Archive: 06/01/2014
Study shows keys to successful long-term weight loss maintenance
Researchers from The Miriam Hospital have published one of the first studies of its kind to follow weight loss maintenance for individuals over a 10-year period. The results show that long-term weight loss maintenance is ...
Jan 6, 2014
Tiny proteins have outsized influence on nerve health
Mutations in small proteins that help convey electrical signals throughout the body may have a surprisingly large effect on health, according to results of a new Johns Hopkins study study published in Proceedings of the National ...
Jan 6, 2014
Researcher looks at race and bariatric surgery
While weight loss surgery offers one of the best opportunities to improve health and reduce obesity related illnesses, the nearly 100,000 Americans who undergo bariatric surgery each year represent only a small fraction of ...
Jan 6, 2014
Laying money on the line leads to healthier food choices over time
People are more likely to choose healthy options at the grocery store if they use the risk of losing their monthly healthy food discount as a motivational tool, according to new research published in Psychological Science, ...
Jan 6, 2014
The loving touch is critical for premature infants
The benefit that premature infants gain from skin-to-skin contact with their mothers is measurable even 10 years after birth, reports a new study in Biological Psychiatry.
Jan 6, 2014
Suicide risk doesn't differ in children taking two types of commonly prescribed antidepressants
A Vanderbilt University Medical Center study released today shows there is no evidence that the risk of suicide differs with two commonly prescribed antidepressants prescribed to children and adolescents.
Jan 6, 2014
MRSA infection rates drop in Veterans Affairs long-term care facilities
Four years after implementing a national initiative to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) rates in Veterans Affairs (VA) long-term care facilities, MRSA infections have declined significantly, according ...
Jan 6, 2014