• Rising Infertility And Cancer Rates Possibly Linked To Pharmaceuticals And Household Chemicals Rising Infertility And Cancer Rates Possibly Linked To Pharmaceuticals And Household Chemicals According to the European Environment Agency (EEA), household products, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food all contain endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) which may be causing significant increases in diabetes, obesity, cancers and increasing infertility...
  
  Created on: 16 May 2012 | 10:00 am
  
  16 May 2012 | 10:00 am
• In Outcome Of Prostate Cancer Surgery, Higher Hospital Volume More Important Than Surgeon Experience In Outcome Of Prostate Cancer Surgery, Higher Hospital Volume More Important Than Surgeon Experience Older, sicker, high-risk patients who undergo one of the most common treatments for prostate cancer get better results in larger, busier hospitals, according to new research by Henry Ford Hospital. In such cases, the same research showed the experience level[…]
  
  Created on: 16 May 2012 | 6:00 am
  
  16 May 2012 | 6:00 am
• Expert Group Recommend That World Health Assembly Should Adopt An International Convention On Global Health R&D Expert Group Recommend That World Health Assembly Should Adopt An International Convention On Global Health R&D The expert working group advising WHO on research and development has recommended the May 2012 World Health Assembly adopt an international convention on research and development (R&D) that will bind member states to action and catalyze new knowledge for diseases[…]
  
  Created on: 16 May 2012 | 1:00 am
  
  16 May 2012 | 1:00 am
• Protecting Autoworkers From Back And Shoulder Injury By Tilting Cars On The Assembly Line Protecting Autoworkers From Back And Shoulder Injury By Tilting Cars On The Assembly Line Letting autoworkers sit while they reach into a car's interior could help prevent shoulder and back strain - but another solution might be to tilt the entire car so that workers can stand up. That's the finding of two recent[…]
  
  Created on: 16 May 2012 | 12:00 am
  
  16 May 2012 | 12:00 am
• Finding Willing Doctors To Perform Vaginal Delivery After Caesarean Sometimes A Challenge Finding Willing Doctors To Perform Vaginal Delivery After Caesarean Sometimes A Challenge After a series of Caesarean sections and vaginal deliveries, Melissa Lunsford wants a vaginal delivery for her fourth child. To find a willing doctor or hospital that would enable a vaginal delivery for her fourth pregnancy proved to be a[…]
  
  Created on: 15 May 2012 | 4:00 pm
  
  15 May 2012 | 4:00 pm
• Non-oral Contraceptives Have Higher Venous Thromboembolism Risk Than Oral Ones Non-oral Contraceptives Have Higher Venous Thromboembolism Risk Than Oral Ones Some non-oral hormonal contraceptives, such as vaginal rings, implants and skin patches carry a higher risk of venous thromboembolism - blood clots - when compared to oral contraceptive pills, researchers from the University of Copenhagen revealed in the BMJ (British[…]
  
  Created on: 15 May 2012 | 6:00 am
  
  15 May 2012 | 6:00 am
• 10-Year Roadmap To Prevent, Fight Depression 10-Year Roadmap To Prevent, Fight Depression Major depressive episodes can be prevented, and to help ensure that they are, the health care system should provide routine access to depression-prevention interventions, just as patients receive standard vaccines, according to a new article co-authored by UCSF researcher Ricardo[…]
  
  Created on: 15 May 2012 | 3:00 am
  
  15 May 2012 | 3:00 am
• Offspring Likely Suffer When Mother Is Overweight During Pregnancy Offspring Likely Suffer When Mother Is Overweight During Pregnancy That excess weight during pregnancy can lead to overweight children and adolescents has been known for some time, but new research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and in the US indicates that excess weight before and during pregnancy can[…]
  
  Created on: 15 May 2012 | 2:00 am
  
  15 May 2012 | 2:00 am
• Helping Primary Care Physicians To Counsel Obese Patients With Obesity Helping Primary Care Physicians To Counsel Obese Patients With Obesity Managing adult obesity is challenging for primary care physicians, but a new review published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) aims to provide an evidence-based approach to counselling patients to help them lose weight and maintain weight loss...
  
  Created on: 15 May 2012 | 1:00 am
  
  15 May 2012 | 1:00 am
• Egg Proteins For Breakfast Keeps You Feeling Full For Longer Egg Proteins For Breakfast Keeps You Feeling Full For Longer Individuals who consume egg proteins for breakfast are more likely to feel full during the day than those whose breakfasts contain wheat protein. Results from the study, conducted by Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana, USA, and colleagues[…]
  
  Created on: 14 May 2012 | 10:00 am
  
  14 May 2012 | 10:00 am
• Survey Results Suggest The Need For Better Preventive Care For The Diseased Heart Survey Results Suggest The Need For Better Preventive Care For The Diseased Heart There are discrepancies between the recommendations for the management of cardiovascular risk factors and their implementation in clinical practice. In the latest issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International, Christof Prugger and his fellow authors present the results of the EUROASPIRE I,[…]
  
  Created on: 14 May 2012 | 1:00 am
  
  14 May 2012 | 1:00 am
• A System Needed To Improve Cancer Screening A System Needed To Improve Cancer Screening An editorial by Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH, director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), calls for a more organized and comprehensive approach to increase cancer screening participation among those[…]
  
  Created on: 10 May 2012 | 1:00 am
  
  10 May 2012 | 1:00 am
• Stroke Prevention Procedure For Patients With A-Fib Who Can't Take Blood Thinners Stroke Prevention Procedure For Patients With A-Fib Who Can't Take Blood Thinners Patients with atrial fibrillation (A-fib) who cannot take blood thinners now have an alternative to reduce their risk of stroke, which is five times more common in people with the rhythm disorder. The non-surgical procedure works by tying off the[…]
  
  Created on: 9 May 2012 | 1:00 am
  
  9 May 2012 | 1:00 am

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