The study builds upon prior research in which scientists successfully reduced unnecessary prescriptions by posting letters around clinics that discouraged such prescriptions Behavioral interventions that appealed to doctors’ competitive spirits and desire to strengthen their reputations motivated them to significantly reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, a…

Compared to normal weight adolescents, severely obese teens had at least a 2-fold greater risk of having high total cholesterol, triglycerides, and fasting glucose levels, and a greater than 5-times increased risk of elevated blood pressure. These cardio-metabolic risk factors varied with weight, with risk…

Leaders of several cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute have united to support human papillomavirus vaccination. A team of human papillomavirus experts drafted a consensus statement that advises widespread use of HPV vaccines to prevent cancer. Human papillomavirus, or HPV, causes cancer of…

New Study Clarifies Long-Term Health Consequences of Smoking in Breast Cancer Survivors Documenting that it’s never too late to quit smoking, a large study of breast cancer survivors has found that those who quit smoking after their diagnosis had a 33 percent lower risk of…

Swimmers and divers who are prone to a sudden and potentially life-threatening form of pulmonary edema in cold water could benefit from a simple and readily available dose of sildenafil, according to findings from a small study by Duke Health researchers.The drug — best known…

Stenting and surgery are equally effective at lowering the long-term risk of stroke from a narrowed carotid artery, according to results of CREST – a 10-year, federally funded clinical trial led by researchers at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Florida. The results are being published today…

Each extra hour of daily sedentary time (for example spent sitting at a computer) is associated with a 22% increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, concludes new research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes). The study…

Scientists from the University of Granada (UGR) belonging to the department of Analytical Chemistry have developed a new bioanalytic method that, through a simple test, allows to assess without a doubt if a mother’s breast milk contains parabens and bisphenol A.The research, published in Journal…

Proton beam therapy—a more precise form of radiotherapy—to treat the childhood brain cancer medulloblastoma appears to be as safe as conventional radiotherapy with similar survival rates, according to new research published in The Lancet Oncology journal. Importantly, the findings suggest that proton radiotherapy may not…

Fresh, unprocessed cow’s milk has a higher content of omega-3 fatty acids than does pasteurized, homogenized or low-fat milk. This factor partly explains why children who consume the unprocessed product are less likely to develop asthma. Children who regularly drink fresh farm milk are less…

New research published in Diabetologia shows that in women, sleeping problems are associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with the increased risk ranging from 47% for one sleep disorder to more than 4 times the risk for four different sleeping problems…

Women who began having menstrual cycles at a younger age are at greater risk of developing gestational diabetes, a disease affecting up to 7 percent of pregnant women that can cause babies to develop type 2 diabetes and other complications, new research shows.Previous research has…