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New Surgical Device Revolutionizes Face Lifts, Abdominoplasty and Breast Reduction Surgery Promising Patients Quicker Recovery Time, Less Pain and Fewer Bruises

The all new PlasmaBlade, adopted by The Robert Zubowski MD Center For Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, promises plastic surgery patients quicker recovery time, less post-surgical pain, and less brusing than commonly used techniques in traditional plastic surgery practice in the New Jersey are...

Spencer's Benefits Reports COBRA Survey Finds Recession Takes Hold: More Were Eligible, Fewer Signed Up, Costs Stay High

RIVERWOODS, Ill., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- As more and more employees become eligible for COBRA continuing health coverage due to layoffs, a smaller and smaller percentage of them are actually signing up for it due to its high cost, according to the findings of the Spencer's Benefits Reports 2009...

More Assisted Reproduction, But Fewer Multiple Births

Technology use growing worldwide, but not as many embryos being transferred, research shows THURSDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) -- Each year, 219,000 to 246,000 babies conceived through assisted reproductive technology (ART) are born worldwide, says an international study that also found...

Parental guidelilnes, consequences may be why fewer black teens smoke than whites

It's a curious paradox. Black adults are more likely to smoke than white adults and most smokers start as teenagers. But statistics show that fewer black youths than whites begin smoking as adolescents. A new University of Washington study indicates that lower rates of smoking among black tee...

New Study Finds Fewer Families Can Afford Health Insurance

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The majority of uninsured American families who are not covered by group health insurance through an employer cannot afford to buy health insurance, according to a new study by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Some experts have ...

Patients Had Fewer Infection Rates, Fewer Complications at Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric Surgery(R), According to HealthCore Study

Surge in number of facilities offering weight loss surgery, more people choosing laparoscopic surgery WILMINGTON, Del., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical centers offering surgical weight loss programs have increased dramatically over the past few years, and it's more important than ever to kno...

Tough Laws, Higher Prices Mean Fewer Kids Smoke

Study finds that enforcing existing laws cuts rate by 21 percent THURSDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- American adolescents who live in states that comply with tobacco sales laws are less likely to pick up a smoking habit than are those who live where the laws are not vigorously enfo...

Job Loss Means Fewer Americans Have Health Care Coverage: How Will the Economic Downturn Affect the Small-Joint Implant Market?

Procedure growth and average selling prices to be affected into 2010, according to Millennium Research Group WALTHAM, Mass., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Millennium Research Group's (MRG's) US Markets for Small-Joint Implants 2009 report, which includes arthroplasty implants (shoulde...

'Good Feelings' From Alcohol Only Come With Fewer Drinks

Rat study suggests pleasurable endorphin release ends as drinking gets heavier THURSDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that when it comes to getting pleasure from alcohol, less may be more. Experiments in rats suggest that a low or moderate amount of drinking re...

Slight Cut in Salt Intake Would Mean Fewer Heart Attacks, Deaths

Just 1 less gram a day could produce dramatic results, study says,,,, WEDNESDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- If Americans cut just one gram of salt from their daily diet, there would be 250,000 fewer new cases of heart disease and more than 200,000 fewer deaths over a decade, a new st...

High-tech Texas hospitals see fewer complications, lower costs, UT Southwestern researcher finds

DALLAS Jan. 30, 2009 Texas hospitals using health information technologies had fewer complications, lower mortality rates and lower costs, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found. The study, available Jan. 26 in The Archives of Internal Medicine , measured automation in urban h...

Physician use of HIT in hospitals linked to fewer deaths and complications, lower costs

New York, NY, January 26, 2009A study published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine , finds that when physicians in hospitals use health information technology (health IT) to its full potential there are fewer deaths, fewer complications, and lower health care costs. The study, supported b...

Older Women Get Fewer Kidney Transplants Than Men

Gender disparity greatest in those 56 or older, but odds as good as males once on list MONDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Women appear to have less access than their male counterparts to kidney transplants as they age, a new study shows. The report, published in the March edition o...

