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2/28/12 - How Added Sugar In Diet Leads To Obesity, Diabetes - New Clues ... ‎

2/28/12 How Added Sugar In Diet Leads To Obesity, Diabetes - New Clues ... ‎

Medical News Today

Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors that raises a person's risk for diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and other health problems.

2/28/12 - FDA adds diabetes, memory loss warnings to statins ‎

2/28/12 FDA adds diabetes, memory loss warnings to statins ‎

Reuters

... studies in which some patients taking statins may have a small increased risk of higher blood sugar levels and of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

2/28/12 - Pregnancy medical homes gain momentum in North Carolina

2/28/12 Pregnancy medical homes gain momentum in North Carolina

‎ The Seattle Times

And this month, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced a $43 ... occur for both mother and infant from any delivery earlier than 39 weeks.

2/28/12 - Asthma Patients Not Using Controller Medicines Properly ‎

2/28/12 Asthma Patients Not Using Controller Medicines Properly ‎

Medical News Today

A survey of 1000 asthma sufferers found that controller medications are not used by 49% of children and adults with persistent asthma.

2/28/12 CareFirst to give $8.5 million in grants to safety-net clinics

2/28/12 CareFirst to give $8.5 million in grants to safety-net clinics

Washington Post

The initiative expands on an approach known as the patient-centered medical home, which is being tested in dozens of public and private experiments across ...

2/28/12 Jefferson Co. Diversity Coalition Gets State Grant

2/28/12 Jefferson Co. Diversity Coalition Gets State Grant

KTVZ

The Let's Talk Diversity Coalition, based in Jefferson County and the ... conduct community assessment around cultural competency and health equity as well ...

2/24/12 - Dieting Can Prove Dangerous for Kidney Disease Patients ‎

2/24/12 Dieting Can Prove Dangerous for Kidney Disease Patients ‎

U.S. News & World Report

(HealthDay News) -- Overweight or obese people with chronic kidney disease may suffer further kidney damage if they use certain weight-loss methods, ...

2/24/12 - Study: SF Schools Shortchanging Kids On State-Mandated Gym Classes ‎

2/24/12 Study: SF Schools Shortchanging Kids On State-Mandated Gym Classes ‎

The San Francisco Appeal

To undertake the study, Shape Up San Francisco, which is staffed by the city's Department of Health, partnered with the San Francisco Unified School ...

2/24/12 - Per person cost of federal high-risk medical plan doubles ‎

2/24/12 Per person cost of federal high-risk medical plan doubles ‎

Washington Post

Medical costs for enrollees in the health-care law's high-risk insurance pools are expected to more than double initial predictions, ...

2/23/12 - Sleepless in the South: New Study Discovers State and Regional ...

2/23/12 Sleepless in the South: New Study Discovers State and Regional ...

Newswise (press release)

PHILADELPHIA – Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of ... “Sleep disturbance is a major public health concern.

2/23/12 - Brain Structure Differences May Predict Infants' Autism Risk ‎

2/23/12 Brain Structure Differences May Predict Infants' Autism Risk ‎

Medscape

Early brain development abnormalities in infants may predict ... in this analysis typically developing "healthy control" participants.

2/23/12 - Low-Income Kids Drink Too Much Juice ‎

2/23/12 Low-Income Kids Drink Too Much Juice ‎

Food Product Design

... making them more susceptible to obesity and early tooth decay, according to results of a University of Michigan CS Mott Children's Hospital National ...

2/22/12 - Mental-Health Cuts by US States Risk Boosting Health Costs

2/22/12 Mental-Health Cuts by US States Risk Boosting Health Costs

‎BusinessWeek

US states looking to balance budgets by cutting mental-health facilities and Medicaid payments risk increasing health-care costs by ...

2/22/12 - Obese Americans More Prone to Daily Pain

2/22/12 Obese Americans More Prone to Daily Pain

‎Gallup.com

by Arthur Stone, Ph.D. STONY BROOK, NY -- US adults who are obese report higher rates of daily pain than those who are not, according to Gallup-Healthways ...

2/22/12 - State: California health plans improve diabetes care, exceed ...

2/22/12 State: California health plans improve diabetes care, exceed ...

‎Central Valley Business Times

California health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and preferred provider organizations (PPOs) have improved on several quality measures including diabetes ...

2/22/12 - Mortality Risk Quantified for Diabetes Plus Kidney Disease

2/22/12 Mortality Risk Quantified for Diabetes Plus Kidney Disease

‎MedPage Today

This meta-analysis found that the presence of chronic kidney disease strongly predicted mortality risk in patients with type 2 diabetes.

2/21/12 - Mother's Migraine May Increase Baby's Risk of Colic

2/21/12 Mother's Migraine May Increase Baby's Risk of Colic ‎Sacramento Bee  New research suggests that mothers who experiencemigraine may be more likely to have a baby with colic than mothers ...

 

2/21/12 - Mexican-Americans' diets suffer as they abandon traditional foods

2/21/12 Mexican-Americans' diets suffer as they abandon traditional foods

‎KTVN - 6 hours ago

20 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity becomes more common as successive generations of Mexican-American teens turn their backs on the eating habits of their native ...

 

2/21/12 - New Rules Planned for School Vending Machines Nationwide

2/21/12 New Rules Planned for School Vending Machines Nationwide

‎New York Times 

But now the Obama administration seems to be following in New York's footsteps and is considering imposing similar vending machine rules on all the nation's ...

2/21/12 - Early Strides Made in Personalized Refractory Asthma Care

2/21/12 Early Strides Made in Personalized Refractory Asthma Care

‎Family Practice News Digital Network

Six novel phenotypes have been defined that can be used to personalize therapy for difficult-to-treat, refractory asthma. "There's no doubt in my mind now, ...