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Researchers investigated the effects of diet quality and a healthy lifestyle on disability and symptom burden among patients with multiple sclerosis in a recent study.
A new study examined whether lung function decline, assessed by forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in one second, is accelerated in women undergoing menopause.
<p>People with diabetes who live in the poorest areas are twice as likely to end up with their legs or feet amputated than those living in the wealthiest areas.</p>
Joey is a 30-year-old man with mild asthma who was recently required intubation during what he described as a “serious asthma attack.” At his most recent follow-up appointment, he asks how he could have experienced such an attack, given his mild asthma.
This Diabetes Q&A discusses basic history elements of an office visit for patients with diabetes.
There’s no doubt that the new reform law has much to offer seniors and geriatrics healthcare professionals.
By Shereen JegtvigNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating fiber-rich flaxseed each day might help lower high blood pressure, a new study suggests."This is the first demonstration of the cardiovascular effects of dietary flaxseed in a hypertensive population," Grant Pierce told Reuters Health in an email. Pierce is the senior author on the study and executive director of research at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
The effects of high-protein and low-protein diets on stroke risk were evaluated in a new study.
By David DouglasNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with early-stage gastric cancer, laparoscopic pylorus-preserving gastrectomy offers "excellent" long-term prognosis and favorable nutritional status, according to Japanese researchers.
A new study out of the Mayo Clinic assesses the risk of death in patients with mild cognitive decline as compared to individuals with no thinking problems.
New research evaluated the mortality rates from cardiovascular disease on global populations.
A team led by UCLA researchers have validated a technique they say is the first “gold standard” for measuring atrophy in the brain’s hippocampus, an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease.
By Reuters Staff(Reuters) - The number of new drugs approved in the United States fell in 2013 compared with the previous year as fewer applications were filed, though several products for hard-to-treat diseases were approved in record time.
By Frederik Joelving
Oxycodone overdose rates fell significantly when the high-dose opioid painkiller’s manufacturer switched to an abuse-deterrent formulation in 2010, according to a new study.
In this podcast, Alan S. Go, MD, discusses the results of his recent study, which examined the relationship between HIV, heart failure, and patient demographics.