A new study examined the effects of physical activity over a long period in older adults, many of whom were overweight, and found that exercise neither protects against nor increases the risk of knee OA.
Nutrition 21, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXXI) reported today that a peer reviewed analysis on chromium picolinate was published in the current edition of Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics.
New research suggests that different treatments may be needed for chronic asthma, depending on whether it results from allergies or lung infections.
UK NHS patients are experiencing shorter waits to see a family doctor, according to the results of a major, independent survey into GP services, published by the Department of Health, UK.
South Africa’s AIDS epidemic is spreading quickly among the country’s richest and best educated people, said researchers by the Markinor polling firm and the University of South Africa (UNISA).
Doctors say older people who had a stent put into the main artery of their brain to prevent strokes got a real bonus.
Indonesian scientists detected H5N1 in stray cats near poultry markets in some parts of the country. They worry that if the virus adapts to mammals it could more easily spread among people.
Australian scientists have developed a drug that may stop people from dying of septic shock after surgery preventing kidney failure brought on by post-operative complications.
Creatine, a popular nutritional supplement used by weightlifters and sprinters to improve athletic performance, could lend muscle strength to people with muscular dystrophies.
The rapidly climbing obesity rates in the United States have created a higher risk of esophageal cancer linked to reflux disease. And this has some surgeons wondering if a currently popular procedure to remove the esophagus is as safe in obese patients.