Men with severe sleep breathing disorder have higher risk of heart problems
...p apnoea-hypopnoea have an increased risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events, concludes a study...hypopnoea affects four per cent of middle-aged men and two per cent of middle-aged women. It is caused by a blockage in the pharynx that obstructs airflow ...Public policy should address the social factors behind ill health
National and global public policy needs to change to take into account the social factors behind ill health and reduce the health inequalities seen within and between countries, states an article in this week's i...Acupuncture relieves pelvic pain during pregnancy
Acupuncture and strengthening exercises help relieve pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy and are effective complements to standard treatment, finds a study published online by the BMJ today. Pe...Costs of antidepressants could have funded effective alternatives
... in 2002, had the rise in prescribing not occurred and the associated costs been diverted to psychological treatment and therapists. Between 1991 and 2002, prescriptions per head for all antidepressants increased almost t...New thrust needed to tackle health inequalities globally says UCL scientist
... on Friday 18th March bringing together scientists and policy-makers to help reverse the negative impact ... is complementary to development of health systems and relief of poverty: to take action on the social determinants of health. Such action will include rel...Medically supervised drug injection facilities safer for users
...ned illicit drugs under the supervision of nurses, and access nursing care and addictions counselling. Although such facilities exist in several European settings and in Sydney, A...NHS stop-smoking services are insufficient to deliver national smoking targets
... insufficient to deliver national smoking targets, and Government smoking targets are themselves insuffic...f NHS smoking cessation services in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. These areas have populations dominated by manual workers and contain some of the wors...Genes for alcohol consumption identified
...ity of Oxford, found that the amount of beer, wine and other alcoholic drinks that people regularly consume, and possibly an individual's susceptibility to addiction, may be related to differences in genetic make-...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
...cal professionals, to highlight the growing burden and under-appreciation of women's heart disease and promote improved handling of women at risk of cardiovascular disease in clinical practice. Cardiovas...PillCam enables study of esophagus by swallowing a pill
...llCam ESO technology. It allows doctors to quickly and easily assess the presence of esophageal diseases such erosive esophagitis, Barrett's esophagus and esophageal varices. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration late last year, the PillCam ESO is...Epidemiologist Trichopoulos receives $5.8 million Department of Defense 'Innovator Award'
...f Defense (DoD) "Innovator Award" to explore fetal and early-life factors associated with adult breast ca...ing whether exposure to hormones such as estrogens and insulin-like growth factors while in the womb may cause the disease years later. The grant, for $5.8...... article of the latest studies looking at red wine and cardiovascular health shows drinking two to three ...omething else," said Bauer Sumpio, M.D., professor and section chief of vascular surgery in the Department of Surgery. "There are probably several mechanis...Waist size linked to diabetes risk in adult men
... larger waists (assessed using waist circumference and waist-hip ratio) or higher overall body fat (indic...ches, 37.9-39.8 inches, 40-62 inches) were 2, 3, 5 and 12 times more likely to develop diabetes, respectively. Similarly, risk was 2, 3, 4 and 7 times grea...Invasive pneumonia and antibiotic resistance decreased after childhood vaccine introduced
...pneumoniae, a major cause of pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis, was dramatically reversed following the licensing and use of a new conjugate vaccine for young children in February 2000, according to research conducted ...HIV and ID doctors oppose ideologically driven STI prevention policies
HIV and infectious disease experts are urging the federal ... The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) say these programs must be replaced with STI prevention policie...Countywide forecasts of water use available for Illinois, Midwest
...tudies project county-level water use for Illinois and five other states in the Midwest, information that...critical if we are to ensure that we have adequate and safe supplies of this life-sustaining element in the future," said ISWS Chief Derek Winstanley, an a...Yale authors raise concerns regarding regionalized heart attack care
...care of patients with heart attacks are premature, and do not account for potential unintended consequenc... M.D., professor of internal medicine (cardiology) and Epidemiology and Public Health (Health Policy and Administration). Calls for the regionalization of ...Protecting human subjects focus of national FDA conference at UH
...rotecting human subjects, co-sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration and the University of Houston, will be held at UH April 21-22. One of only three annual conferences sp...Single mothers at higher risk for depression
...olunteer women with children between the ages of 2 and 6 who were at high risk for depression. Particip...of depressive symptoms including negative thinking and chronic stressors. The resulting depression could interfere with their ability to parent, seek educ...Virginity pledges do not reduce STD risk: May encourage high risk sexual behavior
...s as those who do not take virginity pledges, Yale and Columbia University researchers report in the Marc...ssistant professor of sociology at Yale University and Peter Bearman, professor of sociology at Columbia University. "We were surprised by the findings," s...