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Weight counseling decreases despite rise in obesity

While the number of overweight and obese Americans has increased, the amount of weight counseling offered by primary care physicians has decreased—especially for patients with high blood pressure and diabetes—according ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Many physicians often fulfill patient requests for brand-name drugs instead of equivalent generics

More than a third of U.S. physicians responding to a national survey indicated they often or sometimes prescribed brand-name drugs when appropriate generic substitutes were available simply because patients requested the ...

Medications created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Breastfeeding tips women share intrigue doctors

Breastfeeding can be a difficult time for both mother and baby, so using cabbage leaves and tea bags to ease pain or eating oatmeal to increase milk production are among the folk remedies that women pass ...

Health created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Just 10 minutes of physical activity multiple times a day improves health

Despite the importance of physical activity, many people feel they don't have enough time to exercise. An active lifestyle that includes engaging in physical activity for less than 10 minutes multiple times ...

Health created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People underestimate how much they might change in the future

(HealthDay)—Think you're done becoming you? Think again. A new study suggests that while adults like to believe that their opinions and perspectives are pretty much set in stone, no matter their age, their ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Health Survey for England reveals a nation in pain

Today's Health Survey for England reveals more than 14 million sufferers of chronic pain - pain which has lasted for more than three months. The study found that pain is more common among some groups than others, pain incurs ...

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

More than half a million California adults think seriously about committing suicide, study reveals

(Medical Xpress)—More than half a million adults in California seriously thought about committing suicide during the previous year, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Regular marijuana use by teens continues to be a concern

Continued high use of marijuana by the nation's eighth, 10th and 12th graders combined with a drop in perceptions of its potential harms was revealed in this year's Monitoring the Future survey, an annual survey of eighth, ...

Addiction created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mental health lags behind global health and lifespan improvements

A leading international expert on autism at the University of Leicester has been involved in contributing to a major new study of global health.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why are kids in asthma hotspots in NYC more likely to visit the ER? Exercise may be a factor

Asthmatic children in New York City neighborhoods with high rates of asthma make many more visits to the emergency room (ER) than those who live in other parts of the city. While socioeconomic factors such as lack of adequate ...

Pediatrics created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More casinos does not mean more gamblers

A new study out of the University of Iowa examined how casino growth in the state has influenced gambling by residents. The survey suggests that fewer Iowans gambled overall and also that fewer people have ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NHANES data don't support BPA, chronic disease link

(HealthDay)—An analysis of data from a public health database has shown no association between urinary bisphenol A (BPA) levels and chronic diseases, unlike previous studies, but this dataset may be inappropriate ...

Health created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Prevalence of visual impairment in US increases

The prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment (not due to need for glasses) in the U.S. has increased significantly in recent years, which may be partly related to a higher prevalence of diabetes, an associated risk factor, ...

Ophthalmology created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise can extend your life by as much as five years, researchers find

Adults who include at least 150 minutes of physical activity in their routines each week live longer than those who don't, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Promoting the ye ...

Health created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Survey shows breakthrough medical research relies heavily on NIH funding

A survey highlighting the correlation between today's cutting edge medical research and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding was released today at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), ...

Other created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0