Today's update details new research which covers a broad spectrum of health related topics, such as hypnotherapy treatment for ulcerative colitis, yet another reason not to smoke, even more benefits of exercise, IQ and physical attractiveness lead to more money, computerized games can keep the elderly mentally sharp, and the EEG predicts neurological recovery in cardiac patients. ...

An interesting few weeks of updates over at Science Daily. Examples of today's highlighted research topics include that increased food intake (rather than reduced physical activity) is responsible for the obesity epidemic, narcolepsy is now an autoimmune disorder, warnings about pet therapy dogs, childhood obesity may be linked to allergies, Autism and new brain abnormalities discovered, childhood ADHD and ...

The latest research developments posted to Science Daily include asthma, autism, sleep, alcoholism, nutrition and exercise, learning disabilities, Tourette Syndrome, and much more. ...

The research arm of the University of Oxford* reports that even moderate levels of obesity can significantly reduce one's life span. In the largest ever study of the effects of obesity on mortality, researchers analyzed 57 studies that tracked approximately 900,000 participants for an average of 10-15 years. The results will appear in a future volume of The Lancet. Body mass index, or BMI, was used to asses ...

Kaiser Permanente is a progressive not-for-profit health plan provider and one of the initial advocates of behavioral health integration into overall primary medical care.  Newly published research* suggests that people who lose weight immediately following Type 2 Diabetes, "insulin resistance," diagnosis realize improved health outcomes, such as reaching blood pressure and blood sugar goals.  Another impor ...

A national poll conducted by C.S. Mott Children's Hospital's National Poll on Children's Health suggests that obesity problems are not limited to adults. In fact, childhood obesity came in at #1 in their poll, bumping smoking and drug abuse from the top spots a year ago. ...