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Neglected Gum Disease Could Increase Risk Of Heart Attack and Stroke

...e. Thus researchers say since gum infections are preventable and treatable, taking care of ones oral health could have a significant impact on ones cardiovascular health....

A Solution To Quit Smoking Without Gaining Weight

...very promising approach for managing two major and preventable risk factors for cardiovascular disease with one and the same drug....

Common Medication Errors in Children

...of medication errors. They defined an error as any preventable event that may cause or lead to patient harm. Researchers say 579 medical errors were reported during the course of the study. Nearly 70 percent of the medical errors occurred during the administration stage of a child’s hospital visit. About 10 perc...

Preventing Colorectal Cancer

...he United States but is considered one of the most preventable cancers. Doctors recommend that patients eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and fiber. They also say vitamin D, calcium, folic acid, vitamin E, and selenium appear to help prevent the disease. However, Dr. Lieberman warns vitamin D, when taken in ...

Preventing Childhood Deaths

...ear, most of them in poor nations and many of them preventable with existing medical treatments. While the childhood mortality rate in these nations has dropped over the past half century, the rate of decline peaked in 1980. About half of the deaths in children under 5 take place in six countries (India, Nigeria...

Hope for 11 million children facing death from illnesses

...e years old died, over half of them from just five preventable communicable diseases and malnutrition. 99% of these deaths are in developing countries. "This strong support and reinforced commitment by the Member States to strengthen child and adolescent health comes at a crucial time in our efforts to save the ...

Watching television linked to smoking

In the United States smoking is the leading preventable cause of death. Turning off the television could prevent young people from smoking. A new study finds the more an adolescent watches television, the more likely they are to start smoking. //The risk of disease increases the earlier in life one starts...

A new method to help smokers quit

...rsity of Pittsburgh, says, "Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death// and disease in the Western world." According to him, Nicotine replacement therapy is the most common method of therapy used for smoking cessation. It is said to be twice as effective in helping smokers quit as a placebo. In the stud...

Obesity increases health costs

...e tobacco is still the nation's principal cause of preventable deaths, the surgeon general warned// that obesity was running a close second. For a more precise look at the resulting costs, Rand Corp. economist Roland Sturm used data from two national health surveys to estimate inpatient and outpatient health s...

Passive smoking affects respiratory system

...xposure to environmental smoke is an important and preventable cause of illness among children....

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