Prepared Patient: Talking About Symptoms With Your Health Care Team
• Public Health • Oct 15 10
What brings you in here today?
It’s a simple question that’s at the heart of many patient-doctor conversations, but it’s not a question to…
OHSU research suggests yoga can counteract fibromyalgia
• Pain • Oct 14 10
According to new research conducted at Oregon Health & Science University, yoga exercises may have the power to combat fibromyalgia — a medical…
Yoga alleviates pain and improves function in fibromyalgia patients
• Alternative Medicine • Oct 14 10
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a debilitating condition affecting 11㈝ million individuals in the US alone. FM carries an annual direct cost for care of more…
Life expectancy higher in Israel than in US, according to Ben-Gurion U. researcher
• Public Health • Oct 14 10
A new study conducted by a researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) for Jerusalem’s Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel…
A crucial link in immune development and regulation unearthed
• Immunology • Oct 14 10
An Australian team of scientists has uncovered a quality control mechanism that must take place for our immune system to subsequently effectively destroy harmful…
Personality and exercise levels may be linked
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 14 10
There may be a fundamental link between aspects of an individual’s personality and their capacity to exercise or generate energy, recent research suggests.
Humans…
Astigmatism more common in Hispanic preschoolers
• Eye / Vision Problems • Oct 13 10
Young Hispanic children may be more likely to have the vision defect astigmatism than their African-American peers, a new study finds.
Astigmatism refers to…
Malnutrition increases risk of prolonged hospital stay
• Public Health • Oct 12 10
Hospital patients admitted with malnutrition or who don’t eat for several days are at greater risk of a prolonged hospital stay, according to a…
Bisphosphonates tied to stroke in cancer patients
• Cancer • • Stroke • Oct 12 10
Cancer patients treated with osteoporosis-fighting drugs are at increased risk of abnormal heart rhythms and stroke, new research shows.
The benefits of these drugs…
Infertility more common in women with epilepsy
• Epilepsy • • Fertility and pregnancy • Oct 12 10
Women with epilepsy may have a higher-than-average risk of fertility problems, particularly those on multiple anti-seizure drugs, a study published Monday suggests.
Researchers in…
New Alzheimer’s guidelines aim for early diagnosis
• Brain • • Neurology • Oct 11 10
Experts on Alzheimer’s disease are proposing new criteria for diagnosing the dementia which would pick it up at an earlier stage and should get…
Evidence-Based Benefit Design Uses Data to Lower Health Care Costs
• Public Health • Oct 11 10
As rising health care costs continue to outpace inflation, some companies are trying a new data-driven strategy, reports the October Journal of Occupational…
Screen time linked to psychological problems in children
• Children's Health • Oct 11 10
Children who spend longer than two hours in front of a computer or television screen are more likely to suffer psychological difficulties, regardless of…
Studies provide new insights into the genetics of obesity and fat distribution
• Obesity • Oct 11 10
An international consortium has made significant inroads into uncovering the genetic basis of obesity by identifying 18 new gene sites associated with overall obesity…
Gladstone scientists link hepatitis C virus infection to fat enzyme in liver cells
• Infections • Oct 11 10
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) have found that an enzyme associated with the storage of fat in the liver…
Novo says Victoza not to blame for 2 Japan deaths
• Drug Abuse • Oct 10 10
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk said two patients in Japan who were being treated with its Victoza type 2 diabetes drug died from the…
US sends $727 million to community health centers
• Public Health • Oct 10 10
The Obama administration on Friday announced $727 million will go to help fix up community health centers across the country, the first of $11…
Prepared meals and incentivized weight-loss program for obese and overweight women
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Oct 10 10
In another article being released early online, Cheryl L. Rock, Ph.D., R.D., from Moores UCSD Cancer Center, La Jolla, Calif., and colleagues, conducted a…
Children’s agitation after surgery may be preventable
• Children's Health • • Surgery • Oct 10 10
Temporary combativeness after surgery—a complication affecting up to half of anesthetized children—may be preventable with drugs that decrease epinephrine production, according to a Medical…
Obese workers cost workplace more than insurance, absenteeism
• Obesity • • Public Health • Oct 10 10
The cost of obesity among U.S. full-time employees is estimated to be $73.1 billion, according to a new study by a Duke University…
Frequent inaccuracies in testosterone testing lead to call for standardization
• Endocrinology • Oct 10 10
The use of testosterone assays for patient care and research is on the rise as new research links testosterone to a variety of diseases…
New York takes new aim at sugary drinks
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Oct 10 10
New York expanded its anti-obesity campaign on Thursday with a proposal to ban the use of food stamps to buy sugary drinks, drawing beverage…
Shockwave therapy shows promise for tendon pain
• Pain • Oct 10 10
A therapy that aims to heal injured body tissue with targeted sound waves may bring pain relief to people with chronically injured hamstring tendons,…
Poor healthcare may shorten American lives: study
• Public Health • Oct 08 10
Americans die sooner than citizens of a dozen other developed nations and the usual suspects - obesity, traffic accidents and a high murder rate…
Frequent Inaccuracies in Testosterone Testing Lead to Call for Standardization
• Endocrinology • Oct 08 10
The use of testosterone assays for patient care and research is on the rise as new research links testosterone to a variety of diseases…