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Narcotic use and addiction have become one of the major health concerns of the 21st century in the United States.
<p>Not all childhood asthma phenotypes respond alike to inhaled anti-inflammatories, suggesting a need for individualized treatment.</p>
Researchers investigated the effect of shift work on headache, as well as whether the association between shift work and headache could be explained by potential mediators such as perceived stress and poor sleep.
As a result of healthcare reform, physicians who care for older adults are tasked with educating themselves and aiding their patients.
The American College of Physicians has released the 7th edition of its ethics manual, which is the first update to the guidance since 2012.
Research in both adults and children has linked eating more fast food to a greater risk of depression.
Roger is a 46-year-old man who is struggling to lose weight. Recently, he read several news articles online that discussed the use of genetics to determine what diets individuals are more likely to see results from and is curious if this is something that he could try.
It is well known that sugar intake is associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other cardiometabolic disorders. However, previous studies have indicated that de novo lipogenesis may be a modifiable pathogenetic pathway.
Researchers prospectively evaluated bone data of more than 200 breast cancer survivors and more than 500 cancer-free women to compare osteopenia and osteoporosis incidence.
By Rob GoodierNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals different activity in the brains of cocaine addicts who have a lack of self-awareness, a new study has found.Compared with healthy controls and addicts who demonstrate normal self-awareness, the addicts with impaired insight had less activity in the rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC) when they made errors on a test.
By Genevra PittmanNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whether children can and should participate in strength training has been a contentious issue. But new research suggests it is safe and may encourage young people to be more active in their everyday lives.Researchers randomly assigned one group of 10- to 14-year-olds to strength train twice a week and others to go to their typical gym classes.
The American College of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Foundation have released a guideline for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis manifesting as nonsystemic polyarthritis, sacroiliitis, or enthesitis.
A systematic review published online in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health documents several studies that found reductions in depressive symptoms after probiotic therapy, either alone or in conjunction with prebiotics.
By Megan BrooksNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One or two doses of the diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine provides good protection against pertussis in the first year of life, new research from Australia shows.However, researchers also found the effectiveness of three doses wanes quickly in preschoolers without a booster dose.
There are still many unanswered questions regarding the most impactful way to treat diabetes. One of the most exciting of which surrounds the influence of glucagon and the alpha cell.