News tagged with general population

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Sleepwalking more prevalent among US adults than previously suspected

What goes bump in the night? In many U.S. households: people. That's according to new Stanford University School of Medicine research, which found that about 3.6 percent of U.S. adults are prone to sleepwalking. The work ...

Neuroscience created May 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Elevated levels of C-reactive protein appear associated with psychological distress, depression

Elevated levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammatory disease, appear to be associated with increased risk of psychological distress and depression in the general population of adults in Denmark, according to a ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Olympians live longer than general population... But cyclists no survival advantage over golfers

Olympic medallists live longer than the general population, regardless of country of origin, medal won, or type of sport played, finds a study in the Christmas issue published on BMJ today.

Health created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Researchers show a better way for curbing TB where the disease is rampant

(Medical Xpress)—Those who live and die behind prison walls don't usually get much public attention. Incarceration is, after all, meant to remove criminals from society. But contagious and potentially deadly ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Common heart failure drugs could benefit more patients

A novel study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests that commonly used drugs to treat heart failure and high blood pressure may have a wider range of application than earlier known, and also can be used against so ...

Cardiology created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene that causes tumor disorder linked to increased breast cancer risk

New Johns Hopkins research showing a more than four-fold increase in the incidence of breast cancer in women with neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) adds to growing evidence that women with this rare genetic disorder may benefit from ...

Cancer created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Asbestos workers at significantly increased risk of heart disease/strokes

Workers exposed to asbestos as part of their job are at significantly greater risk of heart disease and stroke than the general population, finds research published online in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Cardiology created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Childless women at greater risk of poor health, study finds

(Medical Xpress) -- Childless women may experience poorer health and wellbeing than the general Australian female population, according to the results of a Deakin University study.

Health created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

No higher risk of breast cancer for women who don't have BRCA mutation but have relatives who do

In the largest study of its kind to date, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have shown that women related to a patient with a breast cancer caused by a hereditary mutation -- but who don't have the mutation ...

Cancer created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Life expectancy gap widens between those with mental illness and general population

The gap between life expectancy in patients with a mental illness and the general population has widened since 1985 and efforts to reduce this gap should focus on improving physical health, suggest researchers in a paper ...

Health created May 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers say they are shocked by new statistics on head injuries among people who are homeless

Men who are heavy drinkers and homeless for long periods of time have 400 times the number of head injuries as the general population, according to a new study by researchers who said they were shocked by their findings.

Health created May 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Schizophrenia sufferers miss out on heart disease diagnosis

(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.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

One in five seniors on risky meds; more in US South

More than 1 in 5 seniors with Medicare Advantage plans received a prescription for a potentially harmful "high risk medication" in 2009, according to a newly published analysis by Brown University public ...

Health created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some melanoma survivors still use tanning beds, skip sunscreen

Although most survivors of melanoma take precautions to protect their skin from the sun and further occurrences of cancer, data presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10, revealed that ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Link between obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome may be exaggerated

The relationship between obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome may be exaggerated, likely because the women who actively seek care for the condition tend to be heavier than those identified through screening ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0