Imagine a device combining sensors to measure physiological changes. Then imagine a smartphone with software applications designed to respond to your bodily changes in an attempt to change your behavior. That is the vision ...
Feb 8, 2012
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More than 80 million Americans have prediabetes, increasing their chances of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
May 11, 2016
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Lifestyle interventions designed to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes can work well in group-based, community settings, conclude authors from the University of Chicago Medicine in a new report issued by the New ...
Mar 26, 2015
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In the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) clinical trial and its long-term follow-up study, among the persons who lost at least 5 percent of their body weight during the first year, long-term maintenance of weight loss was ...
Apr 22, 2019
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends intensive behavioral interventions for children and teenagers with a high body mass index (BMI). This recommendation forms the basis of a draft recommendation statement ...
Dec 12, 2023
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(HealthDay)—Psychosocial and psychological interventions are effective for relapse prevention in schizophrenia, according to a review published online Oct. 12 in The Lancet Psychiatry.
Oct 29, 2021
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A UBC Okanagan researcher says Canada is falling behind in developing intervention programs to stop young people from beginning to vape.
Jul 27, 2023
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(Medical Xpress)—Low back pain is the highest contributor to disability in the world, according to a pivotal international study released today.
Dec 14, 2012
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Behavioral interventions aimed at reducing sexual risk behaviors, such as unprotected sex, are effective at both promoting condom use and reducing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) long after the initial intervention, ...
Dec 15, 2011
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Drinking three to four cups of coffee per day may help to prevent type 2 diabetes according to research highlighted in a session report published by the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC), a not-for-profit ...
Dec 4, 2012
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