The authors used data from the Women's Health Initiative to assess the association between smoking cessation, weight gain, and subsequent coronary heart disease risk among postmenopausal women with and without diabetes.
Jul 2, 2013
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Researchers with the UBC Hospital MS Clinic and Brain Research Centre at Vancouver Coastal Health and the University of British Columbia have published important data in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) ...
Jul 17, 2012
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(Medical Xpress) -- Writing the first commentary for a new feature in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), called Viewpoint, Johns Hopkins cardiologists make the case for why a 55-year-old man with a 10 ...
Apr 11, 2012
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(HealthDay)—Parents of obese children should be targeted in an effort to deal with a serious national problem, according to a viewpoint piece published in the September issue of JAMA Pediatrics.
Sep 23, 2013
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Treating pregnant women with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) appears to be associated with fewer depressive symptoms, reduced fetal head growth and a higher risk for preterm birth, but not with a delay in ...
Mar 5, 2012
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A wise man once said that "mo' money, mo' problems" (Wallace, 1997). However, despite increases in supposed problems, one of the major benefits is increased life expectancy.
Apr 19, 2016
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Conversations between parents and adolescents that focus on weight and size are associated with an increased risk for unhealthy adolescent weight-control behaviors, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics.
Jun 24, 2013
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Among rehabilitation facilities providing services to Medicare fee-for-service patients, 30-day hospital readmission rates vary, from about 6 percent for patients with lower extremity joint replacement to nearly 20 percent ...
Feb 11, 2014
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Parents who had established relationships with pediatricians still accessed care for their children at retail clinics (RCs), typically located in large chain drugstores, mostly because the clinics were convenient, according ...
Jul 22, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—How well you fare on a subjective evaluation – whether it's of you treating a patient, auditioning for a play or even interviewing for a job – may depend largely on the person who was examined just ...
Dec 5, 2012
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