

September 24, 2015 - Medications play an important role in managing patients with opioid use disorders, but there are not enough physicians with the knowledge and ability to use these often-complex treatments. New evidence-based recommendations on the use of prescription medications for the treatment of opioid addiction are published in the October November Journal of Addiction Medicine , the offi ...

EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26

Breaking the anxiety cycle

A woman who won t drive long distances because she has panic attacks in the car. A man who has contamination fears so intense he cannot bring himself to use public bathrooms. A woman who can t go to church because she fears enclosed spaces. All of these people have two things in common they have an anxiety disorder. They re also parents. Each of these parents sought help because they struggle with ...

EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26

Bravo to biomass

Biomass burning sometimes gets a bad rap. That s because many associate the burning of living and dead vegetation with human-caused fires and clearing of land that release unhealthy particles and gases that spur global warming. But what if you burned biomass in a controlled environment, such as in a power plant, that at least partially replaces using a fossil fuel Would there be demonstrable envir ...

EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26

Countries have a long way to go to reduce the burden of NCD (non-communicable ...

A new method published in the Lancet of monitoring countries performance in reducing the burden of NCD non-communicable disease , shows that many countries have a long way to go to reduce suffering and deaths from NCD. Scores to measure performance across four areas governance, risk factors, surveillance research, and health system response were gathered from 23 mostly low- and middle- income coun ...

EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26

COPD heightens deadly lung cancer risk in smokers

Boston, MA -- Smokers who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder COPD may face nearly twice the risk of getting small cell lung cancer SCLC --the deadliest form of lung cancer--than smokers who don t have COPD, according to a large worldwide study led by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study was published online September 24, 2015 in EBioMedicine . The new st ...

EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26

Understanding self-control: Eating and spending are different public policy is...

You can resist buying a candy bar while you re waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store--but you ll buy any pair of shoes that are on sale. Your best friend, in contrast, wouldn t dream of buying a pair of shoes he thinks he doesn t need, no matter how low the price--but he can t resist buying that same candy bar you so easily ignore. According to a new study in the Journal of Public Poli ...

EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26

Calorie consumption: Do numbers or graphics encourage diners to eat less?

To encourage consumers to lower their caloric intake, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration now requires most chain restaurants to state the number of calories that each menu item contains. But is a number the only effective way of helping diners make low-calorie choices No, says a new study in the Journal of Public Policy Marketing. According to the study, another popular way of indicating calori ...

EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26

From brain, to fat, to weight loss

Weight is controlled by the hormone leptin, which acts in the brain to regulate food intake and metabolism. However, it was largely unknown until now, how the brain signals back to the fat tissue to induce fat breakdown. Now, a breakthrough study led by Ana Domingos at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ci 234 ncia IGC Portugal , in collaboration with Jeffrey Friedman s group at Rockefeller University USA , ...

EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26

Weight loss, exercise improve fertility in women with PCOS

Washington, DC--Weight loss and exercise improve ovulation in women who have polycystic ovary syndrome , a common hormone disorder that often causes infertility, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism . Polycystic ovary syndrome PCOS is the most common cause of female infertility. The condition occurs when a woman s body produces ...

EurekAlert - Sat. Sep 26