Best health news articles 01 2010

	Eating late night snack causes weight gain, obesity Eating at irregular times - the equivalent of the middle of the night for humans, when the body wants to sleep - influences weight gain, revealed by researchers at the Northwestern University. Obesity - Northwestern University, USA
	Restaurant and packaged foods can have more calories than nutrition In a study published in the January 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers from Tufts University found that some commercially prepared foods contained more calories than indicated in nutritional labeling. Obesity - Elsevier Health Sciences, USA
	Fat mass helps build bone mass in girls According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), fat mass is important in increasing bone size and thickness, but this effect appears to be stronger in girls than boys. Osteoporosis - The Endocrine Society, USA
	Stressing the benefits of quitting smoking helps smokers Smokers who received gain-framed messaging from quitline specialists (i.e., stressing the benefits of quitting) had slightly better cessation outcomes than those who received standard-care messaging (i.e., potential losses from smoking and benefits of quitting). Smoking - Journal of the National Cancer Institute, UK
	Brain imaging may help diagnose autism disorder Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) process sound and language a fraction of a second slower than children without ASDs, and measuring magnetic signals that mark this delay may become a standardized way to diagnose autism. Autism - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
	Metformin safe for patients with heart failure and diabetes A new study has shown that metformin, a drug often used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, is safe for use in treating patients who have both diabetes and advanced heart failure. Diabetes - University of California, Los Angeles, USA
	Gene linked to aggressive form of prostate cancer Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues have identified the first genetic variant associated with aggressive prostate cancer, proving the concept that genetic information may one day be used in combination with other factors to guide treatment decisions. Prostate Cancer - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, USA
	Ampyra, dalfampridine approved for multiple sclerosis patients The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Ampyra (dalfampridine) extended release tablets to improve walking in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Multiple sclerosis - U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA
	Fast food menus with calorie information lead to lower calorie selection In a new study, the amount of calories selected by parents for their child's hypothetical meal at McDonald's restaurants were reduced by an average of 102 calories when the menus clearly showed the calories for each item. Nutrition - Seattle Children's, USA
	Catheter treatment works better than drugs for heart rhythm disorder Treating a common heart rhythm disorder by burning heart tissue with a catheter works dramatically better than drug treatments, according to a landmark study published in the Jan. 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Heart disease - Loyola University Health System, USA
	Insulin research points way to better type 1 diabetes treatments New research that significantly improves our understanding of how insulin interacts with cells in the human body is published today. The study could have major implications for the development of treatments for Type I diabetes. Diabetes - University of York, UK
	Symptoms have little value to diagnose ovarian cancer earlier Use of symptoms to trigger a medical evaluation for ovarian cancer does not appear to detect early-stage ovarian cancer earlier and would likely result in diagnosis in only 1 out of 100 women in the general population with such symptoms, revealed in an article. Ovarian Cancer - Journal of the National Cancer Institute, UK
	Blood test can predict rheumatoid arthritis early Researchers from University Hospital in Umea, Sweden, have identified several cytokines, cytokine-related factors, and chemokines that increase significantly prior to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease onset. Rheumatoid arthritis - Wiley-Blackwell, USA

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