News tagged with health status

Related topics: patients , obesity , health , older adults , physical activity




Stand up: Study provides new evidence on the harms of prolonged sitting

Standing up more often may reduce your chances of dying within three years, even if you are already physically active, a study of more than 200,000 people published in Archives of Internal Medicine today shows.

Health created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Understanding a heart patients' quality of life can improve outcomes

Completing a quality-of-life questionnaire at a healthcare provider's office could help patients live longer and live better, according to a new scientific statement published in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart ...

Cardiology created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Positive feelings may help protect cardiovascular health

Over the last few decades numerous studies have shown negative states, such as depression, anger, anxiety, and hostility, to be detrimental to cardiovascular health. Less is known about how positive psychological characteristics ...

Cardiology created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gut microbes might reflect health, diet of older adults

(HealthDay) -- The health of elderly people appears closely linked with their diet and the type of microorganisms living in their gut, suggesting that what you eat may affect how well you age, according to ...

Medical research created Jul 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Delays in diagnosis worsen outlook for minority, uninsured pediatric retinoblastoma patients

When the eye cancer retinoblastoma is diagnosed in racial and ethnic minority children whose families don't have private health insurance, it often takes a more invasive, potentially life-threatening course than in other ...

Cancer created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Twitter can help people lose weight

(Medical Xpress)—Using Twitter can help you achieve a healthy weight. A study by researchers at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health has found that using Twitter, the popular information network ...

Health created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds lack of exercise not a factor in health disparities

Health disparities between white and black adults in the South are not connected to a lack of exercise but more likely related to other factors such as access to health care, socioeconomic status and perhaps genetics, according ...

Health created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CDC: Influenza activity increasing across the U.S.

(HealthDay)—Flu season descended on the United States early and hard this winter, with significant increases in flu activity observed over the past month, according to an update issued Jan. 4 by the U.S. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Self-image and social interaction help to explain the link between exercise and mental health

We've heard it time and time again: exercise is good for us. And it's not just good for physical health – research shows that daily physical activity can also boost our mental health. But what actually accounts for the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Poor kids' heaviness linked to less access to yards, parks

(Medical Xpress)—Low-income children may be overweight in part because they have less access to open green space where they can play and exercise, reports a Cornell study of obesity in Europe published in Social Science an ...

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

Single-question low back pain severity assessment accurate

(HealthDay)—Patient-reported chronic low-back pain (CLBP) severity, based on answering a single question, provides an accurate indicator of patient-reported health status, according to a study published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

DNA sequencing confirms HIV transmission through surrogate breastfeeding

(Medical Xpress)—DNA sequencing has provided evidence of HIV-1 transmission from an infected woman breastfeeding her niece in South Africa, drawing attention to infant feeding practices and the need for ...

HIV & AIDS created Aug 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First time parenting a positive experience for mental health, researchers find

(Medical Xpress)—Becoming a parent for the first time may improve mental health and reduce levels of psychological distress, according to a new study from the University of Otago, Wellington (UOW).

Health created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fifth of US youth with HIV unaware during first-time sex

Twenty percent of young people born with HIV in the United States don't know they're infected when they have sex for the first time, according to a new study released Friday.

HIV & AIDS created Nov 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study links low wages with hypertension, especially for women and younger workers

Workers earning the lowest wages have a higher risk of hypertension than workers with the highest wages, according to new research from UC Davis.

Health created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast