By Bruce Sylvester – In a 3-decade study of adults recruited in the United States, researchers report positive correlations between durations of overall obesity and abdominal obesity and… read more.
Spinal injections of steroids, intended to relieve back pain, increased bone fragility in the vertebrae of older patients, a retrospective analysis found.
In recent years, there has been an adjustment in the scientific thinking about the utility of screening men for prostate cancer using prostate-specific antigen (PSA).
by Elizabeth C. Smyth, MB, BCh, MSc, and David Cunningham, MD, FRCP, FMedSci – In 2000, in order to optimise service provision for patients with cancer, 34 “Cancer… read more.
by Jamie Von Roenn, MD, and Charles von Gunten, MD, PhD – The call to integrate palliative care practices and principles into comprehensive cancer care, not as something… read more.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) kicked off its 49th Annual Meeting with leaders urging all stakeholders in cancer care to vigorously oppose cuts to vital US… read more.
by Peter Mas Mollinedo – Vegetarians have a 32% lower risk of hospitalization or death from heart disease than persons who eat meat and fish, researchers from the… read more.
Insulin resistance in diabetic men with decreased sex hormones was reversed after testosterone replacement, researchers reported.
Disordered sleep preceded development of urinary symptoms by as much as five years in men and women, according to researchers.
The risk of hospitalisation or death from heart disease is 32% lower in vegetarians than people who eat meat and fish, according to a new study from the… read more.
The pain-relieving efficacy of the buprenorphine transdermal medication system didn’t seem to be altered by a patient’s body mass, researchers said.
The LAP-BAND® weight loss procedure is safe and effective in an expanded group of patients, not just in people who are morbidly obese. This conclusion is reported in… read more.
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