News tagged with preventative measures


Study will help physicians calculate risk of post-surgical venous thromboembolisms

New research from the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, published in the Journal of Surgical Research, may help clinicians determine which patients are at highest risk for post-surgical blood clots in the legs or lun ...

Surgery created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanoparticles loaded with bee venom kill HIV

(Medical Xpress)—Nanoparticles carrying a toxin found in bee venom can destroy human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while leaving surrounding cells unharmed, researchers at Washington University School of ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (29) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Flu in pregnancy may quadruple child's risk for bipolar disorder

Pregnant mothers' exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

WHO says China bird flu not spreading easily in humans

There's no evidence a new bird flu strain is spreading easily among people in China even though some of those sickened were close to patients with the virus, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Treatments, not prevention, dominate diabetes research

Research for diabetes is far more focused on drug therapies than preventive measures, and tends to exclude children and older people who have much to gain from better disease management, according to a Duke Medicine study.

Diabetes created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study reveals risk factors for blood clots in pregnant and postnatal women

Women who have suffered a still birth or have medical conditions including varicose veins, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or heart disease are at greater risk of developing dangerous blood clots after giving birth, a study ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Game-based economics research explains why we roll the dice on flu shots

With 41 states having reported widespread and severe outbreaks of flu this season, timely new research sheds light on why less than half of the American population has gotten a flu shot.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Supplements of red wine antioxidant don't help obese men

(HealthDay)—Despite showing early promise in some animal studies, supplements of resveratrol, an antioxidant found aplenty in red wine, did not improve insulin sensitivity or heart health in obese men, ...

Diabetes created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers explore social media as preventative method for infectious diseases

When it comes to stopping illness, social media posts and tweets may be just what the doctor ordered.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computer model enables better understanding of what happens during and after stroke

(Medical Xpress)—At the moment that someone is suffering a stroke, the immediate concern is getting them stabilized. Once the initial attack has passed, additional treatment and preventive measures can ...

Medical research created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Like coffee, blue light keeps night drivers alert

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the Université Bordeaux Segalen, France, and their Swedish colleagues have recently demonstrated that constant exposure to blue light is as effective as coffee at improving ...

Other created Nov 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Repeated job strain is a risk factor for depression, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Overworked employees with little power in the workplace are at an increased risk of developing major depressive disorder (MDD), according to a new study from researchers at Queen Mary, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Modeling sepsis in newborns

Sepsis, or bacterial infection of the bloodstream, is a grave, hard-to-diagnose threat in premature newborns in the NICU. Even when it's detected and treated with antibiotics, its inflammatory effects can harm fragile babies' ...

Medical research created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aging and breast cancer: Researchers uncover cellular basis for age-related breast cancer vulnerability

It is well-known that the risks of breast cancer increase dramatically for women over the age of 50, but what takes place at the cellular level to cause this increase has been a mystery. Some answers and the ...

Cancer created Jun 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weather patterns can be used to forecast rotavirus outbreaks

Monitoring weather factors like temperature, rain, and snowfall is one way to predict the timing and intensity of rotavirus, a disease that causes extreme diarrhea, dehydration and thousands of death annually, particularly ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast