The weight loss mantra of UAB?s (University of Alabama at Birmingham) EatRight Weight Management system is ?reduce calories and increase exercise?. But new research from EatRight suggests that for those who have been successful at losing weight, reducing calories is an effective way to keep weight off, especially when it is difficult to find time to exercise.
Pretreatment with double-dose anticlotting medication just before percutaneous coronary intervention cuts the combined risk of heart attack and cardiac death by half, according to a study reported at the 30th annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, May 9-12, 2007, in Orlando, Fla.
The Commonwealth Government is to commit $92.9 million over the next four years so that older Australians in aged care homes get better medical treatment.
Yale Cancer Center physicians have presented clinical recommendations for the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of superior vena cava syndrome in this week?s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Weight and blood pressure screenings, massage therapy specials, a biking and running workshop and free injury, foot and spinal screenings are among the many events the athletics and recreation department has planned for individuals of all fitness levels during Northwestern’s celebration of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month in May.
Of the 57 million people dying worldwide each year, 6 million deaths are caused by cancer and 3 million from HIV/AIDS, with the majority of both occurring in developing countries. These figures indicate the large number of people experiencing incapacitation and pain through shortness of breath, constipation, diarrhoea, nausea as well as distress, depression and anxiety.
New data published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed a low frequency of resistance to Tamiflu (oseltamivir) over three influenza seasons (2003-2006).
A written constitution for the NHS, overseen by an independent Board of Governors are two of the major recommendations published today by the British Medical Association (BMA) in its proposals for the future of the NHS in England.
Bayer plans to enter the market for wound-healing products. Bayer Innovation GmbH ? a subsidiary of Bayer AG ? has developed a leading-edge technology for the manufacture of bioresorbable wound dressings on the basis of silica gel fibers. A ceremony was held on May 4 in Leverkusen to mark the inauguration of a pilot plant which will manufacture the wound dressing in sufficient quantities to enable clinical trials to be carried out.
Obstetrics is a high risk specialty with high negligence claims payments in the NHS. The introduction of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) and the breakdown of the traditional ?firm? structure has meant that contact time between consultants and their trainees is falling, and young doctors run the risk of losing valuable experience gained from being mentored by senior staff.