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New Zealand's health system is grappling with a severe workforce shortage. Media reports frequently highlight individuals and families being unable to access timely health care, exacerbated by a shortage of general practitioners ...
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Could a short diet questionnaire encourage patients to make better food choices and improve heart health? In the past, your health care team had to rely on lengthy surveys to better understand what you were eating. But that's ...
Jul 26, 2024
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Obesity now affects 2 in 5 U.S. adults, making it one of the most important public health problems facing society. However, finding an accurate way to identify obesity in individuals remains challenging given the very diverse ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Many parents think of high cholesterol as a health concern that only affects adults. But did you know that around one in 250 children have elevated cholesterol levels that aren't related to diet, exercise or lifestyle?
Jul 8, 2024
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A team of international researchers, led by the University of Exeter, has discovered that people with a genetic variant that disables the SMIM1 gene have higher body weight because they expend less energy when at rest.
Jun 20, 2024
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When implemented in Nebraska, the WISEWOMAN program supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which offers services for women ages 40–64 who are low-income and uninsured/underinsured, improved hypertension, ...
Jun 15, 2024
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Women experience menopause at different ages—and different ways—which can, among other things, affect their heart health.
Jun 12, 2024
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Hyperuricemia (HU) is diagnosed when the levels of urate in the blood exceed 420 μmol/L, the saturated concentration of urate. In mainland China, the prevalence of HU exceeds 17.7% in the adult population, affecting over ...
Jun 4, 2024
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A large team of medical researchers and doctors has found via phase III clinical trial that the ALK inhibitor lorlatinib is highly effective for treating non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
A small interfering RNA (siRNA) investigational therapy that inhibits a gene involved in lipoprotein metabolism has been shown in a clinical trial led by Mount Sinai researchers to significantly reduce levels of different ...
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