People with HIV who drop out of care do not live as long as those who remain under a doctor’s treatment, said Baylor College of Medicine and Veterans Affairs researchers in a report published in the June 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases and available on line.
The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) called for drug testing to be introduced to curtail substance abuse by automobile drivers and operators of public transportation and commercial aircraft.
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.
Cognitive therapy is an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder related to acts of terrorism and other civil conflict, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
If you have some form of lung or cardiovascular disease, has your doctor told you how to check today’s “AQI”?and what to do if it’s over 100? Health care professionals should inform sensitive patients about the risks of exposure to air pollutants and recommend avoidance strategies for days when air quality is low, according to a special report in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, published by the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
Adults with high blood pressure and additional risk factors for heart disease may benefit more from taking one tablet rather than two, if their current treatment combines the lipid-lowering medication atorvastatin with the blood pressure-lowering medication amlodipine, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s 8th Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke.
There is no vaccine for hepatitis C, and education and prevention is essential to reduce the number of new infections.
People in drought-affected communities need access to mental health services that meet their particular needs, given the additional stresses and prolonged pressures associated with severe drought.
Thousands of Australians will get better access to a range of medicines, along with improved services at their local pharmacy, thanks to new measures in this year?s Budget.
More domestic assistance, centre-based day care, social support and respite care services would be available to Queenslanders under a boost to care service funding, the Australian Government Minister for Ageing, Christopher Pyne, and the Queensland Minister for Communities and Disability Services, Warren Pitt, announced today.