Among intensive care unit patients receiving acute ventilatory support for respiratory failure, use of patient-preferred music resulted in greater reduction in anxiety and sedation frequency and intensity compared with usual care, according to a study published online by JAMA. The study is being released early…
Using cholesterol-lowering statins may be associated with musculoskeletal conditions, arthropathies and injuries, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. While statins effectively lower cardiovascular illnesses and death, the full spectrum of statin musculoskeletal adverse events (AEs) is…
Findings from a study involving thousands of postmenopausal women suggest that women who develop invasive breast cancer may benefit from taking supplements containing both multivitamins and minerals. The new research, published today in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, found that the risk of dying from…
University of Utah Study Shows Higher-Intensity Activity Impacts Weight, Even in Short Bouts To win the war against weight gain, it turns out that every skirmish matters – as long as the physical activity puts your heart and lungs to work.
Children of women who did not finish high school were twice as likely to experience a major episode of depression in early adulthood as children whose mothers obtained a high school diploma, according to a new study by researchers at McGill University.
7/12/2013 – Blacks and those with a larger waist circumference, diabetes, and history of heart attacks or strokes at highest risk
ISSLS Award-Winning Paper Questions Assumptions about How Herniated Discs Happen
Nearly three quarters of deaths from breast cancer occur among women who’ve not undergone mammographic screening, according to a study in Cancer.
13 August 2013 – Younger People Should Avoid Heavy Coffee Consumption, Suggests New Study
How much a person eats may be only one of many factors that determines weight gain. A recent Cedars-Sinai study suggests that a breath test profile of microorganisms inhabiting the gut may be able to tell doctors how susceptible a person is to developing obesity.
The inflammation of fat tissue is part of a spiraling series of events that leads to the development of type 2 diabetes in some obese people. But researchers have not understood what triggers the inflammation, or why. In Cell Metabolism this month, scientists from The…
Millions of people who are obese and smoke tobacco may face additional health problems — including their responses to common prescription medicines — that extend beyond the well-known links with cancer, heart attacks and stroke, according to a report presented at the 246th National Meeting &…