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Large study finds that physician gender does not affect patient-care costs or mortality

Female doctors' patients do not use health-care services more or die less frequently than patients treated by male doctors, a prospective, observational study by researchers at UC Davis Health System has found.

Health created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kids exposed to millions of tobacco images, messages every week on prime time UK TV

UK children are being exposed to millions of tobacco images/messages every week on prime time television, indicates research published online in Tobacco Control.

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

Patient reports via telemedicine result in lower blood pressure

Using a telemedicine system to engage people in underserved, urban communities to measure and report their blood pressure remotely—outside of the doctor's office—appears to help them achieve blood pressure goals and improve ...

Cardiology created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Survey finds public support for legal interventions to fight obesity, noncommunicable diseases

The public is very supportive of government action aimed at changing lifestyle choices that can lead to obesity, diabetes, and other noncommunicable diseases—but they're less likely to support such interventions if they're ...

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

A billion deaths from tobacco are key obstacle to global development

If the word's nations are going to prevent tobacco smoking from causing one projected billion deaths by the end of this century, they must: Make tobacco control part of the agendas of United Nation's and other development ...

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

Study says fewer Wyoming students drinking and smoking

Reports from a new survey show Wyoming continues to see overall significant declines in junior high and high school students saying they use alcohol and tobacco.

Health created Feb 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cost-effective interventions to help reduce early deaths from chronic NCDs

Three top priority cost-effective interventions to counter non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are recommended as essential for health policy by an Auckland researcher in a recent paper published in the medical journal, the ...

Health created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Obesity and its consequences spreading rapidly around the world

Clogged arteries and sedentary lifestyles have replaced germs as the world's leading killers. Where hunger once held much of the world in its grip, the 1.6 billion overweight and obese now outnumber the malnourished by nearly ...

Health created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Longtime smokers lose a decade of life

(HealthDay)—Adding to the arsenal of evidence that smoking is bad for you, a large new study indicates that lifetime smokers cut 10 years off their life expectancy—a decade they can gain back if they ...

Health created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study shows smoking cessation more successful for cancer patients who quit before surgery

Lung and head and neck cancer patients who smoked before surgery are more likely to relapse than those who had quit before surgery, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers say. They found that smoking-relapse prevention interventions ...

Cancer created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Graphic warnings on cigarettes effective across demographic groups

Quitting smoking is a common New Year's resolution for Americans each year, but research has repeatedly shown it is not an easy task. Some groups, such as racial/ethnic minorities, have an even harder time quitting. New research ...

Health created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

U.S. task force urges docs to counsel kids against smoking

(HealthDay)—Primary-care doctors should offer children and teens counseling and educational programs to prevent them from smoking, according to new recommendations issued by the U.S. Preventive Services ...

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

Drug helps women who stop smoking keep weight off

A medication being tested to help smokers kick the habit also may help avoid the weight gain that is common after quitting but only in women, according to a study published in the December issue of Biological Psychiatry. This i ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smoking may worsen hangover after heavy drinking

People who like to smoke when they drink may be at greater risk of suffering a hangover the next morning, according to a study in the January 2013 issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Addiction created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0