Statement from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists regarding The New England Journal of Medicine article, ?Effect of Rosiglitazone on the Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Death from Cardiovascular Causes.?
A study of high schools in China has found community, school and household factors have a major impact on obesity in adolescents.
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found in a database study of women heart patients that COX inhibitors such as traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may undermine any purported protection against heart disease in participants taking estrogen therapy. The results were described this week in PLoS Medicine.
A viral hand-foot-and-mouth disease killed a 14-month-old boy in eastern China’s Shandong province, state media reported.
Maintaining a healthy body weight throughout adulthood may help prevent or delay the onset of physical disability as we age, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.
Childhood obesity is widely recognised as a major contributor towards cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, sleep disorders, and psychological and social problems.
An outbreak of drug-resistant wound infections among soldiers in Iraq likely came from the hospitals where they were treated, not the battlefield, according to a new study in the June 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, currently available online.
A new study of intensive care unit patients who are breathing with the help of a mechanical ventilator has found that a two-step sedation and ventilator weaning protocol?called a ?wake up and breathe? strategy?helps patients come off the ventilator faster so that they can be discharged from the ICU and hospital more quickly.
Basic research, or research where the primary goal is the advancement of human knowledge and theoretical understanding, has throughout its history been pressed by politicians and the public to justify its existence.
Despite economic hardships, low-income women can build wealth. Extensive interviews with participants in an asset-building program offer new insight into how and why women go about securing their financial future.