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Clinical dietitian provides tips to reduce red meat consumption

When the World Health Organization (WHO)'s research division announced last week that processed meat and red meat cause cancer, Tina Colaizzo-Anas, associate professor in Buffalo State's Health, Nutrition and Dietetics Department and director of its Dietitian Education Program, was not surprised.

6 Nov 2015

MSU professor finds surprising results about drug use behaviors

Conducting an economic analysis of drug use is a particularly difficult endeavor, but for Michigan State University professor and economist Siddharth Chandra, it just meant taking a look at the history books.

6 Nov 2015

Scientists propose new framework to assess innovative nicotine and tobacco products

Scientists at British American Tobacco have proposed a new scientific framework that could be used to assess the reduced-risk promise of the myriad of innovative nicotine and tobacco products currently being developed.

6 Nov 2015

Doctoral thesis explores issues related to dental Implants

Almost 8 percent of patients experience loss of at least one implant within ten years. Even more develop peri-implantitis. Patients with periodontitis run a greater risk of both implant loss and peri-implantitis. A doctoral thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy has explored the various issues.

5 Nov 2015

Patients experience improvements in joint specific pain and function after weight-loss surgery

After weight-loss surgery, 57 percent of patients with significant mobility issues before surgery no longer had them and about 70 percent of those with severe knee and hip pain or disability, experienced improvements in joint specific pain and function, according to new study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that followed patients for three years.

5 Nov 2015

Addressing quality of life needs in prostate cancer: an interview with Professor Louis Denis

Modern patient-directed management is based on optimal, individual medical treatment and holistic personalised patient-centred care. This is certainly true in prostate cancer where most patients are over 60 years of age. They face a negative physical and functional impact from the diagnosis as well as from the treatment with emotional and social challenges.

4 Nov 2015

Gastric reduction surgery can significantly increase patient's risk of developing allergy

Amongst other things, operations to reduce the size of the stomach can significantly increase the patient's risk of developing an allergy. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the Medical University of Vienna.

4 Nov 2015

Health campaigns that target teen culture can dissuade adolescents from engaging in risky behaviors

Health campaigns that target teens based their social groups and subcultures, such as hip hop, preppy or alternative, can be an effective tool in dissuading adolescents from engaging in risky behaviors such as smoking and drinking, suggests a survey of the literature and a case study.

4 Nov 2015

Psychoactive drugs can help sedentary people to exercise, suggests Kent endurance expert

Endurance expert suggests drugs could help 'lazy people' exercise In what has been described as 'doping for lazy people' a University of Kent endurance expert has advocated the use of psychoactive drugs to encourage sedentary people to exercise.

4 Nov 2015

Deaths from avoidable risk factors: an interview with Dr Ali Mokdad, IHME

The study showed that about thirty percent to maybe half of the leading causes of death in the world are preventable. These are risk factors that you could manage and thus you could prevent a lot of premature deaths.

3 Nov 2015

New study shows how obesity epidemic can impact social development of African-American children

The childhood obesity epidemic in the United States has been growing for decades. A new study focusing on African-American children shows how the issue can also impact social development. The University of Cincinnati study led by Laura Nabors, an associate professor of health promotion and education, will be featured in a poster presentation on Nov. 2, at the 143rd American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, in Chicago.

3 Nov 2015

Public health policies targeting smokers may actually have opposite effect, study finds

Public health policies targeted at smokers may actually have the opposite effect for some people trying to quit, according to new evidence released today (Nov. 2).

3 Nov 2015

Rheumatoid arthritis significantly increases risk of death due to cardiovascular causes

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been associated with increased risk of death in the past, but a new study by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital brings that risk into sharper focus. Using data from the Nurses' Health Study, which has followed more than 100,000 female registered nurses since 1976, researchers found that rheumatoid arthritis significantly increased participants' overall risk of death, especially risk of death due to respiratory or cardiovascular causes.

3 Nov 2015

CarePoint Health – Bayonne Medical Center named ACR-designated center for lung cancer screening

CarePoint Health, a fully integrated healthcare system that provides quality, patient-focused healthcare to residents of the Hudson County region, today announced that CarePoint Health – Bayonne Medical Center has been named an American College of Radiology designated center for lung cancer screening, making it the second facility in Hudson County (after CarePoint Health – Christ Hospital) to receive this designation.

31 Oct 2015

Study assesses abdominoplasty complication rates, risk factors

Abdominoplasty—sometimes called "tummy tuck"—has a higher risk of major complications than other cosmetic plastic surgery procedures, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

31 Oct 2015

Miriam Hospital enrolling local participants for Parachute implant clinical trial to treat heart failure

The Miriam Hospital is actively recruiting local participants for a U.S. clinical trial of the Parachute device for treating heart failure. The study is focused on determining if the new minimally invasive catheter-based device can slow the progression of heart failure, reduce repeat hospitalizations and death, and significantly improve quality of life for patients who experience enlargement of the left ventricle after a heart attack.

31 Oct 2015

FDA initiates NTSO actions for retailers who violated certain restrictions on sale of tobacco products

This week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration filed complaints initiating the first-ever No-Tobacco-Sale Order (NTSO) actions for a group of retailers who have repeatedly violated certain restrictions on the sale and distribution of tobacco products, including sales to minors. Under the law, the FDA may pursue an NTSO against retailers that have a total of five or more repeated violations of those restrictions during compliance inspections within 36 months.

31 Oct 2015

Low-dose occupational radiation exposure increases solid cancer risk

Results of the International Nuclear Workers Study suggest a linear increase in incidence of solid cancers with increasing exposure to radiation.

30 Oct 2015

Very long-term outcomes of childhood onset epilepsy reported

A study in Epilepsia presents seizure remission outcomes as well as detailed clinical and neurological findings from a minimum 45-year follow-up of a Finnish cohort of individuals with childhood-onset epilepsy.

30 Oct 2015

Patients with achilles tendon disorders fare better with conservative treatment

Achilles tendon disorders are common and often misdiagnosed, with about 25 percent of ruptures missed during initial examination, but the prognosis is favorable for the vast majority of patients, according to researchers from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine and the Rothman Institute of Jefferson Medical College.

30 Oct 2015

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Clinical dietitian provides tips to reduce red meat consumption

MSU professor finds surprising results about drug use behaviors

Scientists propose new framework to assess innovative nicotine and tobacco products

Doctoral thesis explores issues related to dental Implants

Patients experience improvements in joint specific pain and function after weight-loss surgery

Addressing quality of life needs in prostate cancer: an interview with Professor Louis Denis

Gastric reduction surgery can significantly increase patient's risk of developing allergy

Health campaigns that target teen culture can dissuade adolescents from engaging in risky behaviors

Psychoactive drugs can help sedentary people to exercise, suggests Kent endurance expert

Deaths from avoidable risk factors: an interview with Dr Ali Mokdad, IHME

New study shows how obesity epidemic can impact social development of African-American children

Public health policies targeting smokers may actually have opposite effect, study finds

Rheumatoid arthritis significantly increases risk of death due to cardiovascular causes

CarePoint Health – Bayonne Medical Center named ACR-designated center for lung cancer screening

Study assesses abdominoplasty complication rates, risk factors

Miriam Hospital enrolling local participants for Parachute implant clinical trial to treat heart failure

FDA initiates NTSO actions for retailers who violated certain restrictions on sale of tobacco products

Low-dose occupational radiation exposure increases solid cancer risk

Very long-term outcomes of childhood onset epilepsy reported

Patients with achilles tendon disorders fare better with conservative treatment

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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