Back Pain :: Take more breaks to avoid back injury at work
Workers who lift for a living need to take longer or more frequent breaks than they now do to avoid back injury, according to a new study at Ohio State University.
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Diabetes :: Exercise pivotal in preventing and fighting type II diabetes
One in three American children born in 2000 will develop type II diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A new study at the University of Missouri-Columbia says that acute exercise — as little as 15 minutes a day — can have a profound influence on preventing and fighting the disease.
Heart Disease :: International consortium to tackle heart disease
An international consortium has been launched to tackle coronary artery disease using the latest scientific tools. Funded by the European Commission, the initiative will build on recent advances in genomic science and the understanding of our genes to develop effective strategies for preventing and treating the disease.
Cancer :: Machine learning could speed up radiation therapy for cancer patients
A new computer-based technique could eliminate hours of manual adjustment associated with a popular cancer treatment.
Psychology :: Involvement of nonresident fathers may protect low-income teens from delinquency
Many American children live without their biological fathers. A substantial proportion of fathers who live apart from their children have lost touch with them and therefore don’t provide consistent parenting.
Sleep :: Children who sleep less more likely to be overweight
Children who sleep less are at greater risk of being overweight, according to the first nationally representative, longitudinal investigation of the relationship between sleep, Body Mass Index and overweight status in children 3 to 18. “Even an hour of sleep makes a big difference,” said Northwestern University researcher Emily Snell. “An additional hour a night reduced young children?s chance of being overweight from 36 percent to 30 percent.”
Prostate Cancer :: Prostate cancer vaccine development gets grant
Mater Medical Research Institute director Professor Derek Hart and the team develop the prostate cancer vaccine which appears safe in the first five patients studied in a phase-one trial.
Overactive Bladder :: Prevalence of overactive bladder is overestimated
According to the International Continence Society, overactive bladder is a symptom-defined condition characterized by urinary urgency, with or without urgency incontinence, usually with urinary frequency and nocturia (night-time urination).
Cancer :: Brown cancer biologists identify major player in cell growth
When cells go about the business of dividing, they can get sidelined. Maybe there aren’t enough nutrients. Maybe there aren’t the right signals to resume multiplying. Either way, cells go quiet.
MRSA :: No reliable risk factors found for CA-MRSA
Loren Miller, M.D., M.P.H. has found no reliable epidemiological or clinical risk factors that could distinguish patients with CA-MRSA infection from patients with CA-MSSA infection. “What this means,” says Dr. Miller, “is that the average Joe or Jane can get CA-MRSA.”