The San Diego Union-Tribune (4/11, Fikes) reports, “Spinal manipulative therapy, including chiropractic care, provides modest relief from pain and improvements in function for those with acute lower back pain,” research suggests. In its “Shots” blog and on its “All Things Considered” program, NPR (4/11, Neighmond) reports researchers arrived at that conclusion that after analyzing data from “26 studies involving more than 1,700 patients with lower back pain.” The findings of the review were published in the Journal of the American Medical…

Reuters (4/11, Brooks) reports that research indicated “teaching preschoolers to regulate their own behavior around food, combined with obesity prevention messages, did not reduce obesity or most obesity-related behaviors.” Researchers came to this conclusion after testing “two interventions, alone and in combination, embedding the experiment within the federally-funded Head Start program.” The findings were published in Pediatrics.

The AP (4/11, Corwin) reports Chiari malformation may be more common than previously thought, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The article explains that “the diagnosis actually covers a wide range of conditions and symptoms but is characterized by an inadequate amount of space at the back and base of the skull that can force part of the brain called the cerebellum through an opening for the spinal cord and press on the brain stem, and can sometimes block the normal flow of cerebral spinal fluid.”

USA Today (4/11, Bowerman) reports some opioid addicts are turning to the anti-diarrhea medicine loperamide “in search of a euphoric high or to manage withdrawal symptoms.” This can be dangerous, because “large quantities can cause serious heart problems, including abnormal heart rhythm and cardiac arrest, according to the” Food and Drug Administration.

Reuters (4/11, Rapaport) reports, “Middle-aged people with risk factors for heart attacks and stroke are also more likely to develop changes in the brain that can lead to Alzheimer’s disease,” researchers concluded after examining “data from 346 adults who had been evaluated for vascular risk factors since the late 1980s, when they were 52 years old on average and none of them had dementia.” Then, more than 20 years “later, when participants were around 76 years old, they had brain scans that looked for evidence of Alzheimer’s” in the form of…

PARSIPPANY, NJ – (March 20, 2013) –New data from BulletinHealthcare shows that more than five in 10 healthcare professionals access medical news and information on smartphones and tablets. BulletinHealthcare, which is the leading provider of daily eNewsBriefings to more than 550,000 healthcare professionals, including 400,000 physicians, belonging to 25 leading medical associations, examined mobile device usage among its audience from January 2012 to January 2013. The analysis found that doctors’ mobile consumption of medical news grew by more than 25%. Today, more than 52%…

PARSIPPANY, NJ – (May 14, 2013) –BulletinHealthcare Marketing Manager Stephanie Kassab was honored as an industry Rising Star by the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association at its 24th annual Woman of the Year event in New York City on Thursday, May 9. HBA Rising Stars work across several sectors of the healthcare industry, including pharmaceutical, marketing, advertising, medical education, scientific discovery and several others. The award recognizes the outstanding performance and commitment to excellence of the Rising Stars, who contribute every day to their…

RESTON, VA – (June 18, 2013) – Bulletin News, which locates and analyzes open-source intelligence for the nation’s most demanding executives, including the White House and Fortune 500 C-Suites, today announced that it is changing its name to Bulletin Intelligence. The name change reflects the fact the company’s clients are increasingly asking for information contained not just in news stories – which remains a core competency for the company – but also in various other forms of open-source intelligence such as financial-analyst reports, think-tank studies…

RESTON, VA – (July 22, 2013) – Bulletin Intelligence LLC, which locates and analyzes news and other forms of open-source intelligence for top-level corporate and government decision makers, including the White House and Fortune 500 C-Suites, today announced the appointment of media and content-marketing executive Michael Laxineta as President of its Custom Briefings subsidiary. Custom Briefings partners with associations to deliver to their members the latest news directly relevant to their professions. These daily briefings, which carry advertising, are consistently rated as a…

RESTON, VA – (August 1, 2013) – Custom Briefings, which partners with associations to deliver to their members the latest news directly relevant to their professions, today announced that it has changed its name to Bulletin Media LLC. As part of the rebranding, the company launched its new website, BulletinMedia.com. The refreshed branding reflects Bulletin Intelligence’s continued investment in the subsidiary and its efforts to more closely align it with the parent company and its sister company, BulletinHealthcare. The two subsidiaries publish daily, ad-supported briefings…