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Why are Some Obese People at Higher Risk for Diabetes Than Others?

November 15, 2016

Buildup of “Toxic Fat” Building Block Could be to Blame For years, scientists have known that someone who is thin could still end up with diabetes. Yet an obese person may be surprisingly...

Hate Exercise? It May Be in Your Genes

November 13, 2016

Genes that control drive, pleasure and reward may contribute to propensity to exercise Genes, specifically those that modulate dopamine in the brain, may play a role in a person’s propensity to embra...

Odds of Having Asthma 53 Percent Higher in Food Deserts

November 11, 2016

Living in a food desert – an urban area where it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food – means you’re at increased risk to have asthma. Children who were studied who did not have ...

Microbes in Your Gut Influence Major Eye Disease

November 8, 2016

Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the industrialized world, affecting over 10 million individuals in North America. A study lead by Dr. Przemysl...

Eating Dinner Early Or Skipping It May Be Effective In Fighting Body F...

November 6, 2016

The first human test of early time-restricted feeding found that this meal-timing strategy reduced swings in hunger and altered fat and carbohydrate burning patterns, which may help with losing weigh...

Rutgers Study Finds That Generation X at Greater Risk of Stroke Than B...

November 2, 2016

Older baby boomers—those born between 1945 and 1954—can proudly boast a new label: the “stroke-healthiest generation,” according to a Rutgers study that found the lowest incidence of ischemic stroke ...

What’s In My Gym Bag?

October 30, 2016

Whether you’re just getting into this fitness thing or you’ve been at it for years, I have a couple of tips to make this habit just a bit easier and more fun. Who are we kidding? I have a ton of tips...

Why Are You Avoiding the Doctor?

October 26, 2016

Most Americans want to stay healthy and prevent disease and illness. For many, this means getting regular check-ups and using their health plan benefits. For others, it seems that ignorance is bliss....

Top 3 Reasons Not to Waste Food

October 20, 2016

More than one-third of all food produced in the United States goes uneaten, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. This waste contributes to problems ranging from hunger and malnutritio...

My Story of Healing

October 16, 2016

“The tongue has the power of life and death…” Proverbs 18:21 Words are powerful. Who knows why some words roll off our backs and others stick, doing damage so deep that only God can fix. My story sta...

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Wealthier kids in UK may have experienced steepest fall in mental health during pandemic

A new study has been published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. Its findings confound predictions in some quarters that disadvantaged children, who had worse mental health to start with, would be hardest hit. But even if child mental health has become more equal, it worsened, overall, following the pandemic, emphasize the researchers. [...]

Stem cell therapy can safely slow progression of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, finds study

Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, or aHSCT for short, is usually used to treat blood cancers, and involves harvesting stem cells from the person's own bone marrow or blood followed by chemotherapy and antibody treatment. [...]

Flawed body of research indicates true 'long COVID' risk likely exaggerated, says new study

Overly broad definitions, a lack of appropriate, or any, comparison groups, among other things, in studies looking at the incidence, prevalence, and control of the condition—epidemiology—have distorted the risks, say the researchers. [...]

Cost of living crisis set to cut UK lives short and significantly widen wealth-health gap

The proportion of people dying before their time (under the age of 75) is set to rise by nearly 6.5%—30 extra deaths/100,000 of the population annually—with those in the most deprived households experiencing a rate 4 times that of the least deprived. [...]

Patient communication preferences for prostate cancer screening discussions: A scoping review

In a study published in Annals of Family Medicine, members of the University of Ottawa Department of Family Medicine conducted a scoping review to understand men's communication preferences when they discuss prostate cancer screening with their doctors. [...]

Researchers identify important strategies for diabetes care and quality improvements in the primary care setting

A qualitative study published in the Annals of Family Medicine considers how the strategies used by high-performing primary care practices to improve diabetes care might play a role in successfully managing practice change. [...]

Four novel receptors may link endometrial cancer to PCOS

A new research paper titled "Transcriptomic analysis identifies four novel receptors potentially linking endometrial cancer with polycystic ovary syndrome and generates a transcriptomic atlas has been published in Oncotarget. [...]

Experts in Saudi Arabia urge action as fragility fractures projected to rise

$Experts in Saudi Arabia urge action as fragility fractures projected to rise$

A new report 'Solutions for Fracture Prevention in Saudi Arabia' has been authored by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Capture the Fracture program in collaboration with leading Saudi Arabian experts. [...]

Scam awareness found to be best defense for older adults facing fraudster phone calls

Research led by Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, has looked into the susceptibility of older adults to scammers. In a paper, "Vulnerability of Older Adults to Government Impersonation Scams," published in JAMA Network Open, the researchers tested 644 older adults with an experiment designed to mimic a government impersonation scam. [...]

New paper addresses ethical issues in physician fundraising from 'grateful patients'

In a new position paper, the American College of Physicians (ACP) addresses the question of "grateful patient" fundraising, stating that physicians should not engage in or be asked or expected to participate in fundraising solicitation of their patients or patient families. The position paper is published in Annals of Internal Medicine. [...]