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Increased Vegetable Intake Fails to Slow Prostate Cancer Progression, Study Finds

Researchers in the United States have conducted a study investigating whether a telephone-based interventional program encouraging an increased intake of vegetables would slow disease progression among patients with early-stage prostate cancer.

14 Jan 2020

Delaying Knee Surgery has a Detrimental Impact on Health, a New Study Finds

A new study has revealed that most people who require knee surgery are waiting too long to get it done, and this is having a detrimental impact on their health and wellbeing. Experts advise that those eligible for knee replacement surgery should act sooner rather than later to avoid further deterioration of the knee and evade the increased likeliness of suffering from associated health problems.

14 Jan 2020

Loopholes limit new California law to guard against lofty air ambulance bills

Kathleen Hoechlin lost control as she crested a small jump on her final ski run of the day at California's Mammoth Mountain two years ago. She landed hard on her back, crushing one of the vertebra in her lower spine "like a Cheerio," she said.

14 Jan 2020

Study: Only 25% of Medicare patients participate in cardiac rehabilitation

Too few people covered by Medicare participated in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation after a heart attack or acute heart event or surgery, particularly women, the elderly and non-white patients, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

14 Jan 2020

Meaningful gender gap found in medical paper publication

A new study in the journal Family Practice, published by Oxford University Press, shows that there remains a meaningful gender gap between the number of biomedical papers written by women and those written by men.

14 Jan 2020

Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act has led to improvements in the quality of school meals

In a new analysis of studies conducted following the implementation of the 2010 Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, researchers find positive effects on the dietary quality of meals served to school-aged children.

14 Jan 2020

Updated breast cancer guideline offers recommendations for handling cases with low ER expression

The updated guideline for estrogen and progesterone receptor (ER/PgR) testing in breast cancer, published jointly today by the College of American Pathologists and the American Society of Clinical Oncology, reaffirms much of the original guidance and has more specific recommendations for handling and reporting cases with low ER expression.

13 Jan 2020

Mount Sinai ophthalmologists share tips for early detection of glaucoma

January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, and ophthalmologists at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai are urging high-risk groups to get comprehensive eye exams for early detection of this degenerative eye disease.

13 Jan 2020

Researchers highlight privacy risks of sharing data from environmental health studies

Before sharing human research data, scientists routinely strip it of personal information such as name, address, and birthdate in order to protect the privacy of their study participants.

13 Jan 2020

Important things you need to know about seasonal flu

Seasonal flu is a serious illness causing approximately 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths each year. Federal health officials are reporting that the 2019-2020 flu season could be the worst in decades.

13 Jan 2020

Critical Care Resuscitation Unit provides faster treatment, decreases patient's risk of death

Patients with acutely life-threatening health conditions who were treated in the innovative Critical Care Resuscitation Unit received faster treatment and had better health outcomes, including a 36 percent lower risk of dying than those who were transferred from a hospital's emergency department then evaluated and treated in a traditional intensive care unit, according to a recent study in the Journal of Emergency Medicine conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

13 Jan 2020

Study links historical housing policies across the U.S. to inequitable heat exposure

Extreme heat kills more people in the United States than any other type of hazardous weather and will likely become even deadlier due to climate change.

13 Jan 2020

Study calls into question the troponin testing for ACS in elderly patients with NCSs

The results of a study conducted by researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine may not support troponin testing for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in selected elderly patients with nonspecific complaints (NCSs). The study findings will be published in the January 2020 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine, a journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

13 Jan 2020

New program reduces abusive behaviors among middle school male athletes toward female peers

Coaching Boys Into Men, a program that seeks to prevent dating violence and sexual assault, reduces abusive behaviors among middle school male athletes toward their female peers, according to clinical trial results published today in JAMA Pediatrics.

13 Jan 2020

Sida continues to support IVI’s mission to accelerate vaccine research

The International Vaccine Institute, a Seoul, Korea-based international organization, announced today that the Swedish International Cooperation Agency will continue to support IVI's mission to accelerate vaccine research and development for global health with a total contribution of SEK 50 million (approximately 5.24 million USD) over the next five years as part of a longstanding partnership between the Swedish government and IVI.

13 Jan 2020

Breakthrough Discovery about Glaucoma could Lead to New Treatments

Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) have made a ground-breaking discovery about how pressure is moderated in the eye that may pave the way for advances in the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma.

13 Jan 2020

Losing Tongue Fat Improves Sleep Apnea

Doctors already know that weight loss can be an effective treatment for improving sleep apnea, although the reasons for this have remained unclear. Now, new research has uncovered that a reduction in tongue fat is the key to why fat loss helps in instances of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).

13 Jan 2020

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Increased Vegetable Intake Fails to Slow Prostate Cancer Progression, Study Finds

Delaying Knee Surgery has a Detrimental Impact on Health, a New Study Finds

Loopholes limit new California law to guard against lofty air ambulance bills

Study: Only 25% of Medicare patients participate in cardiac rehabilitation

Meaningful gender gap found in medical paper publication

Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act has led to improvements in the quality of school meals

Updated breast cancer guideline offers recommendations for handling cases with low ER expression

Mount Sinai ophthalmologists share tips for early detection of glaucoma

Researchers highlight privacy risks of sharing data from environmental health studies

Important things you need to know about seasonal flu

Critical Care Resuscitation Unit provides faster treatment, decreases patient's risk of death

Study links historical housing policies across the U.S. to inequitable heat exposure

Study calls into question the troponin testing for ACS in elderly patients with NCSs

New program reduces abusive behaviors among middle school male athletes toward female peers

Sida continues to support IVI’s mission to accelerate vaccine research

Breakthrough Discovery about Glaucoma could Lead to New Treatments

Losing Tongue Fat Improves Sleep Apnea

The International Consortium Claims Medical Breakthrough in Malaria Research

Survey uncovers key gaps in American's knowledge of eye health

Homeless Californians adapt to camp sweeps and ‘the Caltrans Shuffle’

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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