Archive: 11/04/2018

Mental disorders among leading causes of illness in children worldwide

While global rates of mental disorders in children have remained stable over time, the decline of infectious diseases will place mental disorders among the main causes of disease in children aged 4-15 years, according to ...

Apr 11, 2018

Study may show how chronic early-life stress raises PTSD vulnerability

A collaboration between investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital and Khyber Medical University in Pakistan may have discovered how chronic stress experienced early in life increases vulnerability to post-traumatic ...

Apr 11, 2018

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Do Democrat and Republican doctors treat patients differently at the end of life?

The divide that separates conservative and liberal values may be as wide now as it has ever been in our country. This divide shows itself in areas of everyday life, and health care is no exception.

Apr 11, 2018

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Can you really be obese yet healthy?

A new paper has called for an end to the term 'healthy obesity', due to it being misleading and flawed. The focus should instead be on conducting more in-depth research to understand causes and consequences of varying health ...

Apr 11, 2018

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Hormone imbalance causes treatment-resistant hypertension

British researchers have discovered a hormone imbalance that explains why it is very difficult to control blood pressure in around 10 per cent of hypertension patients.

Apr 11, 2018

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Novel mosquito net provides children with greater protection against malaria

In a two-year community randomised trial involving more than 15,000 children in Tanzania, a long lasting insecticidal net treated with piperonyl butoxide (PBO LLIN) reduced the prevalence of malaria by 44% and 33% in the ...

Apr 11, 2018

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Higher cigarette prices would save millions of people from extreme poverty and poor health

Higher cigarette prices would save millions of people from extreme poverty and poor health around the world, while also cutting health treatment costs for families across the globe, suggests a comprehensive study published ...

Apr 11, 2018

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Caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity safe over long term

(HealthDay)—Neonatal caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity has no detrimental long-term effects and even improves some neurologic measures, according to a study published online April 11 in Pediatrics.

Apr 11, 2018

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No reduced CVD risk for SBP <120 mm hg in type 2 diabetes

(HealthDay)—For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), there is no reduction in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk with achieved systolic blood pressure (SBP) of

Apr 11, 2018

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As menopause symptoms get worse, heart may pay a price

(HealthDay)—There could be a link between the severity of a woman's menopausal symptoms and her risk of heart disease, a new study suggests.

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