Archive: 26/09/2017

The benefits of simply moving more

(HealthDay)—The link between exercise and good health is a strong one. Still, many people—particularly older adults—find it difficult to take part in formal exercises, and become less physically active over time.

Sep 26, 2017

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U.S. pays a hefty price for obesity

(HealthDay)—A U.S. adult who is "healthy" but obese could eventually cost society tens of thousands of dollars in medical care and lost wages, a new study estimates.

Sep 26, 2017

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CDC launches opioid campaign in hard-hit states

(HealthDay)—The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a campaign to reduce overdose deaths from prescription opioid painkillers.

Sep 26, 2017

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ACA Medicaid expansion cut disparities in cancer care for minorities, poor

States that fully expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act cut their rates of uninsured cancer patients by more than half between 2011 and 2014. Black patients and those living in the highest poverty ...

Sep 26, 2017

Large increase in rate of death from chronic respiratory diseases

Between 1980 and 2014, the rate of death from chronic respiratory diseases, such as COPD, increased by nearly 30 percent overall in the U.S., although this trend varied by county, sex, and chronic respiratory disease type, ...

Sep 26, 2017

Genetic factors may explain most of risk for autism spectrum disorder

Reanalysis of data from a previous study on the familial risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) estimates the heritability to be 83 percent, suggesting that genetic factors may explain most of the risk for ASD, according ...

Sep 26, 2017

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Genetic testing helps set safe dose of common blood thinner

Warfarin is a blood thinner that is commonly prescribed to patients to prevent life-threatening blood clots. Despite its longtime use, warfarin remains tricky to dose because a person's genetic makeup influences how the drug ...

Sep 26, 2017

Percent of teens who report having had a concussion in their lifetime

In a survey that included more than 13,000 adolescents, about 20 percent reported at least one diagnosed concussion during their lifetime, and 5.5 percent reported being diagnosed with more than one concussion, according ...

Sep 26, 2017

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No evidence of hidden hearing loss from common recreational noise: study

Exposure to loud noises during common recreational activities is widely cited as a cause of "hidden hearing loss." A new study of young adults, however, finds that while hearing is temporarily affected after attending a loud ...

Sep 26, 2017

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New approaches in targeted cancer therapy

Precision medicine, which custom-tailors therapies to the needs of individual patients, is becoming more and more important in cancer therapy. Today, molecular-biological diagnostics can precisely identify alterations in ...

Sep 26, 2017

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Archive: 26/09/2017

The benefits of simply moving more

U.S. pays a hefty price for obesity

CDC launches opioid campaign in hard-hit states

ACA Medicaid expansion cut disparities in cancer care for minorities, poor

Large increase in rate of death from chronic respiratory diseases

Genetic factors may explain most of risk for autism spectrum disorder

Genetic testing helps set safe dose of common blood thinner

Percent of teens who report having had a concussion in their lifetime

No evidence of hidden hearing loss from common recreational noise: study

New approaches in targeted cancer therapy

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