Archive: 24/05/2017

Television viewing a predictor of weight change in children over time

Researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University observed little effect of health behaviors, including eating habits, television viewing, and physical activity, on change in weight among children.

May 24, 2017

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Empowerment is key to better performing hospital employees, study says

For many patients, what helps make their hospital stay a much better experience is the help of a good health care provider at their bedside. But what helps these providers perform better? A recent study showed that feeling ...

May 24, 2017

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Researchers create palm-size device for treatment of common hearing disorder

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel handheld device called CLiKX for the treatment of a condition called otitis media with effusion (OME), or 'glue ear,' which is the ...

May 24, 2017

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Study shows telomere shortening in youth with higher pollution exposure

Children and teens exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution have evidence of a specific type of DNA damage called telomere shortening, reports a study in the May Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

May 24, 2017

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Nanotherapeutic technology could safely, effectively convert bad fat to good fat, treat obesity

A Purdue-based startup is developing a disruptive nanotherapeutic platform that could induce conversion of bad fat to good fat in an effort to provide a safe and effective way to treat obesity and diabetes.

May 24, 2017

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Treating obesity and depression concurrently

Treating depression and obesity together is at the heart of a new health program with global ramifications.

May 24, 2017

Success of stem cell therapy for diabetes depends on pre-transplant immune condition

An innovative method for treating type 1 diabetes based on the transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells taken from the patient's own bone marrow began undergoing testing in Brazil 13 years ago. The results were highly ...

May 24, 2017

New Anaesthesia Workforce Map shows huge shortages impacting 5 billion people worldwide

Today the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) officially launched a landmark online resource tool mapping the total number of anaesthesia providers worldwide. A high number of countries reported a total ...

May 24, 2017

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Largest psoriasis meta-analysis to date yields new genetic clues

It's one of the most common immune-mediated diseases in the U.S., causing red, patchy and scaly marks on the skin. Yet the 1 to 2 percent of the population who have psoriasis are still left to wonder why.

May 24, 2017

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Making people feel bad can be a strategy for helping them

People may try to make someone else feel negative emotions if they think experiencing those emotions will be beneficial in the long run, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association ...

May 24, 2017

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