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Study reviews risk factors for chronic disease in Vietnam

(HealthDay)—Risk factors for chronic disease seem to be common in Vietnam, and include high blood pressure, increasing overweight and obesity, tobacco and alcohol use, and inadequate fruit and vegetable ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fewer people adding salt at the table

The number of people in England adding salt to food at the table fell by more than a quarter in the five years following a national campaign, according to research published in the British Journal of Nutrition.

Health created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find that simple blood test can help identify trauma patients at greatest risk of death

A simple, inexpensive blood test performed on trauma patients upon admission can help doctors easily identify patients at greatest risk of death, according to a new study by researchers at Intermountain Medical Center in ...

Health created Jan 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Simulated Mars mission reveals body's sodium rhythms

Clinical pharmacologist Jens Titze, M.D., knew he had a one-of-a-kind scientific opportunity: the Russians were going to simulate a flight to Mars, and he was invited to study the participating cosmonauts.

Medical research created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Pills found in ancient Tuscan wreck resemble modern medicine

(Medical Xpress)—A team of Italian researchers studying the contents of a small tin found aboard the wreck of a second century B.C. cargo ship claim its contents are pills meant to cure eye or skin ailments. ...

Medications created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

High salt intake linked to social inequalities

People from low socio-economic positions in Britain eat more salt than the well off, irrespective of where they live, states a paper led by Warwick Medical School published on Tuesday in the BMJ Open journal .

Health created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Could kids' salt intake affect their weight?

(HealthDay)—Children who eat a lot of salty food also tend to down more sugary drinks—which, in turn, might be related to their risk of obesity, a new study suggests.

Pediatrics created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research reveals cheese saltier than seawater

New research from CASH (Consensus Action on Salt and Health) at Queen Mary, University of London, has revealed the unnecessarily high levels of salt in a staple of the country's shopping baskets – cheese.

Health created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reckitt to buy vitamin company Schiff for $1.4B

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC said Wednesday that is acquiring vitamin and nutrition supplement maker Schiff Nutrition International Inc. for $1.4 billion, topping an earlier bid by Bayer AG.

Other created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New tool helps doctors predict heart attack patients at risk for repeat hospitalization

Some heart attack patients end up back in the hospital just weeks after going home. It can happen for a variety of reasons, but doctors haven't had a reliable way to predict which patients will return—until now.

Cardiology created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sam Houston state developing lab test for bath salts

Sam Houston State University is developing a laboratory test to detect the use of bath salts, a new designer drug that was added to the list of illegal substances by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2011.

Medications created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical recommendations should go beyond race, scholar says

(Medical Xpress)—Medical organizations that make race-based recommendations are misleading some patients about health risks while reinforcing harmful notions about race, argues a Michigan State University professor in a ...

Health created Oct 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Off-label medications prescribed to nearly all pediatric intensive care patients

"Off label" drugs are medications that have not been tested for safety or efficacy for a specific patient age or condition. New research presented Oct. 21 at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and ...

Medications created Oct 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medication beliefs strongly affect individuals' management of chronic diseases, expert says

(Medical Xpress)—Nearly half of patients taking medications for chronic conditions do not strictly follow their prescribed medication regimens. Failure to use medications as directed increases patients' risk for side effects, ...

Health created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds most children eat four times the daily salt limit

(Medical Xpress)— Deakin University study has found seven in ten children are eating more than the recommended upper limit of salt each day, putting their health at serious risk.

Health created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0