Archive: 25/03/2015

Work site wellness centers equate to weight loss and health care savings, expert says

As employees and employers face higher health care costs, work site wellness are becoming increasingly more important to help control the costs of health care and encourage healthy lifestyle behaviors among the workforce, ...

Mar 25, 2015

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Scientists use immunotherapy to reduce memory problems with Alzheimer's disease

A new study from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has revealed that a single dose of an immunotherapy reverses memory problems in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease. The article appears in the March ...

Mar 25, 2015

Obesity, smoking, drinking, depression: all linked to low back pain

(HealthDay)—People suffering from lower back pain who smoke, drink, are depressed or are obese may be able to ease their agony by making some lifestyle changes, a new study suggests.

Mar 25, 2015

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Ebola more deadly for young children

Ebola progresses more quickly and is more likely to be fatal for children under five, according to new research.

Mar 25, 2015

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People who suffer migraine headaches may be at double the risk of stroke

People who suffer migraine headaches with auras are at roughly double the risk of suffering the most common type of stroke.

Mar 25, 2015

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Employers contributing less to workers' health savings accounts

(HealthDay)—U.S. workers got less help socking away savings for medical expenses from their employers in 2014 than the prior year, a new study finds.

Mar 25, 2015

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US state of Georgia set to allow medical marijuana

Georgia looks set to become the 24th US state to legalize marijuana for certain medical uses, part of a growing movement in the country.

Mar 25, 2015

Common bacteria on verge of becoming antibiotic-resistant superbugs

Antibiotic resistance is poised to spread globally among bacteria frequently implicated in respiratory and urinary infections in hospital settings, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in ...

Mar 25, 2015

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Researchers help create 'gold standard' method for measuring an early sign of Alzheimer's

After six years of painstaking research, a UCLA-led team has validated the first standardized protocol for measuring one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease—the atrophy of the part of the brain known as the hippocampus.

Mar 25, 2015

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Study: Costs reduced when low back pain treatment begins with physical therapy

A study in the scientific journal Health Services Research showed that initial referrals for physical therapy for patients with new episodes of low back pain (LBP) resulted in less than half the cost of imaging and generated ...

Mar 25, 2015

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Archive: 25/03/2015

Work site wellness centers equate to weight loss and health care savings, expert says

Scientists use immunotherapy to reduce memory problems with Alzheimer's disease

Obesity, smoking, drinking, depression: all linked to low back pain

Ebola more deadly for young children

People who suffer migraine headaches may be at double the risk of stroke

Employers contributing less to workers' health savings accounts

US state of Georgia set to allow medical marijuana

Common bacteria on verge of becoming antibiotic-resistant superbugs

Researchers help create 'gold standard' method for measuring an early sign of Alzheimer's

Study: Costs reduced when low back pain treatment begins with physical therapy

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