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4/30/15 - Breast cancer less likely to recur in women with history of ...

4/30/15 Breast cancer less likely to recur in women with history of ...

Medical News Today

Breastfeeding is associated with a 30% overall decreased risk of breast cancer recurrence among women who have previously had one subtype of the disease, ...

4/30/15 - Intensive T1DM Control Greatly Lowers Odds of Ocular Surgery

4/30/15 Intensive T1DM Control Greatly Lowers Odds of Ocular Surgery

Doctors Lounge 

Intensive management of type 1 diabetes can reduce the risk of having a diabetes-related ocular surgery by nearly 50 percent, according to a new report. Results of the study were published in the April 30 ...

4/30/15 - Obesity linked to increased health care costs after plastic surgery

4/30/15 Obesity linked to increased health care costs after plastic surgery

Medical Xpress

After common plastic surgery procedures, obese patients have more complications and make more hospital visits—leading to higher ...

4/29/15 - Study of 1200 students finds obesity link with bullying

4/29/15 Study of 1200 students finds obesity link with bullying

Medical News Today

Feeling less safe in the neighborhood has been linked to youths' lower physical activity and greater obesity, say study authors reviewing previous findings - but ...

4/29/15 - Prevent type 2 diabetes blood-sugar spikes by eating more protein ...

4/29/15 Prevent type 2 diabetes blood-sugar spikes by eating more protein ...

Medical Xpress

Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes have difficulty regulating their glucose—or blood sugar—levels, particularly after meals. Now, University of Missouri ...

4/29/15 - N.C. lawmakers move to inject transparency into drug pricing

4/29/15 N.C. lawmakers move to inject transparency into drug pricing

Triangle Business Journal

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, the state's largest health insurer by far, supports the bill and has long argued that drug prices play a major factor in ...

4/28/15 - Hawaii set to become first state to raise smoking age to 21

4/28/15 Hawaii set to become first state to raise smoking age to 21

CNN

"Increasing the sale age to 21 will reduce tobacco use among youth and young adults, age groups when nearly all smoking begins and that are heavily targeted ...

4/28/15 - Pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis incidence may be on the rise

4/28/15 Pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis incidence may be on the rise

Clinical Advisor

From 1998 to 2012, the incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis in children in Colorado at the time type 1 diabetes was diagnosed increased by 55%, researchers ...

4/28/15 - Standing Desks May Fight Childhood Obesity And Improve Attention ...

4/28/15 Standing Desks May Fight Childhood Obesity And Improve Attention ...

Medical Daily

“We know we're at historical highs as far as the epidemic of childhood obesity,” Benden told Medical Daily. Standing desks could get kids out of their seats and ...

4/27/15 - Detection of critical heart disease before birth lags among poor

4/27/15 Detection of critical heart disease before birth lags among poor

Science Daily

While prenatal ultrasounds are doing a good job of identifying critical congenital heart disease, those living in poor or rural communities are less likely to find out ...

4/27/15 - Secondhand Smoke Exposure Highest Among Kids, Adults Living in Poverty

4/27/15 Secondhand Smoke Exposure Highest Among Kids, Adults Living in Poverty

WNPR News 

Electronic cigarettes also need to be treated as a tobacco product, Checko said. The CDC reported this month that e-cigarette use among high and middle school students tripled from 2013 to 2014. Allowing smoking in private clubs and electronic cigarettes ...

4/27/15 - Diabetes Risk May Be Influenced By City Neighborhoods

4/27/15 Diabetes Risk May Be Influenced By City Neighborhoods

University Herald

 

Neighborhood and community-level factors -- not just individual factors like diet, exercise and education -- may influence people'sdiabetes risk, accoridng to a ...

4/24/15 - Discount food and restaurants stand out as major factors in the ...

4/24/15 Discount food and restaurants stand out as major factors in the ...

Medical Xpress

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. The proportion of US adults who are obese – defined as a body mass index (BMI), a measure of ...

4/24/15 - Blue Cross Plans To Launch Private Exchange For Retirees

4/24/15 Blue Cross Plans To Launch Private Exchange For Retirees

Forbes

The private exchange approach is catching fire in the world of healthbenefits administration as employers look for ways to control healthcare costs. Under the ...

4/23/15 - New Insights Into Obesity and Smoking Stroke Paradoxes

4/23/15 New Insights Into Obesity and Smoking Stroke Paradoxes

Medscape

Research exploring the obesity paradox and the smoking paradox was presented in separate reports here at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 67th ...

4/23/15 - High fructose corn syrup raises heart disease risk, study finds

4/23/15 High fructose corn syrup raises heart disease risk, study finds

CBS News

To combat the obesity and diabetes epidemic in the U.S. many experts have suggested that Americans reduce the amount of added sugar in their diets. Now a ...

4/23/15 Eating Disorders Prevalent in Girls, Young Women With Type 1 ...

4/23/15 Eating Disorders Prevalent in Girls, Young Women With Type 1 ...

Endocrinology Advisor

For girls and young women with type 1 diabetes, eating disorders are common and persistent, according to a study published in Diabetes ...

4/22/15 - Serious Diabetes Complications Among Young People Becoming ...

4/22/15 Serious Diabetes Complications Among Young People Becoming ...

Medical Daily

One common misconception surrounding diabetes is that you don't have to worry about complications until you get older. A recent study conducted at the ...

4/22/15 - Delaying pregnancy may reduce ovarian cancer risk, study says

4/22/15 Delaying pregnancy may reduce ovarian cancer risk, study says

Fox News

Women who give birth to their first child in their mid-30s or later may have a lower risk of ovarian cancer compared with those who give birth to their first child ...

4/22/15 - Crunched: Patient costs rise, ability to pay falls

4/22/15 Crunched: Patient costs rise, ability to pay falls

CNBC 

At the same time, the amount of revolving credit that people can tap to help pay some leading health-care costs decreased, according to a study ...