Cardiovascular comorbidities may be going under-recognized and undertreated in patients with bipolar disorder, say UK researchers. This is despite the UK having a healthcare system that is free at the point of access, they note. "This ...
Some indigenous groups are more susceptible to the effects of the new strain of influenza -- H7N9 -- currently found in China, researchers in Australia said. Senior author Katherine Kedzierska, an associate professor of the University of ...
The rate of new lung cancer cases decreased among U.S. men and women from 2005 to 2009, federal health officials say. A report in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found lung cancer ...
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Interview conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, BA Hons (Cantab) What is gastric bypass surgery and how many people undergo it? Gastric bypass surgery is a type of bariatric operation that results in weight loss and stimulates metabolic ...
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Direct Flow Medical (Santa Rosa, CA) has obtained the CE Mark for its 29-mm transcatheter aortic valve replacement device, which it hails as the first fully repositionable percutaneous heart valve. The ability to reposition the Direct Flow ...
Foodborne illness outbreaks result when two or more persons develop similar symptoms of illness (gastroenteritis) after eating a common food, or become ill after consuming food from a common source. Such events occur relatively frequently ...
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The leatherback turtle in the Pacific Ocean is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Its population has declined by more than 90 percent since 1980. One of the greatest sources of mortality is industrial longlines that set ...
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Switzerland leads a study of 34 nations for life expectancy at 82.8 years, followed by Japan at 82.7, Italy at 82.7, Spain at 82.7 and Iceland at 82.4. Health at a Glance, a report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and ...
Since it was first identified in the United States last May, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) has created significant losses to some pork producers in many parts of the country. Manure is a primary way the virus spreads from pig to ...
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Medtronic has announced that it has acquired combination product specialist Tyrx (Monmouth Junction, NJ) for $160 million. Tyrx, a spin-off from Rutgers University, was launched in 1998 to develop products to combat surgical-site infections ...
Doctors may need to treat high blood pressure in women earlier and more aggressively than they do in men, according to scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. In a new study, published in the December edition of Therapeutic ...
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Two bacteria that cause colds, ear infections, strep throat and more serious infections persist longer on dishes or toys than thought, U.S. researchers say. Senior author Anders Hakansson at the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine ...
Between 1965 and 2004, the distribution of states with the highest mortality changed dramatically. In 1965, the states with the highest mortality (Rhode Island, Alaska, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire) were spread across ...
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In a study published November 20, 2013 in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers looked at the association of nut consumption with total and cause-specific mortality among 76,464 women in the Nurses' Health Study and 42,498 men in ...
Cattle in packing plants are showing signs of lameness, sprouting welfare issues around beta-agonist intake. This issue was first brought to attention when Lilly Edwards-Calloway from JBS showed a video of lame, stiff-gaited cattle at the ...
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