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(Medical Xpress)—Those diagnosed with schizophrenia are less likely than the general population to have a recorded diagnosis of heart disease, a new report published in BMJ Open has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-schizophrenia-heart-disease-diagnosis.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:30:01 EST news285837107 (Medical Xpress)—Life expectancy in the UK has improved over the last 20 years, but levels of ill health have not and the UK is now below average compared with 18 other countries on many important indicators. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-global-burden-disease-picture-uk.html Health Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:50:02 EST news282209824 Six decades of universal free health care, the introduction of widespread public health initiatives (e.g., tobacco control, cancer screening, and immunization), and substantial increases in health expenditure have failed to improve the UK's health outcomes or longevity ranking against the average of 14 other original members of the European Union, Australia, Canada, Norway, and the USA (EU15+) over the past 20 years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-reveals-uk-declining-health-high.html Health Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:30:01 EST news281624283 With many of us struggling to get enough exercise, sport and exercise scientists at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and the University of Birmingham, under the lead of Professor Anton Wagenmakers, have been working on a time-saving solution. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-inactive-people-major-health-gains.html Health Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:58:59 EST news278920730 New research links loneliness to a number of dysfunctional immune responses, suggesting that being lonely has the potential to harm overall health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-loneliness-chronic-stress-taxes-immune.html Psychology & Psychiatry Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:00:01 EST news277736696 Globally, health advances present most people with a devastating irony: avoid premature death but live longer and sicker. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-massive-shifts-reshape-health-landscape.html Health Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:00:21 EST news274620519 (Medical Xpress)—People who are flourishing – both feeling happy and functioning well in their lives – are 60 percent less likely to die prematurely, finds a major study that followed more than 3,000 U.S. adults over 10 years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-positive-mental-health-boosts-lifespan.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:07:45 EST news272200056 In a new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, researchers have quantified how many years of life are gained by being physically active at different levels, among all individuals as well as among various groups with different body mass index. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-quantify-years-life-gained-physically.html Health Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:00:20 EST news271417245 A national study of older Americans shows those who have limited mobility and low physical activity – scientifically categorized as "frail" – are five times more likely to report that they often don't have enough to eat, defined as "food insufficiency," than older adults who were not frail. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-older-adults-frail-food-insufficient.html Health Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:31:34 EST news271355486 (HealthDay)—Inclusion of both waist and hip circumference as separate anthropometric measurements may improve risk prediction for obesity-related mortality and morbidity, according to research published online Oct. 17 in Obesity Reviews. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-obesity-hip-waist.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:03:40 EST news270313328 The first detailed study to estimate the global impact of cancer on the number of healthy years of life lost by patients has revealed that nearly 170 million years of healthy life were lost because of cancer in 2008, according to an article published Online First in the Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-million-years-healthy-life-lost.html Cancer Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:30:03 EST news269520941 Addressing the obesity epidemic by preventing excess calorie consumption with government regulation of portion sizes is justifiable and could be an effective measure to help prevent obesity-related health problems and deaths, according to a Viewpoint in the September 19 issue of JAMA, and theme issue on obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-important-role-obesity-epidemic.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:08:33 EST news267185305 The prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the U.S. may be as high as 2.2 million cases according to a new study now available in Hepatology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Findings suggest the higher prevalence of chronic HBV can be attributed to foreign-born persons who were infected in their country of origin prior to arrival in the U.S. Emigrants from Asia and Africa, where infection with hepatitis B is highly endemic, represent close to 70% of the 1.32 million foreign-born persons living with chronic HBV in the U.S. in 2009. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-prevalence-chronic-hepatitis-million-higher.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 31 May 2012 10:39:43 EST news257679495 Stroke is the leading cause of death in people over 65 in low- and middle-income countries, according to new research published this week. Deaths of people over 65 represent more than a third of all deaths in developing countries yet, until now, little research has focused on this group. The study was led by researchers King's College London and is published in PLoS Medicine. The study also finds that education and social protection are as important in prolonging people's lives as economic development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-mortality-older-people-latin-america.html Health Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:00:01 EST news249670113 (Medical Xpress) -- Neuropsychiatric disorders are the second largest cause of morbidity and premature mortality worldwide. The scientific community has widely accepted that people who battle neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, alcohol and substance abuse and hyperactivity disorder can also have poorly regulated biological rhythms, which leads to altered sleep/wake cycles and hormonal rhythms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-failure-brain-clock-role-neuropsychiatric.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:31:26 EST news235808987 Alcohol has become an important cause of death among patients with type 1 diabetes since the 1980s, concludes a study published on BMJ website today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-alcohol-deaths-patients-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:38:34 EST news234758306 A University of Sussex psychologist is one of the key authors of a major new report that reveals that death rates of men aged 16-64 is twice that of women in the same age range in the European Union. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-men-lifestyles-early-death.html Health Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:45:33 EST news227547854 Watching television is the most common daily activity apart from work and sleep in many parts of the world, but it is time for people to change their viewing habits. According to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers, prolonged TV viewing was associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and premature death. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-prolonged-tv-viewing-linked-diabetes.html Health Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:05:36 EST news227289909