News tagged with united kingdom


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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