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Overweight, obese patients more likely to repeatedly switch primary care doctors, study finds

Overweight and obese patients are significantly more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to repeatedly switch primary care doctors, a practice that disrupts continuity of care and leads to more emergency room visits, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

22 May 2013

Early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution associated with higher hyperactivity

Early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution was significantly associated with higher hyperactivity scores at age 7, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

21 May 2013

Traffic-related pollutants exacerbate asthma in pregnant women

Air pollutants from traffic are associated with increased asthma severity levels in pregnant asthmatic women, according to a new study.

21 May 2013

COPD patients are more oliley to suffre from depression

Patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) typically suffer from depression more frequently than those without COPD, resulting in higher levels of disability and illness and increasing the overall healthcare burden for the COPD population.

21 May 2013

Study: Use of bronchodilators linked with increased risks of cardiovascular events

A study of older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suggests that new use of the long-acting bronchodilators β-agonists and anticholinergics was associated with similar increased risks of cardiovascular events, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.

21 May 2013

Study: Air and noise pollution may increase risk of cardiovascular disease

Both fine-particle air pollution and noise pollution may increase a person's risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to German researchers who have conducted a large population study, in which both factors were considered simultaneously.

21 May 2013

Women are less likely than men to receive care in trauma center after severe injury

Women are less likely than men to receive care in a trauma center after severe injury, according to a new study of almost 100,000 Canadian patients.

21 May 2013

Newly discovered immune protein has potential to stop or reverse type 1 diabetes

Melbourne researchers have identified an immune protein that has the potential to stop or reverse the development of type 1 diabetes in its early stages, before insulin-producing cells have been destroyed.

21 May 2013

OSA patients have greater risk of mortality, say researchers

Many studies have shown that men and women who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) - a disorder that causes breathing to halt intermittently during sleep - have a higher mortality rate than those who do not have the disorder.

21 May 2013

Asthma is a potential risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have identified a potential new risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea: asthma.

21 May 2013

Research: Frequency of candy consumption is not associated with adverse health risks

At a time when the spotlight is focused on obesity more than ever, new research suggests that frequency of candy consumption is not associated with weight or certain adverse health risks.

21 May 2013

IBD patients are at higher risk of melanoma, report researchers

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at higher risk of melanoma, a form of skin cancer, report researchers at Mayo Clinic. Researchers found that IBD is associated with a 37 percent greater risk for the disease. The findings were presented at the Digestive Disease Week 2013 conference in Orlando, Fla.

21 May 2013

Study: Gym class reduces probability of obesity in schoolchildren

Little is known about the effect of physical education (PE) on child weight, but a new study from Cornell University finds that increasing the amount of time that elementary schoolchildren spent in gym class reduces the probability of obesity.

21 May 2013

Clinical trial of Echo Therapeutics' Symphony CGM System receives IRB approval

Echo Therapeutics, Inc., a company developing its needle-free Symphony CGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring system, announced today that the Company's clinical trial of its Symphony CGM System has received Institutional Review Board approval.

21 May 2013

Grifols signs worldwide licensing agreement for Aradigm's Pulmaquin

Grifols, S.A. and Aradigm Corporation today announced the signing of an exclusive, worldwide license for Aradigm's proprietary formulations of inhaled ciprofloxacin (Pulmaquin and Lipoquin) for the treatment of severe respiratory diseases, including non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.

21 May 2013

Scientists bioengineer novel molecule to kill tumour cells

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University and Lund University, Sweden, have bioengineered a novel molecule which has been proven to successfully kill tumour cells.

21 May 2013

PGDx to identify novel kinase targets in collaboration with Blueprint Medicines

Personal Genome Diagnostics Inc., today announced that it will use its proprietary methodologies and expertise in genomic analysis of defined cancer subtypes to identify novel kinase targets in collaboration with Blueprint Medicines.

21 May 2013

Scientists detect high levels of uranium contamination that increases cancers, birth defects in Iraq

Ten years after the Iraq war of 2003 a team of scientists based in Mosul, northern Iraq, have detected high levels of uranium contamination in soil samples at three sites in the province of Nineveh which, coupled with dramatically increasing rates of childhood cancers and birth defects at local hospitals, highlight the ongoing legacy of modern warfare to civilians in conflict zones.

21 May 2013

New research suggests that listening to music lowers anxiety, sedation in ventilated patients

New research suggests that for some hospitalized ICU patients on mechanical ventilators, using headphones to listen to their favorite types of music could lower anxiety and reduce their need for sedative medications.

21 May 2013

New psychiatric diagnostic manual released

Controversy has dogged the new DSM-5, what people like to call "the psychiatrist's bible," and it won't even be officially released until this weekend.

21 May 2013

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Overweight, obese patients more likely to repeatedly switch primary care doctors, study finds

Early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution associated with higher hyperactivity

Traffic-related pollutants exacerbate asthma in pregnant women

COPD patients are more oliley to suffre from depression

Study: Use of bronchodilators linked with increased risks of cardiovascular events

Study: Air and noise pollution may increase risk of cardiovascular disease

Women are less likely than men to receive care in trauma center after severe injury

Newly discovered immune protein has potential to stop or reverse type 1 diabetes

OSA patients have greater risk of mortality, say researchers

Asthma is a potential risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea

Research: Frequency of candy consumption is not associated with adverse health risks

IBD patients are at higher risk of melanoma, report researchers

Study: Gym class reduces probability of obesity in schoolchildren

Clinical trial of Echo Therapeutics' Symphony CGM System receives IRB approval

Grifols signs worldwide licensing agreement for Aradigm's Pulmaquin

Scientists bioengineer novel molecule to kill tumour cells

PGDx to identify novel kinase targets in collaboration with Blueprint Medicines

Scientists detect high levels of uranium contamination that increases cancers, birth defects in Iraq

New research suggests that listening to music lowers anxiety, sedation in ventilated patients

New psychiatric diagnostic manual released

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