News tagged with health recommendations


Flu in pregnancy may quadruple child's risk for bipolar disorder

Pregnant mothers' exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New flu virus found in China, travelers urged to follow guidelines from experts

In late March 2013, China notified the World Health Organization (WHO), that it had identified a new flu virus in patients who had become ill. The new virus, avian influenza A (H7N9) virus, had not been found in humans until ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mammogram rate did not decline after controversial USPSTF recommendations

More than three years after the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against routine mammogram screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49, a study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) ...

Cancer created Apr 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Routine screening and counselling for partner violence in health-care settings does not improve women's quality of life

New research published Online First in The Lancet confirms that routine intimate partner violence screening and counselling in primary-care settings does not improve women's quality of life, but does help reduce depressive sympto ...

Health created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise or make dinner? Study finds adults trade one healthy act for another

American adults who prepare their own meals and exercise on the same day are likely spending more time on one of those activities at the expense of the other, a new study suggests.

Health created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Higher soy intake prior to lung cancer diagnosis linked to longer survival in women

New results from a large observational follow-up study conducted in Shanghai, China, indicate that women with lung cancer who consumed more soy food prior to their cancer diagnosis lived longer than those who consumed less ...

Cancer created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Four in 10 babies given solid foods too early, study finds

(HealthDay)—Child development experts advise parents not to introduce solid foods, such as baby cereal, into an infant's diet until the infant is at least 4 to 6 months old. However, new research suggests ...

Pediatrics created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Foundation releases second list of medical 'don'ts' for America's doctors

Doctors should avoid 90 medical procedures that are performed regularly but often cost too much or do little good, according to a new list of expert recommendations.

Health created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study raises questions about dietary fats and heart disease guidance

Dietary advice about fats and the risk of heart disease is called into question in BMJ today as a clinical trial shows that replacing saturated animal fats with omega-6 polyunsaturated vegetable fats is linked to an increa ...

Cardiology created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Digital diagnostic tools lead to patient dissatisfaction, says MU expert

Health care practitioners now can access patients' data using electronic medical records, which often include information systems that assess individuals' medical histories and clinical research to facilitate doctors' diagnoses. ...

Health created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physical activity cuts mortality in colorectal cancer survivors

(HealthDay)—For patients with invasive, non-metastatic colorectal cancer, increased recreational physical activity is associated with reduced all-cause mortality, while prolonged sedentary time correlates ...

Cancer created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hispanics leery of health care providers, often avoid cancer screenings, study shows

When researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues conducted a random telephone survey among blacks, whites and Hispanics in New York, Baltimore and San Juan, Puerto Rico, they found that Hispanics are nearly twice ...

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

Even physically active women sit too much

Women who exercise regularly spend as much time sitting as women who don't, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Health created Oct 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical recommendations should go beyond race, scholar says

(Medical Xpress)—Medical organizations that make race-based recommendations are misleading some patients about health risks while reinforcing harmful notions about race, argues a Michigan State University professor in a ...

Health created Oct 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Metabolic factors may increase men's risk of dying from prostate cancer

High blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipids, and body mass index—characteristics that are often lumped together as the metabolic syndrome—are jointly linked with an increased risk of dying from prostate cancer. That ...

Cancer created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast