The findings suggest that the real costs of this pollution are substantial, said lead researcher Sylvia J. Brandt, of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.Similar cost studies could be done in other U.S. communities, Brandt told Reuters Health.Researchers estimate that the annual cost of traffic-related asthma symptoms in the two cities — Long Beach and Riverside [...]

Cognitive behavioral therapy is the mainstay for treating anxiety(anxiety) disorders in younger adults. Its lower effect in older adults in this study is concerning, said Dr. Eric Lenze, a professor at Washington University School of Medicine, who was not involved in this study.anxiety(anxiety) disorders, which include panic disorder, phobias, post-traumatic stress and generalized anxiety(anxiety) disorder, [...]

Green tea contains certain antioxidant chemicals — particularly a compound known as EGCG — that may help ward off the body-cell damage that can lead to disease. And researchers have been studying green tea’s effects on everything from cholesterol to the risk of certain cancers — with mixed results so far.For the new study, Japanese [...]

Vaccines are OK for people with Guillain-Barr\’e9 syndrome, said Dr. Roger Baxter, the lead author of the study and the co-director of the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center.Guillain-Barr\’e9 is a rare autoimmune disorder that can cause muscle weakness and paralysis.While there is no cure, some treatments can help the symptoms.About one to two out of [...]

Past studies had overlooked hundreds of thousands of deaths because they had wrongly assumed malaria overwhelmingly killed babies and focused their findings on under-fives, said the study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in the United States.The new study, published in The Lancet medical journal, found 42 percent of deaths were actually [...]

The company on Thursday announced 6. percent earnings growth for the fourth-quarter of last year, but forecast lower-than-anticipated sales for 2012 as austerity measures in Europe keep a lid on demand and force the company to hold down prices.Ian Bell, corporate vice-president and president for Asia-Pacific, was upbeat on growth prospects across Asia, with [...]

Researchers said that past studies have found conflicting results when it comes to the effects of breastfeeding on kids’ lungs, with some research suggesting that moms with asthma who breastfeed may be putting their kids at risk as well.But the new research hints that’s not the case, and that babies with asthmatic moms may get [...]

Researchers whose findings appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition said that such parents might end up overriding their child’s ability to listen to their body’s natural satiety signals — the brain’s way of saying it’s time to stop eating.It wasn’t clear if parental pushiness actually led to excess weight gain, and the weight [...]

People with psoriasis develop thick, red, scaly patches on the skin, which are often itchy or sore.Experts believe the disease is caused by an abnormal immune system attack on the body’s own cells. Some studies have suggested that smokers are more vulnerable to psoriasis, possibly because the habit can affect immune activity.But most have studied [...]

Parental age doesn’t appear to be synergistic. That is having an older mom and an older dad doesn’t increase risk more than having one or the other, said Marissa King, a professor at the Yale School of Management, who was not involved in the study.The data clearly demonstrate that older parents are more likely to [...]