Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950's pandemic
...roven track record for causing serious diseases in healthier and younger age groups than those currently regarded as at risk. The increased resistance to antibiotics of the community acquired MRSA clone over its 80/81 ancestor mean that there could also be other factors which complicate the treatment of the di...New research reveals working mothers do not adversely impact on children's diets
...ity of Glasgow, said: : "Most studies tend to find healthier diets among children who eat more meals with their families, so our finding of no relationship is surprising. Our study, which is one of very few to look at maternal employment and children's diets, turns on its head the stereotype of working mother...Who needs health care the well or the sick?
... a population which, by all objective measures, is healthier than ever before? asks Dr Iona Heath. In a study of people living in Bihar (the poorest state in India) and the United States, rates of self reported illness were disturbingly low in Bihar and enormously high in the United States. It seems that the m...K-State professor takes chemistry to another world
... conditions, thus allowing astronauts to work in a healthier environment. Culbertson, an assistant professor of chemistry, is an expert in microfluidics, a branch of analytical chemistry that is focused on miniaturizing chemical analysis instrumentation. To demonstrate the capability of microfluidics, Culbert...All low-fat diets are not equal, Stanford study shows
...f spinach salad, egg and oatmeal-carrot cookies is healthier for your heart than stir-fried lean beef and asparagus and low-fat chocolate chip cookies - even when both meals contain the same amount of saturated fat and cholesterol. The finding, published in the May 3 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, c...Studies on HRT for breast cancer patients can give false hopes
...ng statistical methods. For example, they selected healthier women to take HRT and followed them for only a very short time. The authors also speculated that 'publication bias' played a role this is where researchers and journals are more likely to publish positive results, which suggests that negative result...Mayo Clinic creates 'Office of the Future'
... will be paid many times over by the benefits of a healthier staff. VIDEO ALERT: Video, including b-roll and sound bites, available through Pathfire's Digital Media Gateway (DMG). See end of this release for details....Statins underprescribed to patients at higher risk of heart disease, Stanford study says
...ng that risk - mainly through smoking cessation, a healthier diet, more exercise and medications such as statins. "The problem is that we have not been effective at turning this evidence into practice," Stafford said. Although previous studies have tracked statin use on a smaller scale, Ma said this study is t...New NHLBI-sponsored study shows programs can teach children to eat healthier
...or finding effective ways to help children develop healthier eating habits a critical need in light of the ris...m which included a behavioral component to promote healthier eating. Parents of the children in the intervention group participated in a similar program. Resear...Fitter by degress? Higher education no panacea for adult health
...ence results in higher educational achievement and healthier adults."...$3 million NIH grant focuses on workplace obesity
... can take in the work environment such as offering healthier food selections. Although one goal is to discover ...y. It will identify ways the workplace can support healthier life styles. Both Kodak and its employees will benefit from this work."...Case finds oral health of residents in nursing homes needs more attention
...s that they have grown old with their teeth due to healthier lifestyles, greater health awareness and education and fluoridated water. "As this group begins to access senior living arrangements and eventually experience health decline, the impact of their frailty on oral health has the potential for an oral h...UK College of Public Health earns national accreditation
...rvice to make Kentucky, the nation and the world a healthier place to live. To have received full accreditation status on the initial attempt, by-passing pre-accreditation, is certainly a significant achievement and is indeed an honor." Jim Applegate, Vice President for Academic Affairs of the Kentucky Counc...'X-factor' causes Scots to have higher heart disease rates, say scientists
...though successful campaigns to get Scots to live a healthier lifestyle will reduce rates of heart disease in Scotland, they will not do much to narrow the gap in heart disease rates between Scotland and England. More research is called for into how and why Scots get heart disease at such high rates. Researche...Jefferson neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists wrap radiation around spine for cancer pain relief
...tic breast cancer, for example, are living longer, healthier lives than ever before. "As we move forward in using this technology for spinal cancer patients, we will continue to focus on treating the individual's pain," Dr. Andrews says. "One of the promises of this technology is more rapid relief of spinal co......n change a person's outlook and behavior regarding healthier eating and increased physical activity, says a new study from the University of Alberta. The 12 week study of 2,598 Canadian workers will be published in the July/August 2005 edition of the American Journal of Health Promotion. People receiving the ...Nutritional info helps teens make better choices
...ies seemed not to matter, but consumption of these healthier dishes also increased. The researchers noted that cafeterias only provided nutrition information for entrees, not side dishes or desserts. They also believe that more research is necessary to decide if similar results would occur with high school st...Adult lifestyle biggest risk factor for diabetes, study finds
... of the Thousand Families Study, said promotion of healthier lifestyles throughout life would be the public health interventions most likely to reduce insulin resistance in later life. He said: "Previous studies have suggested that risk of poor health in later life is programmed by impaired development in th...Child early intervention programs make for healthier adults
...rivate insurance (68% vs. 42%). They also reported healthier lifestyles, more competence in taking care of their health, and less depression. Urban BEEP participants who received the most services tended to have higher incomes and better health outcomes than those receiving the fewest services, but due to sma......lower blood pressure lived longer, they also lived healthier lives." "So, by preventing hypertension you would have a much higher life expectancy and a lower risk of cardiovascular disease," Dr Peeters said. The study was based at Erasmus University Rotterdam, in The Netherlands and involved members from Monas...