News tagged with state medical


As cigarette taxes go up, heavy smoking goes down

(Medical Xpress)—When cigarette taxes rise, hard-core smokers are more likely than lighter smokers to cut back, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Health created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

National study shows protective eyewear reduces eye, head, and facial injuries

A new study conducted by researchers at Hasbro Children's Hospital, the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Fairfax (VA) County Public Schools, and Boston Children's ...

Ophthalmology created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Helmets save lives of skiers and snowboarders

The use of helmets by skiers and snowboarders decreases the risk and severity of head injuries and saves lives, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests. The findings debunk long-held beliefs by some that the use of helmets ...

Health created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Group: 39 US states' obesity to pass 50 percent

(AP)—A group campaigning against obesity predicts that more than half the people in 39 U.S. states will be obese—not merely overweight, but obese—by 2030.

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Increase in RDA for vitamin C could help reduce heart disease, stroke, cancer

The recommended dietary allowance, or RDA, of vitamin C is less than half what it should be, scientists argue in a recent report, because medical experts insist on evaluating this natural, but critical nutrient ...

Health created Jul 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Glucose deprivation activates feedback loop that kills cancer cells: study

Compared to normal cells, cancer cells have a prodigious appetite for glucose, the result of a shift in cell metabolism known as aerobic glycolysis or the "Warburg effect." Researchers focusing on this effect as a possible ...

Cancer created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

Mount Sinai is first in New York state to perform new Alzheimer's imaging test in clinical setting

The Mount Sinai Medical Center is the first institution in New York State to use in the clinical setting a newly approved imaging technique to detect Alzheimer's disease (AD) in people who are cognitively impaired. Until ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lifespan gap shrinks between whites, blacks

(HealthDay) -- The gap in life expectancy between U.S. whites and blacks narrowed between 2003 and 2008, yet significant disparities remain, a new study finds.

Health created Jun 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Home birth poses danger for higher-risk pregnancies: study

(HealthDay) -- A five-year study of home births in Oregon found an elevated rate of deaths among babies that had to be transferred to the hospital because something went wrong during the delivery.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Transport of trauma patients by helicopter costly but effective

Seriously injured trauma patients transported to hospitals by helicopter are 16 percent more likely to survive than similarly injured patients brought in by ground ambulance, new Johns Hopkins research shows.

Health created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

15 percent of American physician workforce trained in lower income countries

Fifteen percent of the American active physician workforce was trained in lower income countries, which is beneficial for the United States both clinically and economically but may have negative impacts on the countries of ...

Health created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

International ranking for infant mortality flawed: study

Canada's ranking in international child health indexes would dramatically improve if measurements were standardized, according to a new study by researchers from the University of British Columbia, Dalhousie University, McGill ...

Health created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More on legal remedies for ghostwriting

In an Essay that expands on a previous proposal to use the courts to prosecute those involved in ghostwriting on the basis of it being legal fraud, Xavier Bosch from the University of Barcelona, Spain and colleagues lay out ...

Other created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Short hospitalizations for heart attacks may increase readmissions in US

Patients treated for acute heart attacks in the United States are readmitted within 30 days more often than in other countries, a finding explained in part by significantly shorter initial hospitalizations, according to an ...

Health created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New therapy may help people with unexplained symptoms of pain, weakness and fatigue

A new type of therapy may help people with symptoms such as pain, weakness, or dizziness that can't be explained by an underlying disease, according to a study published in the July 27, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the me ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0