NHS stop-smoking services are insufficient to deliver national smoking targets
...ive treatments for individuals, but "comprehensive restriction of smoking in all workplaces works better", he argues. England's most deprived communities need more of both sets of measures, he concludes. ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2005 (second issue)
...ry of asthma, were atopic, and had greater airflow restriction during their lung function test. Also, according to the authors, compared with those who had neither wheeze nor asthma, children with active wheeze had a significantly higher BMI and a much greater prevalence of obesity. The researchers said that a...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for March 15, 2005
... different diets with different approaches to food restriction for individual patients at different times in their efforts to lose weight may be the most effective way a clinician can use the available diets." (This article is the subject of a video news release. Please call for coordinates.) 2. Borderline Ri...New study shows how very low-carb diets take off the pounds
... different diets with different approaches to food restriction for individual patients at different times in their efforts to lose weight may be the most effective way a clinician can use the available diets. (I) am not yet convinced that one diet has any more value than another -- they all have value." Annals...Philanthropist Paul F. Glenn launches labs for aging research at Harvard Medical School
...roduce healthier, longer lives. Buoyed by calorie restriction animal tests, research teams in this small field have been pursuing the molecular pathways that mimic calorie restriction. In the summer of 2003, Sinclair's team showed in a paper published in Nature that a compound found in red wine called resveratr...Scientific evidence for diets: don't believe everything you read
...g studies of the effects of diet restriction, diet restriction and exercise, or exercise only, on weight loss; as well as research studies on body composition, fat distribution, metabolism and aerobic fitness. The analysis included articles from 1966 to 2003 that reported studies of obese adult participants. Th...UT Southwestern researchers find calcium intake contributing factor in formation of kidney stones
...ne formation, and we may want to recommend calcium restriction in patients who have moderately to severely elevat... various factors that modify the effect of calcium restriction on urinary calcium and stone-forming propensity, and to determine how best to use diet and drugs to ...Drivers with epilepsy are on the road again
...einstate driving rights to people with epilepsy, a restriction affecting many epilepsy patients throughout the world. According to experts at Johns Hopkins University, 86 drivers per year died in the U.S. as a result of crashes caused by epileptic seizures between 1995 and 1997. With this potential for accident...ACPM to host web-based conference on low carbohydrate diets and adolescents
...ofessionals on the appropriateness of carbohydrate restriction for weight loss and the hazards of dieting in adolescence. Participants will hear the latest evidence about which dietary patterns best promote overall health and lasting weight control in children/adolescents. Participants will be able to recognize ...New UNC, EPA 9/11 study suggests that pollutants posed small cancer risks
...posure is a condition known as intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), which results in babies being born smaller than they otherwise would be. Another group of scientists reported last year that IUGR was more common among women living close to Ground Zero on 9/11 than those living in other parts of New York Cit...Parental control of media influences behavior
...e a difference," he said. Sargent noted that movie restriction has a larger impact on adolescents whose parents d...arenting behaviors in adolescent smoking. But the restriction on R-rated movie watching appears to be a new and uniquely powerful determinant. Dr. Michael Beach...Jefferson researchers announce recommendations on when to test blood pressure in young children
...s, weight reduction, regular physical activity and restriction of sedentary activity to help prevent increases in blood pressure in children and adolescents over time. Dr. Falkner also recommends that physicians take a sleep history due to to association of sleep apnea with overweight and high blood pressure. If...Interventional procedures significantly improve quality of life for obese patients
...05717*) Performing an increasingly common gastric restriction surgery with an adjustable band in obese patients ... The study, which monitored results of the gastric restriction procedure using an adjustable Lap-Band system, determined whether the minimally-invasive surgery wou...MDCT angiography is an effective tool for diagnosing blockage of the mesenteric artery
...ric vessels in patients with suspected acute blood restriction in the superior mesenteric artery, which supplies blood to the small bowel, (mesenteric ischemia), say researchers from the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Zerifin, Israel. According to the study, MDCT angiography can accurately demonstrate filling...Calorie restriction drastically reduces risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes
... "It's very clear from these findings that calorie restriction has a powerful, protective effect against diseases...ts has shown that stringent and consistent calorie restriction increases the animals' maximum lifespan by about 30 percent and protects them against cancer. This s...Exposure to famine associated with increased breast cancer risk
...cancer, but the implications of short-term caloric restriction are largely unknown. However, reproducing these types of studies in humans raises ethical and practical issues. During World War II, a famine in the western part of The Netherlands resulted from a food embargo imposed by German authorities. Between 1...UCSD study cites lack of vigorous exercise as primary factor in adolescent obesity
...noted that limitations of their study included its restriction to one geographic region, the use of self-report for dietary and sedentary behaviors, and a relatively narrow age range. "Nonetheless, the findings from the study contribute to the body of evidence suggesting that adolescents continue to require in...Sufficient evidence for reducing sugar intake to tackle obesity?
...her sufficient evidence indeed exists to recommend restriction of intake. Thus, although none of the individual studies might be definitive, when considered in aggregate they provide considerable evidence to suggest that sucrose and other free sugars contribute to the global epidemic of obesity. Reduction of the...Study suggests driving restrictions are not necessary for users of methadone, buprenorphine and LAAM
...ine and levo-alpha-acetyl-methodol (LAAM). Such a restriction may limit use of treatment modalities in clients who drive. Thirty-four patients stabilized on methadone, LAAM, or buprenorphine for at least 3 months and 21 non-drug using volunteers participated in the study. Practice sessions were permitted on ...Inflammation of placental membranes may be risk factor for cerebral palsy
...is (4.1 times increased risk); intrauterine growth restriction (four times increased risk); maternal black ethnicity (3.6 times increased risk); maternal age older than 25 years (2.6 times increased risk); and first birth by the mother (1.8 times increased risk). "We conclude that chorioamnionitis confers a 4-f...