There may be yet another reason for individuals with elevated levels of blood cholesterol (especially LDL, the bad cholesterol) to jump on the exercise bandwagon, according to new research. A study which included over 10,000 veterans with such lipid abnormalities, classified individuals into four fitness levels ranging from least fit to highly fit.
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Does anyone remember when CBS used to be a respected news organization that did its own research or at least quoted independent experts? Or even conducted interviews? When it comes to health and science news, alas, it seems like they ve been reduced to rewriting alarmist or sensationalist press releases.
A new method of prostate cancer testing could potentially put an end to painful prostate biopsies that often miss the actual tumor.
The small size of the prostate gland makes it very difficult to reach, forcing doctors to do a so-called blind biopsy, in which multiple chunks of tissue are removed. A doctor can only hope that one of those chunks is a piece of the tumor that will allow them to determine the state of the cancer. But often, this is not the case.
A new analysis of the Nurse s Health Study has quantified just how much smoking contributes to sudden cardiac death and how quitting can potentially reduce or eliminate that risk.
We have yet another candidate for the silliest scientific study of the year, although it will probably just win for this week. A new study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, claims that heavy coffee drinkers those who drink more than four cups of regular (caffeinated) coffee a day may cut their risk of dying from cancers of the mouth and throat by nearly half.
As recently as the 2009 swine-flu outbreak, authorities had to warn people against panic-buying Tamiflu over the Internet. My how the tide has turned these days Roche is under fire for not providing certain clinical data on the drug after researchers say there s little evidence it works.
Childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States, affecting almost 18 percent of boys and 16 percent of girls aged between 2 and 19.
Weight loss surgery may not be a long-term solution for many patients with type II diabetes, as was once thought. A study published in the journal Obesity Surgery found that many of the obese type II diabetics who had gastric bypass surgery did not go into remission and of those who did, a third redeveloped diabetes within five years. This is a stark contrast from what has been publicized in the past.
As America s health care spending continues to grow, does it become the government s responsibility to use public health policy to campaign for and encourage practical actions officials believe we Americans should be taking to rein in healthcare costs? David B.
A lower dose and shorter course of adjuvant radiation for localized breast cancer cuts down on toxicity without raising recurrence risk, researchers reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Last year, chlorinated Tris a fire retardant chemical was added to California s ever-expanding list of carcinogens and reproductive toxins According to the state s Proposition 65, products containing a certain level of chemicals on this lengthy list must carry a warning label.
As we look back on 2012, we are reminded once again of the importance of getting vaccinated, be it against the flu, whooping cough or a multitude of other illnesses which can be prevented. According to preliminary government figures, 2012 was the worst year for pertussis (whooping cough) in six decades, with over 40,000 cases reported. According to Dr. Tom Clark of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is the possibility of reaching even higher numbers in the coming years.
You may not be able to trust the labels found on certain foods, according to a new scientific examination conducted by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention.
The two dozen vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for kids before age 2 do not cause any significant increase in the risk of health problems, a government-advisory body stated yesterday.
Both New York City and Los Angeles have seen declines in childhood obesity rates, with New York leading the way, according to a new study. The prevalence of obesity peaked in New York around 2003-2004, while in Los Angeles this leveling off did not occur until 2008-2009, with rates beginning to decline in 2010-2011. This may be the result of New York government programs promoting healthy behaviors in low-income kids earlier than in LA.
Americans live shorter lives and are in generally worse health than citizens of other wealthy nations, according to an extensive report released Wednesday by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine.
The European Union Health Commission is out with a new set of rules proposing more regulations on e-cigarettes and tightening the absurd ban on snus which ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross is doing his best to counter in the popular press.
Breast-feeding is on the rise across America according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The proportion of mothers breast-feeding their infants jumped from 70.3 percent to 74.6 percent from 2000 to 2008 and the proportion of mothers who continued to breast-feed after 6 months jumped from 34.5 percent to 44.4 percent.
There has not been a day that has passed in the last few weeks where we have not been bombarded with news stories pertaining to the current flu season and the apparent epidemic. And most of these stories urge individuals to go out and get the flu vaccine if one has not yet done so. However, pertussis (whooping cough) has taken a backseat amidst all this hype, even though in 2012, it struck the highest number of Americans since the days of President Eisenhower, writes ACSH s Dr.
The U.S. birth rate has hit a historic low, the Centers for Disease Control says. There were 12.7 babies born per 1,000 people in 2011, down from 13.0 live births in 2011. Back in 1950, the rate was 24.1.
Overall there were 1 percent fewer children born in the U.S. in 2011 than in 2010.
Before you pop that multivitamin, take a minute to read this new study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Being that multivitamins are the most commonly used supplements in the developed world, the goal of the study was to determine whether multivitamin-multimineral treatment was associated with increased risk of mortality in adults.
This year s flu vaccine appears to be doing a poor job of protecting the elderly, federal health officials reported yesterday.
A Mediterranean diet, rich in olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits and vegetables, was found to prevent about 30 percent of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease in people at high risk, according to a new study. These results were so pronounced that the study ended early, after five years, because it was deemed unethical to continue.
ACSH s Dr. Gilbert Ross calls him America s greatest surgeon general ever. C. Everett Koop, surgeon general from 1982 to 1989, and longtime friend of ACSH, passed away yesterday in Hanover, N.H., at the age of 96.
He was in the forefront of transmitting science-based information about AIDS, says Dr. Ross. Nobody even talked about it officially before he did. For someone who came from a very conservative, traditional mindset he said he was using Christian compassion to deal with the sick and potentially sick people, whatever their personal behaviors.
In yet another case of a provocative, but largely inaccurate headline, aspirin is a big item in the news today. The 100+ year-old drug in addition to being used for pain and fever is widely used to prevent heart attacks and strokes. But a group at Stanford University School of Medicine believes that, possibly because of its anti-inflammatory properties, aspirin may decrease the risk of malignant melanoma.
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