News tagged with medical intervention


Differences between 'marathon mice' and 'couch potato mice' reveal key to muscle fitness

Researchers discovered that small pieces of genetic material called microRNAs link the two defining characteristics of fit muscles: the ability to burn sugar and fat and the ability to switch between slow- ...

Medical research created May 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Migrant women less likely to have unassisted birth, study finds

Some groups of migrant women in Australia are at a higher risk of medical interventions in childbirth that may lead to health problems for the mother or child, a new study has found.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Relationship of medical interventions in childhood and prevalence of later intellectual disability

A study by Jeffrey P. Brosco, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Miami, Florida, and colleagues examines the relationship between medical interventions in early childhood and the increasing prevalence of later intellectual ...

Pediatrics created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anti-clotting drugs yield similar results

The first trial to study patients with acute coronary syndrome who do not undergo coronary stenting or bypass surgery found no significant difference between two anti-clotting drugs – prasugrel and clopidogrel – in preventing ...

Cardiology created Aug 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pediatrician group issues home birth policy statement

(HealthDay)—With the number of home births rising, the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a policy statement on the practice that includes a recommendation that there be a caregiver who's present ...

Pediatrics created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Promising new finding for therapies to treat persistent seizures in epileptic patients

In a promising finding for epileptic patients suffering from persistent seizures known as status epilepticus, researchers reported today that new medication could help halt these devastating seizures. To ...

Neuroscience created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Obesity accounts for 21 percent of medical care costs

(Medical Xpress) -- Obesity now accounts for almost 21 percent of U.S. health care costs -- more than twice the previous estimates, reports a new Cornell study.

Health created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Can caesarean sections increase susceptibility to disease?

Despite efforts to reduce intervention rates during labour, vaginal births without medical intervention are becoming increasingly rare in Australia and overseas: nearly one in three women in Australian now ...

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

Healthy eating advice for new mothers can help cut child obesity

Teaching new mums about healthy eating and active play can help cut the risk of their child being overweight or obese, a study published today in the British Medical Journal finds.

Overweight and Obesity created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medication use higher among overweight, obese kids

Overweight children are far more likely to take prescription medications than children of a normal weight—a trend that adds to already higher health-care costs for treating childhood obesity, according ...

Overweight and Obesity created Oct 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Freezing nerves knocks pain out cold

Using a tiny ball of ice, a minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment called cryoneurolysis safely short circuits chronic pain caused by nerve damage, according to data being presented at the Society of Interventional ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 14, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Study shines new light on menopause symptoms

(Medical Xpress)—New UQ research reveals menopausal women who gain weight, smoke and consume alcohol at risky levels face an increased risk of experiencing night sweats and hot flushes.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vitamin B and omega-3 supplementation and cancer: new data

Researchers from the Nutritional Epidemiology Joint Research Unit have just published a study showing that, in men with a previous history of cardiovascular pathologies, supplementation with B vitamins and omega-3 polyunsaturated ...

Health created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Birth is no reason to go to hospital, review says

A new Cochrane Review concludes that all countries should consider establishing proper home birth services. They should also provide low-risk pregnant women with information enabling them to make an inform ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Over long-term, gastric bypass surgery associated with higher rate of diabetes remission

Severely obese patients who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery had significant weight loss that was sustained for an average of 6 years after the surgery and also experienced frequent remission and lower incidence of diabetes, ...

Diabetes created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0