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Obese adults with excess abdominal fat, insulin resistance may have higher risk of type 2 diabetes

Obese adults with excess visceral fat (fat located inside the abdominal cavity, around the body's internal organs) and biomarkers of insulin resistance had an associated increased risk for the development ...

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

Vitamin D in pregnancy critical for brain development, study says

(HealthDay)—Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy could hinder babies' brain development, impeding their mental and motor skills, a new study suggests.

Pediatrics created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Copeptin predicts prognosis in HF patients

Copeptin predicts prognosis in patients with heart failure, according to research presented at the ESC Congress today, August 25, by Professor Stefan Störk from Germany.

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ESC says 50 percent of CVD deaths in Europe could be avoided with proper regulation

Up to 50% of deaths from cardiovascular disease in Europe could be avoided by implementing population level changes such as taxation and regulation of advertising. Population level prevention will produce greater impacts ...

Cardiology created Jul 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Access to clinical trials drives dramatic increases in survival from childhood cancer

More children are surviving cancer in Britain than ever before according to new research published in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology [1] today (Wednesday). The improvement in survival has been driven by the increa ...

Cancer created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physicians' focus on risks for stroke and dementia saved lives, money

Fewer people died or needed expensive long-term care when their physicians focused on the top risk factors for stroke and dementia, according to research reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA). ...

Cardiology created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Overqualified recent immigrants three times as likely to be injured at work

Men who are recent immigrants and over qualified for their jobs are more than three times as likely to sustain an injury at work as their appropriately qualified peers who have been in the country for some time, suggests ...

Health created Jul 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Urban groups help women but no effect on perinatal outcomes in Mumbai

In this week's PLoS Medicine, David Osrin of the UCL Institute of Child Health, UK and colleagues report findings from a cluster-randomized trial conducted in Mumbai slums that aimed to evaluate whether facilitator-supported women' ...

Health created Jul 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Treating prediabetes might prevent full-blown disease

(HealthDay) -- Treating prediabetes aggressively with lifestyle changes and medications may prevent its progression to diabetes, a new study finds.

Diabetes created Jun 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

High blood pressure affects 1 in 3: WHO (Update)

One in three adults suffers from high blood pressure, a key trigger of heart disease, health experts said on Wednesday while underlining the growing number of cases in developing countries.

Health created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How many calories does it take to reach childhood obesity prevention goals?

In order for the nation to achieve goals set by the federal government for reducing obesity rates by 2020, children in the United States would need to eliminate an average of 64 excess calories per day, researchers calculated ...

Health created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Epigenetics and epidemiology -- hip, hype and science

Epigenetics is the new hip science. Time Magazine's front cover and article, 'Why your DNA isn't your Destiny' from January 2010 explains why. Its more explicit subtitle provided the hook - 'The new science of epigenetics ...

Genetics created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer-assisted tools alert pediatricians to obese patients

Electronic health records and embedded tools can alert and direct pediatricians so they can better manage the weight of children and teenagers, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published online in The Journal of ...

Health created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cognitive decline can begin as early as age 45: study

The brain's capacity for memory, reasoning and comprehension skills (cognitive function) can start to deteriorate from age 45, finds research published in the British Medical Journal today.

Health created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 36 | with audio podcast