Medicine :: Take precautions before you clean out your medicine cabinet
Your spring cleaning is done. Or is it? Did you clean out your medicine cabinet? Before you flush old or unused medication, precautions need to be taken.
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Weight Loss :: Calorie density key to losing weight
Eating smart, not eating less, may be the key to losing weight. A year-long clinical trial by Penn State researchers shows that diets focusing on foods that are low in calorie density can promote healthy weight loss while helping people to control hunger.
Blood Cancer :: Research shows cord blood comparable to matched bone marrow
University of Minnesota researchers report that umbilical cord blood transplants may offer blood cancer patients better outcomes than bone marrow transplants, according to an analysis of outcome data performed at the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Osteoporosis :: Rigorous exercise, extreme dieting can predispose females to osteoporosis
Women who follow strict exercise and diet regimens may harm their body?s ability to form new bone, which can lead to osteoporosis later in life. Researchers recommend that the more women exercise, the more they need to eat to stay healthy.
Stroke :: QBI scientist looks at why stroke causes vision problems
The research, by QBI neuroscientist Professor Jason Mattingley and colleagues at the University of Melbourne and University College London, has implications for understanding “spatial neglect”, a disorder associated with damage to the brain’s parietal lobe ? an area that plays an important role in integrating sensory information from various parts of the body, and in planning eye- and limb-movements.
Lung Cancer :: Talcum powder stunts growth of lung tumors
Talcum powder has been used for generations to soothe babies? diaper rash and freshen women?s faces. But University of Florida researchers report the household product has an additional healing power: The ability to stunt cancer growth by cutting the flow of blood to metastatic lung tumors.
Physician :: High-Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act endorsed by American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians today gave its strong support to the bipartisan High-Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act of 2007. The six-part bill introduced today by Reps. Michael C. Burgess, MD, and Henry Cuellar of Texas focuses on workforce issues of physicians.
Smoking :: Smokers given more help to quit since GP performance pay introduced
Smokers have been getting more support for quitting, and the numbers ofsmokers have reduced, since the introduction of performance-relatedincentives for UK general practitioners, according to new researchpublished today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Psychotherapy :: Borderline personality disorder shows improvements with intensive psychotherapy
An intensive form of talk therapy, known as transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP), can help individuals affected with borderline personality disorder (BPD) by reducing symptoms and improving their social functioning, according to an article in the June issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, a premier psychiatry journal.
Liver :: Postoperative complications of living right liver donors
More than 78 percent of living right liver donors experienced post-operative complications, according to a new study that uses a replicable complication classification system.