Health News
Openness trait may help those with mild or moderate disabilities keep jobs
Published Date:May 2, 2012
People with mild or moderate disabilities who are creative, intellectually curious and attentive to their feelings those who score higher on the personality trait openness may be significantly more likely to maintain employment, suggests a new study co-written by David Strauser, a professor of kinesiology and community health at the University of Illinois.
Published Date: May 2, 2012
Computing the best high-resolution 3-D tissue images
Published Date:April 23, 2012
Real-time, 3-D microscopic tissue imaging could be a revolution for medical fields such as cancer diagnosis, minimally invasive surgery and ophthalmology. University of Illinois researchers have developed a technique to computationally correct for aberrations in optical tomography, bringing the future of medical imaging into focus.
Published Date: April 23, 2012
When women stop breastfeeding linked to child care options, study shows
Published Date:March 13, 2012
Mothers participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, are more likely to discontinue breastfeeding their infants before 6 months of age than non-WIC mothers, especially if they rely upon relatives to provide child care, according to a new study by Juhee Kim, a professor of kinesiology and community health at the University of Illinois.
Published Date: March 13, 2012
Breastfed babies less likely to be picky eaters as toddlers
Published Date:March 8, 2012
Babies who are breastfed exclusively for their first six months of life may be less likely to become picky eaters as preschoolers, according to a recent study of 129 mothers and their children.
Published Date: March 8, 2012
Modified bone drug kills malaria parasite in mice
Published Date:February 27, 2012
A chemically altered osteoporosis drug may be useful in fighting malaria, researchers report in a new study. Unlike similar compounds tested against many other parasitic protozoa, the drug readily crosses into the red blood cells of malaria-infected mice and kills the malaria parasite. The drug works at very low concentrations with no observed toxicity to the mouse.
Published Date: February 27, 2012
