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ECO: Industry-funded reviews query sweet drink, obesity tie

(HealthDay)—Reviews that are funded by industry tend to find the evidence weak for a causal link between sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and the increasing prevalence of obesity, while other reviews consider ...

Overweight and Obesity created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds we choose money over happiness

Given the choice, would you take a good-paying job with reasonable demands on your time or a high-paying job with longer work hours, permitting only six hours of sleep? Many people opt for the cash, even when they know their ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

New review associates vitamin D with lower rates of tooth decay

A new review of existing studies points toward a potential role for vitamin D in helping to prevent dental caries, or tooth decay.

Dentistry created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New approach could more effectively diagnose personality disorders

(Medical Xpress) -- Personality disorders could be more effectively diagnosed by identifying and targeting the disrupted neurobiological systems where the disorders originate, report Cornell researchers.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Stem cell treatments improve heart function after heart attack

Stem cell therapy moderately improves heart function after a heart attack, according to a systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. But the researchers behind the review say larger clinical trials are needed to ...

Medical research created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Review compares surgeries for sciatica due to herniated disc

(HealthDay)—No conclusions can be drawn with regard to the comparative efficacy of open, microscopic, and tubular discectomy surgical techniques to treat sciatica due to a herniated disc, according to the ...

Surgery created Nov 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What patients talk about when they talk about doctors

(Medical Xpress) -- An analysis of hundreds of reviews posted to physician-rating sites on the Internet revealed that patients generally give their doctors favorable reviews in this forum. If they complain, it is generally ...

Health created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Blood is thicker than water—and blood plasma is, too (w/ Video)

(Medical Xpress)—The results are significant because they can help to improve our understanding of medical conditions, such as thrombosis, aneurysms and arteriosclerosis. The research team is publishing ...

Medical research created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Does winning an Emmy or an election mean you will live longer than those you beat?

Research has long linked high socioeconomic status with better health and lower mortality. But what's remained unclear is whether this association has more to do with access to resources (education, wealth, career opportunity, ...

Health created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An easier way to remove gallstones

For more than 100 years, the traditional treatment for the painful growths called gallstones has been removal of the gallbladder, or cholecystectomy. But a new device, patented in China, promises to make removing the entire ...

Other created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Vitamin C is beneficial against the common cold

(Medical Xpress)—According to an updated Cochrane review on vitamin C and the common cold, vitamin C seems to be particularly beneficial for people under heavy physical stress.

Health created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Spin' in media reports of scientific articles

Press releases and news stories reporting the results of randomized controlled trials often contain "spin"—specific reporting strategies (intentional or unintentional) emphasizing the beneficial effect of the experimental ...

Other created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patient-led advocacy has changed how US government funds medical research

Patient-led advocacy has created a shift in the way the U.S. government has prioritized funding for medical research, and significantly changed the way policymakers think about who benefits the most from these dollars, a ...

Health created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is moderate alcohol intake associated with risk of atrial fibrillation among patients with CVD?

An analysis of the association of alcohol consumption with the development of atrial fibrillation (AF) among subjects with coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, or other manifestations of cardiovascular disease (CVD) ...

Cardiology created Oct 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast