Many patients fail to properly take oral chemo, leading to complications
As the use of oral chemotherapy continues to rise, researchers from Michigan State University have discovered many patients fail to properly take the cancer-fighting medication, a significant clinical...
View ArticleLow-energy diet can improve sleep disorder
Sufferers of the sleep disorder obstructive sleep apnoea could benefit from following a low energy diet to lose weight, finds research published in the British Medical Journal today.
View ArticleProlonged TV viewing linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes,...
Watching television is the most common daily activity apart from work and sleep in many parts of the world, but it is time for people to change their viewing habits. According to a new study from...
View ArticleObesity is a killer in nonsmoking women
Obesity is an important contributor to premature death in women who have never smoked, especially among women in low income groups, finds research published in the British Medical Journal today.
View ArticleImpulsive alcoholics likely to die sooner
Alcohol and impulsivity are a dangerous mix: People with current drinking problems and poor impulse control are more likely to die in the next 15 years, a new study suggests. However, they could get by...
View ArticleMetabolic syndrome may cause kidney disease
Metabolic syndrome comprises a group of medical disorders that increase people's risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and premature death when they occur together. A patient is diagnosed with the...
View ArticleBeating heart problems: How a combined group therapy helps depressed cardiac...
Researchers from the Heart Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia, have demonstrated the benefits of the 8-week 'Beating Heart Problems' group programme in a randomised controlled trial. According to...
View ArticleUnequal access to cancer care can no longer be tolerated
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death and morbidity worldwide, and its economic burden grows year by year. In 2008, the worldwide cost of cancer due to premature death and disability, excluding...
View ArticlePolycystic ovary syndrome and cardiovascular disease
One in 15 women of childbearing age is diagnosed with a disorder commonly referred to as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The condition is one of the most common causes of women not ovulating and thus...
View ArticleGene impedes recovery from alcoholism
People who are alcohol-dependent and who also carry a particular variant of a gene run an increased risk of premature death. This is a recent finding from the interdisciplinary research at the...
View ArticleBeing overweight not such a stigma for African American women
While all obese women are less satisfied with the weight-related quality of their lives than women of 'normal' weight, black women report a higher quality of life than white women of the same weight....
View ArticleAdult sleep shortages debunked by study
(Medical Xpress) -- University of Sydney researchers have debunked the widespread belief that technological devices such as computers and mobile phones are increasingly eating into our sleep.
View ArticleStudy analyzes link between HIV infection and overdose risk
A study from Rhode Island Hospital is the first to systematically review and analyze the literature on the association between HIV infection and overdose risk. The findings show a 74 percent greater...
View ArticleHousehold air pollution puts more than one in three people worldwide at risk...
Household air pollution, caused by the use of plant-based or coal fuel for cooking, heating, and lighting, is putting nearly three billion people worldwide at risk of ill health and early death,...
View ArticleHazelwood coal fire linked to 11 deaths
It is likely air pollution from the 2014 Hazelwood coal mine fire in Victoria caused the premature deaths of 11 people, a QUT health researcher said.
View ArticlePremature deaths could be reduced by 40 percent over next 20 years, according...
New research published today in The Lancet suggests that, with sustained international efforts, the number of premature deaths could be reduced by 40% over the next two decades (2010-2030), halving...
View ArticleMortality risk of overweight and obesity similar for blacks, whites
A study from American Cancer Society researchers finds the increased risk of premature death associated with a higher body mass index (BMI) is similar for African Americans and whites, in contrast to...
View ArticleIncreased health risks linked to first-episode psychosis
Many patients with psychosis develop health risks associated with premature death early in the course of their mental illness, researchers have found.
View ArticleScientists identify potential cause for 40 per cent of pre-term births
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and UCL (University College London) have identified what they believe could be a cause of pre-term premature rupture of the fetal membrane...
View ArticleGirls under stress age more rapidly, new study reveals
(Medical Xpress)—Stress takes a toll on both mind and body. Intuitively, that's not a big surprise. Many studies have found links among stress, depression and disease. But scientists didn't really know...
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