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New study compares gut bacteria of vapers, non- smokers and tobacco smokers

The first study of its kind has found that people who vape have the same mix of gut bacteria as non-smokers, whilst smokers have significant changes to their microbiome.

30 Apr 2018

Maintaining five healthy habits may improve longevity, study suggests

Maintaining five healthy habits--eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, keeping a healthy body weight, not drinking too much alcohol, and not smoking--during adulthood may add more than a decade to life expectancy, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

30 Apr 2018

Tradeshow Talks with Safe-T

Tradeshow Talks with Safe T Limited at Health GB 2018.

30 Apr 2018

Tradeshow Talks with QED Scientific

Tradeshow Talks with QED Scientific at Health GB 2018.

30 Apr 2018

Tradeshow Talks with nal von minden Ltd

In this interview, nal von minden Ltd, talks to News-Medical about why they are at Health GB this year.

30 Apr 2018

Tradeshow Talks with Bastos Viegas

Tradeshow Talks with Bastos Viegas at Health GB 2018.

30 Apr 2018

Tradeshow Talks with TLM Laser

Tradeshow Talks with TLM Laser on NewsMed from MedTech Innovation Expo

30 Apr 2018

Tradeshow Talks with EMPERO

In this interview, News-Medical talks to EMPERO about why they are at Health GB this year.

30 Apr 2018

Tradeshow Talks with Health Line International Corporation

Tradeshow Talks with Health Line International Corporation at Health GB 2018.

30 Apr 2018

New scientific advisory suggests reforms to support more robust nutrition education and training

A new scientific advisory from the American Heart Association reviews current gaps in medical nutrition education and training in the United States and summarizes reforms in undergraduate and graduate medical education to support more robust nutrition education and training efforts.

30 Apr 2018

FRESH AIR project to address growing burden of chronic lung diseases

Non-communicable, chronic lung diseases are a major burden on health worldwide. About 80 million people suffer from COPD globally and a further 300 million are affected by asthma.

30 Apr 2018

Following five lifestyle behaviors could prolong life expectancy for men and women

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including eating a healthy diet, regular exercise and not smoking, could prolong life expectancy at age 50 by 14 years for women and just over 12 years for men, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

30 Apr 2018

How a drug company under pressure for high prices ratchets up political activity

Business looked challenging for Novo Nordisk at the end of 2016. As pressure mounted over the pharma giant's soaring insulin prices, investors drove its stock down by a third on fears that policymakers would take action, limit prices and hurt profits.

30 Apr 2018

Higher aerobic fitness levels linked to lower incidence of age-related language failures

Healthy older people who exercise regularly are less inclined to struggle to find words to express themselves, research led by the University of Birmingham has discovered.

30 Apr 2018

Tradeshow Talks with Ward Automation

From Ward Automation 30 Apr 2018

Tax-funded mental health programs not always easy to find

Back in 2008, Mary Hogden was homeless, living on the streets of Berkeley, Calif. "I got beat up really badly out there," says Hogden, 62. "It's not a safe place for women."

30 Apr 2018

Tradeshow Talks with Qosina

Tradeshow talks with Qosina at MedTech Innovation Expo

From Qosina 30 Apr 2018

Tradeshow Talks with SMAC

Tradeshow Talk with SMAC from MedTech Innovation Expo

From SMAC Corporation 30 Apr 2018

OSU professor illustrates role of ketogenic diets on performance improvement in athletes

Jeff Volek, PhD, RD, Professor at The Ohio State University and researcher of ketogenic diets presented "The Ketogenic Diet: Evidence for Performance Enhancement" at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.

30 Apr 2018

Concussion, injury risk may have increased with protective headgear use in girls' high school lacrosse

Daniel Herman, MD, PhD presented a research abstract at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine in Lake Buena Vista, FL indicating that the rates of concussions and musculoskeletal injuries may have increased with the use of protective headgear in High School Girls Lacrosse.

30 Apr 2018