Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout
... arthritis in adult males. To examine how coffee consumption might aggravate or protect against this common and excruciatingly painful condition, researchers at the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, University of British Columbia in Canada, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical Sc...Aggressive treatment for whiplash does not promote faster recovery
...erns of care and recovery because it may influence how patients perceive their medical needs, the pressure they put on clinicians to be referred, and how insurers require them to legitimize their injury. The authors conclude that further trials "are esse...Steps needed to reduce smoking in the US
...ate tobacco products, including powers to restrict how they can be marketed. Removing federal restricti...f outlets that can sell tobacco products and limit how the industry promotes its products. The committee acknowledged that its recommendations to impose...Choice is a key element in success for smokers who want to quit
Smokers who have a say in how they quit are more likely to try kicking the habit...ed quit plan by providing input and perspective on how smoking fit into their lives and which aspects of quitting were most daunting. The support and ...Why Good Things Happen to Good People
...e and giving with moving real-life stories to show how giving unlocks the doors to health, happiness, and...ing, and a chapter-by-chapter plan teaches readers how to change their own lives. According to Post, using the lessons and guidelines in each chapter, you ...Both alcohol and neighborhood characteristics can affect intimate partner violence
... the neighborhoods in terms of social disorder and how these characteristics might, indeed, influence how drinking affects partner violence was novel and, to the best of my knowledge, the issue has not been...What exactly is repetitive strain injury?
...orking populations. Several hypotheses exist for how RSI occurs, but none have been supported by strong scientific evidence. One theory is that continuous contraction of muscles from long term static load with insufficient breaks could result in reduced local blood circulation and muscle fatigue. Conse...Early education for the health care team -- Bringing nursing and medical students together
...dependently of each other. "We want to demonstrate how inter-professional learning can be incorporated into clinicalplacements. By learning together we can breakdown the perceptions and stereotypes aboutother health professions and enhance the health care teams of the future." While the pilot study invol...Psychological bullying hits just as hard
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...he study," he says. "But we were surprised to find how severe the damage was and how quickly it occurred. It took only four weeks for liver enzymes to increase and for glucose intoleran...Emory University researchers find persistent and severe asthma associated with obesity
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...edical Center (UHCMC) has laid out the roadmap for how medical science should employ aspirin and new aspirin-like drugs for use in preventing colon cancer in certain high-risk individuals. In today's New England Journal of Medicine, Sanford Markowitz, MD, PhD, writes an editorial accompanying researc...Follow-up care for breast cancer patients is 'devalued and deregulated'
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...e about the research behind this new discovery and how it may one day be used to development treatments for epilepsy, schizophrenia and mood disorders. There is also an opportunity to take a back-stage look into the CMRIs state-of-the-art research facilities and hear from a world-leading scientist. Ev...New technique effective in closing accidental colonoscopy wounds
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