Saint Louis University - Most women who think they have a vaginal yeast infection are wrong and may be doing more harm than good in treating their problem, says a Saint Louis University researcher who presented her findings recently.
“Everything that itches isn’t a yeast infection,” said Susan Hoffstetter, Ph.D., assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and […]

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Vitamin D deficiency early in pregnancy is associated with a five-fold increased risk of preeclampsia (toxemia), even in women who report taking prenatal vitamins during pregnancy, according to a NIH-funded study reported this week in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
A serious complication of pregnancy marked by soaring […]

University of Manchester - Parents with bipolar disorder are taking part in a study that will give them the chance to follow a highly successful parenting skills program, called Triple P.
Dr Steven Jones and Dr Rachel Calam at the University of Manchester’s School of Psychological Sciences assess the volunteers’ current mood and experiences of parenting […]

Tufts University, Health Sciences - Steady increases in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages over the last several decades, as well as rates of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, led nutritional epidemiologists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University and colleagues to explore the relationship between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption […]

University of Washington - Using new software developed to investigate how the brains of dyslexic children are organized, researchers have found that key areas for language and working memory involved in reading are connected differently in dyslexics than in children who are good readers and spellers.
However, once the children with dyslexia received a three-week instructional […]

UMHS - In years past, family physician Pamela Rockwell told parents not to let their children drink too much fruit juice because some thought its consumption was linked to obesity. These days, though, she has changed her juice advice, because studies show numerous health benefits.
A study this year found no association between childhood obesity and […]