News tagged with united kingdom


Social disapproval not fear helps smokers quit

Researchers from Canterbury Christ Church University have found that smokers are more likely to stop because of anti-social attitudes towards them than from fear of ill-health.

Health created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sex, age at presentation affect cirrhosis response to therapy

(HealthDay)—Among patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), sex and age at presentation affect the response to ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), according to a study published in the March issue of Gastroenterology.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Higher mortality rate seen in middle-aged diabetes patients

(HealthDay)—Middle-aged people with type 2 diabetes, particularly women and those under the age of 55, have a two to three times higher risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality than people without ...

Diabetes created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

VTE risk varies by hormone therapy formulation

(HealthDay)—The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in postmenopausal women differs considerably according to the formulation of hormone therapy (HT) used, with the highest VTE risk seen in users of oral ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New method to measure work addiction

Researchers from Norway and the United Kingdom have developed a new instrument to measure work addiction: The Bergen Work Addiction Scale. The new instrument is based on core elements of addiction that are ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Researchers examine the importance of a mother's soothing touch

Mothers who stroke their newborn infants in the first few weeks of their life could change the effects that stress during gestation has on early-life development, new research from the United Kingdom shows. ...

Health created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US performs worst on potentially preventable death rates compared to France, Germany, and the UK

The United States lags three other industrialized nations—France, Germany, and the United Kingdom—in its potentially preventable death rate, and in the pace of improvement in preventing deaths that could have been avoided ...

Health created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Direct costs for low back pain care in U.K. are substantial

(HealthDay)—The financial burden of caring for patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) in the United Kingdom is twice that of caring for patients without CLBP, according to a study published in the Jan. ...

Health created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find possible genetic keys to surviving epithelial ovarian cancer

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues from 11 other institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom have used two genome-wide association studies (GWAS) – one from the U.S. and one from the U.K. ...

Cancer created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smoking ban in Scotland linked to dramatic fall in preterm deliveries

The introduction of national, comprehensive smoke-free legislation in Scotland is linked with significant falls in preterm delivery and small for dates (gestational age) infants according to a study led by Jill Pell from ...

Health created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

School environment has little effect on teen mental health

(HealthDay) -- There is limited evidence that the school environment impacts adolescent mental health, according to a review published online April 2 in Pediatrics.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Epidemiology of rosacea described in United Kingdom

(HealthDay) -- The incidence of rosacea in the United Kingdom is 1.65 per 1,000 person-years, with alcohol consumption linked to a modest increase in risk and current smoking linked to an decreased risk, according to a study ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Increasing shift from islet antibody positivity to diabetes

(HealthDay) -- There is an increase in both the prevalence and levels of islet antigen-2 and zinc transporter 8, as well as in autoantibodies, in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients during a period of ...

Diabetes created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Obesity linked to economic status in developing countries

(HealthDay) -- In low- and middle-income developing countries, socioeconomic status (SES) plays an important role in the development of obesity, particularly in women, according to research published online ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Major trial gives hope to motor neurone disease sufferers

Patients suffering from a devastating disease are being given fresh hope through an innovative trial being led by the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0