Fast food meals are smaller, have fewer calories than food served at restaurants

West Lafayette, IN December 17, 2008 A new study in the Review of Agricultural Economics compares fast food and table service meals at restaurants. Results show that both are larger and have more calories than meals prepared at home, with the typical fast food meal being smaller and having few...

Going 'Green' May Mean Fewer Colds This Season

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- One errant cough or unexpected sneeze and the workplace becomes a veritable breeding ground of illness and resulting absenteeism. As the flu season approaches, HR managers prepare to deal with the headache of decreasing productivity. The World Health Organiza...

Breast-Fed Babies Have Fewer GI Infections

But they're more likely to be iron-deficient, study finds FRIDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Infants who are predominantly breast-fed for the first six months of life are less likely to have gastrointestinal problems. But, they're more likely to be deficient in iron, and therefore at ...

Aggressive preschoolers found to have fewer friends than others

Preschoolers who are aggressive, angry, and inattentive tend to have fewer playmates than their non-aggressive classmates, whether they are boys or girls. In comparison, non-aggressive children do better at interactions with many peers over time. Those are the findings of new research that use...

Good news about $4 gas? Fewer traffic deaths

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. As unwelcome as they are, higher gasoline prices do come with a plus side fewer deaths from car accidents, says a researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). An analysis of yearly vehicle deaths compared to gas prices found death rates drop significantly as p...

Pharmaceutical study: Less hemorrhaging after stroke, but not fewer deaths

An international study published in May 2008 in the New England Journal of Medicine has shown that the coagulation factor VIIa can limit the extent of a cerebral hemorrhage. However, in the long term it does not prevent death or severe impairment. Further studies must clarify whether the new...

Kids Living With Relatives Have Fewer Problems Than Those in Foster Homes

Study says kinship care deserves more funding for estimated 2.5 million displaced children MONDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Children removed from their homes due to mistreatment have fewer behavioral problems if they're placed with relatives -- called kinship care -- than if they're ...

Memory lane: Older persons with more schooling spend fewer years with cognitive loss

Those with at least a high school education spend more of their older years without cognitive loss including the effects of Alzheimers, Parkinsons and dementia -- but die sooner after the loss becomes apparent, reveals a new study appearing in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of Aging and Healt...

Minimally invasive pancreas surgery leads to fewer complications, study finds

When surgeons need to remove part of the pancreas, performing the operation with minimally invasive techniques offers patients a shorter hospital stay and fewer complications, researchers have concluded. A study of more than 660 operations to remove pancreatic tumors and cysts over five years f...

Laparoscopic Surgery on Pancreas Has Fewer Complications

Patients had less blood loss, shorter hospital stays, study finds FRIDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery to remove pancreatic tumors or cysts leads to fewer complications and shorter hospital stays, a U.S. study finds. In laparoscopic surgery, ...

Overweight kids have fewer cavities, new study shows

Contrary to conventional wisdom, overweight children have fewer cavities and healthier teeth compared to their normal weight peers, according to a study published in this months issue of Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology. Surprised researchers at the Eastman Dental Center, part of the Uni...

Single reader with CAD more efficient, yields fewer false positives, and possibly more sensitive

Single reading of screening mammograms with computer-aided detection (CAD) is more efficient than double reading and yields a higher sensitivity than the first reader in a double reading program, according to a study conducted by researchers at Charlotte Radiology in Charlotte, NC. In addition, th...

Children who have an active father figure have fewer psychological and behavioral problems

Active father figures have a key role to play in reducing behaviour problems in boys and psychological problems in young women, according to a review published in the February issue of Acta Paediatrica. Swedish researchers also found that regular positive contact reduces criminal behaviour amon...

Rural Residents Get Fewer Organ Transplants: Study

They're 10% to 20% less likely to undergo heart, liver and kidney transplantation TUESDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Americans living in small towns and rural areas are less likely to get organ transplants or be placed on waiting lists for transplants, a new study found. The study ...

