News tagged with long term health


Cosmetic breast implants may adversely affect survival in women who develop breast cancer

Cosmetic breast implants seem to adversely affect the survival of women who are subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer, finds a small study published on BMJ website today.

Cancer created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Five year-olds who watch TV for 3+ hours a day more likely to be antisocial

Five year-olds who watch TV for three or more hours a day are increasingly likely to develop antisocial behaviours, such as fighting or stealing by the age of seven, indicates research published online in Archives of Disease in ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Skimmed / semi-skimmed milk does not curb excess toddler weight gain

Switching to skimmed milk in a bid to curb excess toddler weight gain doesn't seem to work, indicates research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

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

Early healthy nutrition vital for later life

What a mother eats before and during pregnancy can impact on her offspring in many ways, a University of Aberdeen researcher will tell a conference in Edinburgh today (February 7).

Health created Feb 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Food Cultures: Growing, Cooking, Eating project reveals new appetite for behavioural change

At a time when 25% of the adult population is considered to be obese and the annual cost of the national obesity epidemic is estimated at £5 billon, a Plymouth-based research project that introduced young men and older people ...

Health created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Workplace link to one in six cases of adult asthma among UK baby boomers

The workplace may be responsible for around one in six cases of adult asthma among the British baby boomer generation - those born in the late 1950s - reveals research published online in the respiratory journal Thorax.

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

Feeling lonely linked to increased risk of dementia in later life

Feeling lonely, as distinct from being/living alone, is linked to an increased risk of developing dementia in later life, indicates research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Being neurotic, and conscientious, a good combo for health

Under certain circumstances neuroticism can be good for your health, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study showing that some self-described neurotics also tended to have the lowest levels of Interleukin ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New report calls for global efforts to prevent fragility fractures due to osteoporosis

Today, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) released a new report, revealing approximately 80 percent of patients treated in clinics or hospitals following a fracture are not screened for osteoporosis or risk of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds most children eat four times the daily salt limit

(Medical Xpress)— Deakin University study has found seven in ten children are eating more than the recommended upper limit of salt each day, putting their health at serious risk.

Health created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Secrets in small blood vessels could reveal the risks of heart disease and diabetes

Researchers at the University of Southampton together with colleagues at King's College London have embarked on a unique study that will shed new light on the risk of heart disease and diabetes in later life.

Cardiology created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A sad legacy—Victims of childhood asbestos exposure

(Medical Xpress)—"Wittenoom kids" who spent their childhoods exposed to asbestos in the north-west of Western Australia are now developing a range of cancers or dying at a rate well above the average population, ...

Cancer created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Lifestyle changes among disadvantaged groups key to tackling diabetes

Unhealthy behaviors like being overweight, smoking and heavy drinking explain almost half of the social inequalities in type 2 diabetes, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

Diabetes created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Marker in premies' saliva predicts readiness to feed by mouth

Tufts Medical Center researchers have shown that presence of a gene strongly linked to appetite regulation is highly predictive of a premature infant's readiness to feed orally. An analysis of just a drop of an infant's saliva ...

Pediatrics created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Many athletes with asthma may be using the wrong treatment

Many athletes with asthma may not be using the best treatment for their condition and could be putting their long term health at risk, according to a roundup by journalist Sophie Arie published by the BMJ today.

Inflammatory disorders created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0