Obesity increases risk of injury on the job
...l, overweight, obesity levels I and II and obesity level III. Of the 7,690 workers included in the study, 29 percent were injured at least once between January 2, 2002, and December 31, 2004. Approximately 85 percent of the injured workers were classified as overweight or obese. More than 28 percent of i...Smokeless cannabis delivery device efficient and less toxic
...eless cannabis-vaporizing device delivers the same level of active therapeutic chemical and produces the same biological effect as smoking cannabis, but without the harmful toxins, according to UCSF researchers. Results of a UCSF study, which focuses on delivery of the active ingredient delta-9-tertrahyd...Low physical activity can improve fitness levels for sedentary, overweight postmenopausal women
...dy is that even activity at the 4-kcal/kg per week level [approximately 72 min/wk over about three days] was associated with a significant improvement in fitness compared with women in the nonexercise control group," the authors write. "This information can be used to support future recommendations and sho...Low-glycemic load diet may be more effective for dieters with certain insulin response patterns
...weight individuals who secrete insulin at a higher level may experience greater weight loss by selecting a low-glycemic load diet, compared to a low-fat diet, according to a study in the May 16 issue of JAMA. The researchers also found a low-glycemic load diet to have beneficial effects on HDL cholesterol ...ACP enthusiastically supports introduction of Bipartisan Health CARE Act
... all individuals up to 100% of the federal poverty level would have their increased costs fully subsidized through an increase in the federal matching rate (Federal Medical Assistance Percentages or FMAP). States that guarantee S-CHIP coverage to all eligible children would be exempted from federal fundin...Students devise oral quick-dissolve strips for rotavirus vaccine
...rs its medical payload only when the acid-alkaline level in its environment is appropriate. "What the students have accomplished is a way to incorporate a pH-responsive polymer system that works with an oral quick-dissolving thin film," Truong said. "Its still very early in the process, but the pieces th...Higher intake of fish and vitamin D levels linked to lower risk of age-related macular disease
... participants were split into five groups based on level of vitamin D in the blood, those in the highest gr...gic evidence of the relationship between vitamin D level and AMD to make recommendations regarding optimum serum vitamin D levels or milk and fish intake to ...A self-fulfilling prophecy in bleeding stroke?
...ut none of the current tools take into account the level of care the patients received. If nothing else, the study bolsters recent American Stroke Association guidelines published earlier this month, which recommend that new do-not-resuscitate orders not be issued in the first 24 hours after an ICH, and ...One pill may be better than two for treating patients with high blood pressure
...ns or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. It lowers the level of cholesterol in the blood. A single tablet combination of amlodipine/atorvastatin is available as Caduet....Percutaneous aortic valve replacement safe, successful in high-risk patients
... suggesting most were able to engage in a moderate level of activity before becoming short of breath....Patients with 'bleeding' strokes less likely to get prevention treatment
... Smith said. By contrast, having a low cholesterol level is protective against heart attacks and ischemic strokes. "For people with high cholesterol who are at risk for heart attacks and ischemic stroke, physicians have to weigh whether the benefit of cholesterol-lowering outweighs the potential increased...Is the UK prepared for pandemic flu?
...beforehand, as to what decisions are taken at what level and by whom during an epidemic, he writes. Governm... responsibilities. Yet concern persists at local level that current plans for pandemic flu in the UK do not take account of what we have learnt from the ex...New therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative diseases
... plasma that may indicate alterations at the brain level can be identified. In search of biological samples All this is a dynamic process that enables clues to be found and which are, in some cases, relevant for developing pharmaceutical drugs that can halt, or at least slow down, the course of a n...Drinking farm milk reduces childhood asthma and allergies but raw consumption remains unsafe
... other farm-related dairy products showed the same level of protection against asthma and allergies, regard...y boiled milk when they didnt, indicating a higher level of raw milk consumption. "The results of this study indicate that all children drinking farm milk ...Childhood obesity intervention shows promising results
... seem small for an individual, but on a population level this reduction in weight gain, observed through a decrease in BMI z-score, would translate into large numbers of children moving out of the overweight category. Such a reduction is important given todays obesigenic environment where the shifts contin...ACP challenges Congress to make 'fundamental changes' in Medicare payment policies
...reate the systems needed at the physician practice level to deliver the best possible care to patients." ACP, which represents 120,000 physicians and medical students, is the largest medical specialty society and the second largest medical organization in the United States. Internists provide care for ...Procedural changes may reduce cardiac arrests outside pediatric ICUs
...was to get patients moved to the PICU and a higher level of care sooner, hoping to prevent an arrest," said Tia A. Tortoriello, M.D., senior author of the study, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Cardiology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and medical staff me...Swedish snus much safer than smoking but linked to pancreatic cancer
... produce a net benefit to health at the population level if it is adopted in sufficient numbers by inveterate smokers. "Relaxing current restrictions on the sale of snus is more likely to produce a net benefit than harm, with the size of the benefit dependent on how many inveterate smokers switch to snu...Fine motor skills, social acceptance lower in children with 'lazy eye'
... the fine motor skill tasks could not predicted by level of stereoposis or inter-ocular visual acuity difference in the amblyopic group. "Many children with amblyopia have poor depth perception in addition to poor vision in one eye. We were interested in how these may impact on skills important to child...Comparison of patients' access to new and better cancer drugs reveals inequalities between countries
...is the magnitude of public research at a different level in the United States, it is also directed to clini...ion is obtained, the drug is available at national level without further delays due to price and reimbursement negotiations; Ensuring that any economic e...