University graduates face higher brain tumour risk: study

People with at least three years of higher education are at greater risk for cancerous brain tumours than those with no more than nine years of schooling, perplexed researchers said Tuesday. "There is a 19 percent increased risk that university-educated men could be diagnosed with glioma," said Amal Khanolkar, a scientist at the Institute of Child Health in London and lead author of a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community. "It was a surprising result which is difficult to explain," Khanolkar told AFP.

MedPAC Sets Sights on Cutting Part B Expenses

(MedPage Today) -- Medicare advisors promote new ASP model, other ways to rein costs

Research Points to 'Smoking Gun' for PPI Risks

Research Points to 'Smoking Gun' for PPI Risks

New Trial 'Justifies' FDA Nod for Ibrance

(MedPage Today) -- Phase III study had almost identical results as pivotal trial

Bigger baby bottles linked to weight gain

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Babies who drink from large bottles early in life may be experience more weight gain by six months of age than infants who drink from smaller bottles, a study suggests. About 45 percent were being fed from bottles that held at least six ounces of baby formula. Compared with babies fed from smaller bottles, infants with at least six-ounce bottles had about a half-pound (0.21 kilograms) more weight gain by six months, the study found.