A study in the March Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, says obesity adds more to health care costs than smoking. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic analyzed the additional costs of smoking and obesity among more than 30,000 Mayo Clinic employees and retirees. All had continuous health insurance coverage between 2001 and 2007. The study, [...]
A nationwide, federally funded study has found that testing a developing fetus’ DNA through chromosomal micro array provides more information about potential disorders than does the standard method of prenatal testing which is to visually examine the chromosomes. The results of the 4,000-plus-participant clinical study are being presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the Society [...]
On the surface, it would seem as though the skin condition melasma (commonly referred to as the “mask of pregnancy”) and tattoos would have little in common. However, they both affect a person’s skin, can be quite difficult to treat or remove and, now, dermatologists are discovering new laser therapies which enhance treatment for both [...]
The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center has offered offer breast cancer survivors an at-home method for tissue expansion in preparation for breast reconstruction surgery. Patients use a remote control to gradually create a space within their chest wall for a breast implant. Breast cancer patients, who wish to have reconstructive surgery after mastectomy, used to [...]
Study Shows How HIV Ramps Up This Cancer-Causing Pathway Research conducted by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center global health investigators and cancer specialists in New York, Qatar and Haiti suggests that aspirin should be evaluated for its ability to prevent development of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women. The report, published in the current issue of [...]
Researchers from the University of Utah have identified a process by which the most common types of urinary tract infection-causing bacteria are able to trigger bladder cell shedding and disable immune responses. According to this new study, published in the Jan. 19, 2012, issue of Cell Host & Microbe, α-hemolysin, a toxin secreted by many [...]
Serious injuries to pedestrians listening to headphones have more than tripled in six years, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. In many cases, the cars or trains are sounding horns that the pedestrians cannot hear, leading to fatalities in nearly [...]
Steady Increase in Cardiovascular Deaths Affects Younger Women Dr. Holly Andersen of the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute Offers Women Tips on Recognizing a Heart Attack and Reducing Their Risk of Heart Disease The risk for heart-related death is increasing in young adults ages 35 to 54, and the numbers are even more alarming for [...]
An irregular heartbeat that you don’t even feel but can be picked up by a pacemaker is associated with a significantly increased risk of stroke, says a new McMaster University study. The report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine today, says that of nearly 2,600 patients without a history of atrial fibrillation but [...]
There’s new evidence that annual prostate cancer screening does not reduce deaths from the disease, even among men in their 50s and 60s and those with underlying health conditions, according to new research led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. A longer follow-up of more than 76,000 men in a major U.S. [...]
