10 percent of total funding for children should be moved to preventive interventions within 5 years
A Comment linked to The Lancet Series on Adolescent Health calls for major investments in adolescent health, including moving 10% of total funding for children and adolescents towards preventive interventions in communities and sc ...
Health
Apr 24, 2012 |
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A tide of health risks engulfs the largest generation of adolescents in the world's history
There is wide variation between and within regions in the profile of adolescent health. The highest death rates remain in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC). Alarmingly, adolescents in these countries are rapidly ...
Health
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Exercise reduces risk of death from cardiovascular disease in people with high blood pressure
In the study, all-cause and CVD mortality risks were found to be significantly higher among study participants that didn't exercise compared with active participants at all blood pressure levels. Moreover, the excess mortality ...
Cardiology
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Prenatal exposure to air pollution linked to childhood obesity
Overall, 17% of children in the United States are obese, and in inner-city neighborhoods, the prevalence is as high as 25%. While poor diets and physical inactivity are the main culprits, there is new evidence that air pollution ...
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Apr 16, 2012 |
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More than 40 percent of patients with RA are inactive
(HealthDay) -- More than 40 percent of patients with rheumatoid arthritis are inactive, with lack of motivation and lack of belief in physical activity strongly related to inactivity, according to a study ...
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Sugar-sweetened drinks linked to increased risk of heart disease in men
Men who drank a 12-ounce sugar-sweetened beverage a day had a 20 percent higher risk of heart disease compared to men who didn't drink any sugar-sweetened drinks, according to research published in Circulation, an Americ ...
Cardiology
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Inactivity and obesity relate to cognitive impairment in lupus
(HealthDay) -- Physical inactivity and obesity are associated with impaired cognitive function, especially executive functions, in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), according to research published ...
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Training grant targets behavioral and social factors linked to health
It is estimated that half of all deaths in the United States are linked to behavioral and social factors such as smoking, diet and physical inactivity. Despite these causal links, of the $2 trillion spent ...
Health
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Diabetes risk factors in young Sri Lankans much higher than previously thought
Scientists at King's College London and the National Diabetes Centre (Sri Lanka) have found evidence of a high number of risk factors for type 2 diabetes among the young urban population in Sri Lanka. The study is the first ...
Diabetes
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Tobacco smoking and high blood pressure are biggest killers of Japanese adults
The life expectancy of a person born in Japan is among the highest in the world (82.9 years) yet tobacco smoking and high blood pressure are still the major risk factors for death among adults in Japan, emphasizing the need ...
Addiction
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Younger breast cancer patients have more adverse quality-of-life issues
Younger women with breast cancer experience a decrease in their health-related quality of life (QOL), associated with increased psychological distress, weight gain, a decline in their physical activity, infertility and early ...
Cancer
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Mass media and health: Well-informed people eat better
It is time to leave apart the belief that mass media are always a source of bad habits. Television, newspaper and the Internet, when used to get information, may turn out to be of help for health.
Health
Jan 12, 2012 |
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TV viewing poses greater risk than computer use for cardiovascular disease
Physical activity will definitely lower children's chances of developing cardiovascular disease down the road, but physical inactivity will not necessarily increase it. Findings from a recent Queen's University study shows ...
Health
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Researchers call for more awareness of male breast cancer as cases rise
(Medical Xpress) -- Awareness of male breast cancer is low and most men do not even know they are at risk despite an increase in cases, reveals new research from the University of Leeds.
Cancer
Oct 03, 2011 |
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New protein may suppress breast cancer growth
Research led by Dr. Suresh Alahari, the Fred Brazda Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and its Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has found that a protein discovered by ...
Cancer
Sep 14, 2011 |
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