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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Having Individual Health Insurance in Texas May Lower State’s Fatality Rate
Although Texas does have many perks its fatality rate isn’t one of them, make sure you have a good insurance policy to keep yourself safe. Continue reading
Facing the Weight Loss Problem
Not only are we facing the worst economic times in the history of the US, but we are also facing an increase in obesity which is bordering on an epidemic. Continue reading
Eat to lose weight
ow to eat to lose body fat seems to be a question that many people make in their lifetime. The older you get, the easier it is to gain fat. Continue reading
Researcher develops screening tool to identify patients with prediabetes
(/University of Missouri-Columbia/) A University of Missouri researcher has
created a clinical tool to identify those at highest risk for having undetected
hyperglycemia, impaired fasting glucose and undiagnosed diabetes. If these
conditions are identified early, patients may benefit from preventative
strategies that can minimize progression to diabetes, other diseases and mortality. Continue reading
Study shows major pain research funding decline at NIH
GLENVIEW, IL, Dec. 11, 2008 – Federal funding for pain research is declining sharply, more than 9 percent a year since 2003, according to a new study published in The Journal of Pain. Pain research, as a result, now accounts for only 0.6 percent of all grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), despite the high prevalence of chronic pain in the U.S.
Exercise suppresses appetite by affecting appetite hormones
The study, “The influence of resistance and aerobic exercise on hunger, circulating levels of acylated ghrelin and peptide YY in healthy males,” appears in the online edition of the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, published by The American Physiological Society. The authors are David R. Broom, James A. King and David J. Stensel of Loughborough University, and Rachel L. Batterham of University College, London.
A Big Win for Proponents of Electronic Medical Records
It’s believed EMRs improve physician and overall hospital efficiency, reduce costs, and promote standardization of care. It is also suspected that they reduce medical errors and ultimately increase the quality of care. Researchers from Harvard have just released a study that may be the first real proof that electronic medical records have an advantage over traditional paper systems. Continue reading
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Popular class of diabetes drugs doubles risk of fractures in women
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – New findings out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of East Anglia show that long-term use of a popular class of oral diabetic drugs doubles the risk of fractures in women with type 2 diabetes.
Help for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Sufferers
Irritable bowel syndrome is not a life threatening illness; however, it can be very uncomfortable and can cause many individuals to begin staying at home instead of dealing with the problems that can arise while in public such as diarrhea. Diarrhea is just one of the symptoms that can be embarrassing and often painful. Continue reading