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New Cal Poly study identifies effective weight loss maintenance strategies

Just in time for the New Year, a new Cal Poly study shows that if you want to lose weight and keep it off, building healthy dietary, self-monitoring and psychological coping strategies may be the keys to success.

23 Jan 2020

Researchers develop new tool to tackle diet epidemic in India

New research led by Queen's University Belfast aims to better understand the link between diet and disease in India.

23 Jan 2020

Lifestyle changes can help people gain control of their snoring

Roses, candy and a candlelit dinner are nice, romantic gestures that many of us fall back on for Valentine's Day. In addition to these gifts, consider a lifestyle change that will benefit both you and your partner: gain control of your snoring.

23 Jan 2020

Patients want a ‘good death’ at home, but hospice care can badly strain families

“I’m not anti-hospice at all,” said Joy Johnston, who relocated to New Mexico years ago at age 40 to care for her dying mother.

23 Jan 2020

Playing tennis could help prevent musculoskeletal conditions

PLAYING tennis could beat going to the gym when it comes to warding-off muscle and bone problems later in life, according to a groundbreaking new study.

23 Jan 2020

BHF announces shortlist of four CVD research projects competing for £30 million award

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) today announced its shortlist of four research projects competing for a single £30 million award.

23 Jan 2020

Study findings have implications for meningococcal B vaccine programs globally

The results of the B Part of It study – the largest meningococcal B herd immunity study ever conducted – are published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

22 Jan 2020

Climate-friendly eating patterns confer potential health gains, protect the planet

Increased uptake of plant-based diets in New Zealand could substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions while greatly improving population health and saving the healthcare system billions of dollars in the coming decades, according to a new University of Otago study.

22 Jan 2020

LloydsPharmacy launches pilot program to help and support mental health patients

LloydsPharmacy is piloting an innovative new service that offers extra help and support to mental health patients.

22 Jan 2020

ECDC updates risk assessment of novel coronavirus outbreak for Europe

The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in China is a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans.

22 Jan 2020

Quitting smoking: Going it alone is not the best approach

We live in an era of self-empowerment. But when it comes to quitting smoking, going it alone isn't the best approach.

22 Jan 2020

Understanding the use of health technology assessment across the globe

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR- the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of a series of articles investigating the use of health technology assessment in healthcare decision making across the globe.

22 Jan 2020

'Lay counselors' help reduce trauma-related symptoms among children orphaned in Africa

A first-of-its-kind clinical trial involving more than 600 children in Kenya and Tanzania, in which community members were trained to deliver mental health treatment, showed improvement in participants' trauma-related symptoms up to a year after receiving therapy, new research shows.

22 Jan 2020

Study highlights lack of screening for depression during perimenopause

Almost 40% of women experience symptoms of depression during perimenopause, yet it often goes undetected and untreated because many healthcare providers aren't screening for it and aren't prepared with treatment options.

22 Jan 2020

UTHSC College of Pharmacy, Kroger Health partner to improve shingles vaccination completion rates

The College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has partnered with Kroger Health, the healthcare arm of The Kroger Co., on a nationwide, randomized controlled study across more than 2,200 community pharmacy locations to improve second-dose vaccination completion rates for the shingles vaccine. Elements of the project are funded through a grant from GlaxoSmithKline.

22 Jan 2020

Johns Hopkins researchers warn of new infectious diseases and death due to global warming

The Journal of Clinical Investigation recently published "Viewpoint" articles by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professors who warn that global climate change is likely to unlock dangerous new microbes, as well as threaten humans' ability to regulate body temperature.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 22 Jan 2020

Study sheds light on consequences of widespread practice of ringing the cancer bell

It's a scene that some cancer patients dream about: they celebrate the end of a course of radiation or chemotherapy by ringing a bell, surrounded by family and cheering cancer clinic staff. Indeed, many patients say they love the graduation-like ceremony and the sense of closure it gives them.

22 Jan 2020

Decline in advanced stage cancer diagnoses following health insurance expansion

Advanced stage cancer diagnoses declined following health insurance expansion in Massachusetts, likely due to increased access to screening and diagnostic services that identified cancers earlier, according to new research led by health economists at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

22 Jan 2020

New technology repairs neuronal damage in an animal model of major motor nerve injury

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have created a biodegradable, implantable tube or “nerve guide” that can repair damage to major nerves in cases of traumatic injury.

22 Jan 2020

GlobalData: China can use the lessons learnt from SARS epidemic to control Wuhan coronavirus

Following the news that cases of people infected with the Wuhan coronavirus rose to more than 270 laboratory-confirmed cases and the virus may spread from human-to-human.

22 Jan 2020

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New Cal Poly study identifies effective weight loss maintenance strategies

Researchers develop new tool to tackle diet epidemic in India

Lifestyle changes can help people gain control of their snoring

Patients want a ‘good death’ at home, but hospice care can badly strain families

Playing tennis could help prevent musculoskeletal conditions

BHF announces shortlist of four CVD research projects competing for £30 million award

Study findings have implications for meningococcal B vaccine programs globally

Climate-friendly eating patterns confer potential health gains, protect the planet

LloydsPharmacy launches pilot program to help and support mental health patients

ECDC updates risk assessment of novel coronavirus outbreak for Europe

Quitting smoking: Going it alone is not the best approach

Understanding the use of health technology assessment across the globe

'Lay counselors' help reduce trauma-related symptoms among children orphaned in Africa

Study highlights lack of screening for depression during perimenopause

UTHSC College of Pharmacy, Kroger Health partner to improve shingles vaccination completion rates

Johns Hopkins researchers warn of new infectious diseases and death due to global warming

Study sheds light on consequences of widespread practice of ringing the cancer bell

Decline in advanced stage cancer diagnoses following health insurance expansion

New technology repairs neuronal damage in an animal model of major motor nerve injury

GlobalData: China can use the lessons learnt from SARS epidemic to control Wuhan coronavirus

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