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People who eat nuts more likely to reduce weight gain, study finds

A study recently published in the online version of the European Journal of Nutritionhas found that people who include nuts in their diet are more likely to reduce weight gain and lower the risk of overweight and obesity.

20 Sep 2017

Podcast: ‘What the Health?’ Zombie repeal-and-replace bill rises again

Republican efforts to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act are back, in a big way. And the "What the Health" podcast is focused on Capitol Hill's debate on the bill by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.).

20 Sep 2017

Exercise therapy alone seems to be effective for treating patients with neck pain

The queues for treatment with physiotherapists in Norwegian municipal clinics are often long. Perhaps unnecessarily long. It's a scenario that is probably true across the Western world.

20 Sep 2017

Researchers to study how music program can positively affect lives of people with dementia

With a new grant from the National Institute on Aging, Brown University researchers plan to conduct a randomized trial of whether a nursing home program that involves listening to a personalized music playlist can improve care and outcomes among residents with dementia.

20 Sep 2017

Intermediate dieting improves weight loss, study says

A new study conducted at the University of Tasmania suggested that avoiding continuous dieting might be the key to losing weight.

20 Sep 2017

School-based education about strokes can improve victims’ survival chances without lasting damage

In the treatment of strokes, every minute gained can save lives or reduce the extent of lasting damage. At the World Congress for Neurology in Kyoto, Japanese doctors presented an effective educational program for school children and their parents.

20 Sep 2017

Health-tech startups get accelerator class to speed ideas and solutions to healthcare marketplace

Cedars-Sinai today launched its third health-tech accelerator class with 10 startups whose innovative technologies aim to transform the delivery and quality of healthcare.

20 Sep 2017

Researchers find significant link between foot pain and knee or hip pain

A study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery and Harvard Medical School suggests new guidelines may be in order for evaluating and treating lower extremity pain. Investigators set out to determine if there was a relation between foot pain and lower extremity joint pain, and they found a significant association between foot pain and knee or hip pain.

20 Sep 2017

$Skeletal deficits may contribute to excess fracture risk in older adults with diabetes$

Skeletal deficits may contribute to excess fracture risk in older adults with diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is associated with increased fracture risk despite normal or high bone mineral density. In a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, modest deficits in cortical bone--the dense outer surface of bone that forms a protective layer around the internal cavity--were demonstrated in older adults with type 2 diabetes compared with non-diabetics.

20 Sep 2017

Comprehensive risk assessment can help prevent fall injuries among seniors

Every year, millions of senior citizens fall - threatening their health, independence and even their lives. Fall injuries also rack up $31 billion annually in medical expenses, which is expected to rise as 10,000 people in the U.S. turn 65 every day.

20 Sep 2017

Study finds unsafe lead levels in red cosmetic powder used during Hindu ceremonies

Sindoor -- a cosmetic powder sold in the United States and used during Hindu religious and cultural ceremonies -- has unsafe levels of lead, according to a Rutgers University study.

19 Sep 2017

HPV vaccine can improve chances of conception in some women, study finds

More than 40 percent of American teens are now getting vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV). But, despite HPV infection being associated with reduced semen quality and lower pregnancy rates, there is still public concern about whether the HPV vaccine itself could affect future fertility.

19 Sep 2017

Workers exposed to dispersants during oil spill cleanup experience range of health symptoms

Workers who were likely exposed to dispersants while cleaning up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill experienced a range of health symptoms including cough and wheeze, and skin and eye irritation, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health.

19 Sep 2017

Experts delineate many steps hospitals can take to mitigate ransomware attacks

Especially cruel hackers know that lives are on the line when they hold a hospital's computer systems hostage, as they did in the May 12 attack dubbed WannaCry, which locked down many overseas hospitals with the demand for a ransom.

19 Sep 2017

Last-ditch GOP effort to replace ACA: 5 things you need to know

Republican efforts in Congress to "repeal and replace" the federal Affordable Care Act are back from the dead. Again.

19 Sep 2017

Few tips to remove a tick and prevent future bites

As tick populations grow and spread across the country, their prevalence is increasing the public's risk for some troubling diseases. Of these diseases, say dermatologists from the American Academy of Dermatology, Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Powassan virus and alpha-gal syndrome- a mysterious red meat allergy- are among the most serious.

19 Sep 2017

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People who eat nuts more likely to reduce weight gain, study finds

Podcast: ‘What the Health?’ Zombie repeal-and-replace bill rises again

Exercise therapy alone seems to be effective for treating patients with neck pain

Researchers to study how music program can positively affect lives of people with dementia

Intermediate dieting improves weight loss, study says

School-based education about strokes can improve victims’ survival chances without lasting damage

Health-tech startups get accelerator class to speed ideas and solutions to healthcare marketplace

Researchers find significant link between foot pain and knee or hip pain

Skeletal deficits may contribute to excess fracture risk in older adults with diabetes

Comprehensive risk assessment can help prevent fall injuries among seniors

Study finds unsafe lead levels in red cosmetic powder used during Hindu ceremonies

HPV vaccine can improve chances of conception in some women, study finds

Workers exposed to dispersants during oil spill cleanup experience range of health symptoms

Experts delineate many steps hospitals can take to mitigate ransomware attacks

Last-ditch GOP effort to replace ACA: 5 things you need to know

Few tips to remove a tick and prevent future bites

Online toolkit helps health professionals to integrate genomics into patient care

Bemoaning budget cuts, navigators say feds don’t appreciate scope of the job

New research links wireless food stamp transactions to healthy shopping

As care shifts from hospital to home, guarding against infection falls to families

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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