Hispanics Receive Fewer Surgeries for Vascular Disease

Socioeconomic factors, insurance status likely players in disparity, study suggests FRIDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Compared to the general population, Hispanics in the United States have fewer vascular surgeries, less favorable outcomes for treatment of vascular disease, and often have adva...

Black gay men, lesbians, have fewer mental disorders than whites, says Mailman School of PH study

October 1, 2007 -- According to a study conducted at Columbia Universitys Mailman School of Public Health among lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations, blacks and Latinos do not have more mental disorders than whites. Based on the theory that stress related to prejudice would increase risk for me...

Angelina Jolie Wants No Fewer Than 14 Kids!

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have four kids already but they plan to add to their family in a big way . On the Daily Show on June 14, host Jon Stewart inquired as to just how many kids Angelina wanted in all, to which the 'Tomb Raider' star replied that she wanted to have as many as 14 little ...

Innovative Education Scheme Sees Fewer Rugby Players Suffering Spinal Injuries

A scheme educating coaches and referees in the dangers of the rugby scrum could be a key reason for a reduction in the number of spinal injuries suffered by rugby players, says a researcher writing in this weeks BMJ. Spinal cord injuries, although rare, are a major cause of permanently di...

Prostate Brachytherapy Causes Fewer Side Effects Than Surgery

Men with prostate cancer have a slightly better long-term side effects profile with radiation seed implants than they do with surgery, according to a study.// Doctors in France conducted the first-ever multi-institutional, comparative study of men with early stage prostate cancer to evaluate...

Singapore Reports Fewer Dengue Cases in 2006

About 3,100 dengue cases were reported in Singapore last year, dropping significantly from the previous year's number of 14,200//, according to a Channel NewsAsia report on Wednesday. The number of homes found to be breeding mosquitoes dropped to just 18 in every 10,000 homes last year, comp...

A New Arthritis Drug With Fewer Side Effects

A study published in the latest issue of the medical journal The Lancet claims that a newer class of drugs has lesser side effects on arthritics//. This research carried out by Merck employees was confirmed by the Frontier Science Foundation independently. Patients suffering from arthritis gene...

Lower Birth Rate and Fewer Girls under China’s one Child Polic

Since the start of the one child family policy in China, the total birth rate and preferred family size have decreased, and a gross imbalance in the sex ratio// has emerged, finds a study in this week’s BMJ. The one child family policy has been in force in China since 1979 and was intended as...

Researchers Find Fewer Neurons in the Amygdala of Males with Autism

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, M.I.N.D. Institute have discovered that the brains of males with autism have fewer neurons in the amygdala//, a part of the brain involved in emotion and memory. David Amaral, research director of the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, and former ...

World Cup: No Positive Doping Tests, Fewer Injuries

There have been no positive doping tests at this year's World Cup till now, football's ruling body FIFA announced Saturday//. FIFA's chief medical officer Jiri Dvorak confirmed that with 62 of 64 matches completed, all doping tests had returned negative while the number of injuries to players ...

Older Women Have Fewer Mammograms Than is Reported

A new study has revealed that, what older American women say, in getting a mammogram done ,and what they actually do, are two different things //. This study also reveals that older African-American, Asian-American and Hispanic women are screened less compared white women. And unlike prior ...

Stronger Doses Fewer Administration for Breast Cancer

According to a research it was found that radiotherapy given in large dosage but in small amounts is very effective against breast cancer//. The researchers from UK and US said that 13 larger doses were found to be effective in the recurrence of cancer when compared to the conventional regime of 25...

Forearm Support Promises Fewer on the Job Injury for Computer Professionals

According to the research conducted by Professor David Rempel from the University of California, San Francisco it is found that computer users //suffer from a variety of occupational injuries. Hence he developed the simple forearm support which avoids the pain that can come with long days at the co...