In the first 50 years of this century, the proportion of the world's over 60 population is forecast to grow from about 16% to 25% – correlating with a marked growth in chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancers. With ...
Stephen J. Teach, MD, MPH, Associate Chief of Emergency Medicine at Children's National Health System, says that aggressively managing parental stress and using cell phone apps to monitor medication usage in at-risk youth with asthma may ...
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Tripling taxes on cigarettes around the world would reduce the number of smokers by one-third and prevent 200 million premature deaths from lung cancer and other diseases this century, according to a review published today in the New ...
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By Kirsty Oswald, medwireNews Reporter Results from a German national health survey indicate that asthma patients with multiple comorbidities are at increased risk for unplanned hospital admissions. The findings also confirm that ...
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Does it really cost more to stick to a healthy diet? The answer is yes, but not as much as many people think, according to a new study. The research review combined the results of 27 studies from 10 different countries that compared the ...
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New blood pressure guidelines for U.S. adults age 60 and older are higher -- 150/90 -- but for those age 60 and younger they remain at 140/90. Dr. Paul A. James, chairman of the department of family medicine at the University of Iowa and ...
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Health R&D Spending Moves Slowly Upward, Driven by Industry, Philanthropy and Voluntary Health Associations Federal R&D Funding Remains "Woefully Inadequate" to Address Health Threats and Global Competitiveness ?Highlights: ?Overall ...
After declining in FY10-11,health-related research and development(R&D)spending in the U.S.increased by$4.3 billion(3.5%)in FY11-12,according to Truth and Consequences:Health R&D Spending in the U.S.(FY11-12),the 10th edition from ...
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New blood pressure guidelines for U.S. adults age 60 and older are higher -- 150/90 -- but for those age 60 and younger they remain at 140/90. Dr. Paul A. James, chairman of the department of family medicine at the University of Iowa and ...
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The difference between the healthiest diets and the least healthy diets is $1.50 a day, U.S. researchers found. Lead author Mayuree Rao, a junior research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, ...
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Women who consistently take fish oil supplements are significantly less likely to develop breast cancer than women who do not take fish oil, according to a 2010 study conducted by researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ...
There may be a safe, reliable and natural way to treat moderate and severe cases of acne: Supplementation with omega-3-rich fish oil. Acne occurs when a substance known as sebum builds up and combines with dead skin cells. This clogs the ...
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Past research studies have confirmed the healthy benefits of consuming a traditional Mediterranean style diet. Researchers have demonstrated that this type of diet consisting of healthy quantities of extra virgin olive oil, nuts, seeds, ...
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Oxygen has been a critical component in the evolution of life on earth, and humans are no exception as the gas has enabled nutrients to be used more efficiently, in turn allowing for the essential generation of energy required for ...
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There is a lot of controversy in nutrition and it often seems like people can’t agree on anything. But there are a few exceptions to this. Here are the top 10 nutrition facts that everyone actually agrees on (well, almost ...