Health
Study finds sit-stand desk users sit less and burn more calories
Here's an easy way for office workers to burn a few extra calories and avoid the perils of sitting all day: stand and type.
Oct 2, 2015
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Surgery
Drug may help surgical patients stop opioids sooner
(HealthDay)—Opioid painkillers after surgery can be the first step toward addiction for some patients. But a common drug might cut the amount of narcotics that patients need, a new study finds.
Dec 13, 2017
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Diabetes
Expert discusses WHO warning on diabetes' 'unrelenting march'
As the World Health Organization warns of an 'unrelenting march of diabetes' with 422 million cases in 2014, an expert from The University of Manchester has reacted to the problem and suggests some ways to address the obesity ...
Apr 7, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
A path toward ending AIDS in the US by 2025
A new study describes an ambitious but feasible path toward what may have seemed unachievable just a decade ago: an end to the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. Using prevention surveillance data to model rates of HIV incidence, ...
May 15, 2017
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Medications
Study links rising heroin deaths to 2010 OxyContin reformulation
Efforts by Purdue Pharma in 2010 to make its blockbuster prescription opioid painkiller OxyContin less prone to abuse did nothing to reduce the number of drug overdose deaths across the nation. In fact, according to researchers ...
Apr 9, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Study finds behavioral changes insufficient at preventing early childhood obesity
Young children and their families in poor communities were able to make some achievable and sustainable behavioral changes during the longest and largest obesity prevention intervention, but, in the end, the results were ...
Aug 7, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
Monoclonal antibody prevents HIV infection in monkeys, study finds
An experimental, lab-made antibody can completely prevent nonhuman primates from being infected with the monkey form of HIV, new research published in Nature Communications shows.
Jun 7, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Leprosy strain genotyped from medieval pilgrim at UK burial site
Leprosy is a bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis. It has afflicted humans for thousands of years, reaching epidemic levels during the Middle Ages, and people continue to be affected ...
Jan 26, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
To flatten the curve, test those without symptoms too
Failure to test asymptomatic at-risk people and allow wider community testing will result in undetected transmission in the community and a bounce-back of the epidemic as lock-down restrictions are lifted, according to the ...
Apr 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows physical distancing slowed growth of COVID-19 in US
Between March 10 and March 25, 2020, all 50 states and the District of Columbia enacted at least one statewide physical distancing measure to help stop the spread of COVID-19. New research from clinicians at Massachusetts ...
Aug 11, 2020
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