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How much can exercise improve health?

... 5 days of the week. In his article, he explores the relationship between physical activity and all-cause mortality,the risk of death at any given age.The article also said that, following at least the minimal guidelines, which can help to burn 1,000 calories a week, reduces all-cause mortality by ...

Virtual Colonoscopy May Be Better Than Real-time Colonoscopy

... on a computer. Unlike standard colonoscopy--which explores only the interior of the colon, virtual colonoscopy depicts the surrounding areas as well. "Using the same amount of radiation as a non-contrast CT scan of the abdomen/pelvis, you can do a virtual colonoscopy and screen the surrounding abdominal and ...

Mummy Is Always Right: Nurses Research Prove It Over Again

... The results of the present first ever study, that explores the association between beverage consumption and the accuracy of temperature recording by oral electronic thermometers was presented at the annual Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses Convention in Las Vegas. “It’s great to say we can make a change ...

Difference of Opinion about HIV among Patients and Their Physicians

...ng Physicians in the United States.’ The article explores the research findings about the attitudes of more than 500 HIV-positive patients and HIV-treating physicians regarding satisfaction with current treatment options, treatment side effects, patient-physician relationships, the importance of looking hea...

Inculcating Positive Thoughts Could Eliminate Depressive Mood

...'s Guide to Happiness" (Synergy Books), Pasupuleti explores the basic tenets for happiness for just about anyone - from single mothers to business executives and high-stress college students. He supports a simple, natural alternative to antidepressants - the mind. Depression affects millions of people on ...

New guidelines for global heart patient management

...commending a patient for transplantation, but also explores how to avoid transplantation, including the possible role of investigational drug therapies in delaying or avoiding transplant. Finally, this task force's report emphasizes the need for end-of-life discussions with all patients facing advanced heart ...

Using Hormone Therapy to Shape Children’s Height to Social Norm

...tem Pediatric Endocrinologist Joyce Lee, M.D, MPH, explores the use of estrogen treatment during the past 50 years to illustrate how scientific knowledge continues to be created and applied to fit within prevailing societal and political beliefs. At its onset in the 1940s, estrogen therapy use to reduce hei...

Let Us All Join Government To Ban Child Labour

...ous other places for their livelihood. Kriti Attri explores the plight of Child labour, a reality that screams at the face of humanity every moment. Technical Advisory Committee elaborated the grey areas of this practice where children are subjected to physical violence, psychological traumas and sexual abu...

Is Evidence-based Medicine Enough to Support Additional Research in Alternative Medicine?

...ncer. The second half of this special issue then explores whether basic science adds value to a debate recently resurrected in "The Lancet" on the value of research on homeopathy. Integrative Cancer Therapies now reports a series of landmark studies on the effects of homeopathy on prostate cancer. These are...

Women's Sex Lives Mediocre

... University of Virginia Health System, exposes and explores this secret in her new book, Satisfaction: Women, Sex, and the Quest for Intimacy, which is scheduled for release by Ballentine/Random House in mid-January. Busy, overburdened lives often alter women’s and men’s libidos. Even when dissatisfied with ...

Industry-funded Breast Cancer Trials More Likely to Yield Positive Results

... journal of the American Cancer Society, the study explores the impact of pharmaceutical-company involvement on breast cancer clinical trial design and outcome. Drug-industry investment in research now exceeds the operating budget of the National Institutes of Health and previous studies have examined the imp...

Art of Establishing a Bond to Sell a Brand – Medical Reps Show the Wa

...rstwhile US medical representative and a physician explores the strong nexus between doctors and medical representatives that have a bearing on the contents of the prescription given to patients. Mr. Ahari, who worked as U.S. drug representative for international pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co, said,...

Omega-3 Fattyacids Keeps Retinopathy at Bay

...M.D., Ph.D., director of the NEI, said, This study explores the potential benefit of dietary omega-3 fatty acids in protecting against the development and progression of retinal disease. The study gives us a better understanding of the biological processes that lead to retinopathy and how to intervene to prev...

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