Archive: 20/09/2013
Being near a liquor store or tavern in Chicago hikes odds of gunshot wound
A person near a liquor store or tavern on the West Side or South Side of Chicago is up to 500 times more likely to be shot than others in these neighborhoods.
Sep 20, 2013
Primary weight maintenance: A new way to prevent overweight and obesity
The same message to everyone does not work if the goal is to prevent overweight and obesity in the population. It is also important to reach groups normally considered as being at low risk for gaining in weight. This is what ...
Sep 20, 2013
Mental illness prescriptions increase during recession, says study
(Medical Xpress)—Perhaps surprisingly, public health overall improves during economic recessions. Fewer people die, fewer heart attacks are reported and general morbidity decreases, according to research from the World ...
Sep 20, 2013
Can't sleep? Quit smoking
As the NHS prepares to launch Stoptober 2013, new research published in Psychology, Health & Medicine has found another reason to quit smoking - giving up smoking improves sleep. Smoking is a leading cause of preventable ...
Sep 20, 2013
Patient, heal thyself: Solution to personalised treatment for chronic infections could lie in patient's own blood
A recent discovery by scientists at A*STAR's Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), in close collaboration with researchers at the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), provides hope for a new personalised treatment ...
Sep 20, 2013