Jan 30, 2013
A new comprehensive and systematic review of the medical literature on metabolic syndrome in children that probed deeper to evaluate the risk associated with gender, ethnicity, and geography was published in Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders.
Jan 29, 2013
Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, will receive the Journal of Women’s Health Award for Outstanding Achievement in Women’s Health Research at the Awards Gala at Women’s Health 2013: The 21st Annual Congress.
Jan 17, 2013
In contrast to previous research findings that showed burnout in middle-aged women to be stable over time, women in a new study were clustered into groups characterized by different developmental patterns of burnout.
Jan 16, 2013
Disruptive Science and Technology has launched a Debate section in which ideas and counterpoints can be debated in public. The Journal seeks not to sway opinions but rather to inform them. The first series of debates focuses on the cause of cancer.
Jan 14, 2013
The effects of acute acupuncture applied during exercise on performance factors such as power and blood pressure and on the body's ability to recover post-exercise were evaluated in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
Jan 10, 2013
Even a mild repeat TBI that occurs when the brain is still recovering from an initial injury can result in poorer outcomes. A metabolic marker that could serve as the basis for new mild TBI vulnerability guidelines is described in a new study.
Jan 09, 2013
Children are particularly vulnerable to environmental toxins and a detailed look at how and why, and what can be done to protect children's health, is presented in a two-part article published in Alternative and Complementary Therapies.
Jan 03, 2013
A better understanding of the link between the neurologic damage caused by SCI, spontaneous motor function recovery, and long-term motor deficits would lead to better therapeutic approaches, as discussed in an article in Journal of Neurotrauma.
Jan 02, 2013
JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH, Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health, Harvard Medical School, will receive the Bernadine Healy Award for Visionary Leadership in Women’s Health at Women’s Health 2013.
Dec 12, 2012
The feasibility and economic projections for large-scale biofuels production from microalgae are examined in a Review article and accompanying Commentary published in Disruptive Science and Technology.