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90 percent of Africans are not protected by smoke-free laws
Nov 11, 2009 |
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As African nations are poised to undergo the highest increase in the rate of tobacco use among developing countries, nearly 90 percent of people on the continent remain without meaningful protection from secondhand smoke, ...
African-Americans lose weight in 12-week, church-based program
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Nearly half of overweight and obese African Americans who completed a 12-week, faith-based program lost 5 percent or more of their body weight and most kept it off for at least six months, researchers reported at the American ...
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Health-centered weight control method shows promise
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Most weight-control strategies emphasize energy-restricted diets and increased physical activity - and most are not effective over the long term. In a study of a "weight-acceptance" intervention, published in the November ...
Public expresses need for government intervention to reduce socio-economic disparities in health
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Oct 15, 2009 |
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As Congress debates the public health care option, a recent study reveals greater public support for reducing health care disparities among socio-economic groups (i.e. by income or education) than among racial groups. The ...
Depression care improved: A simple intervention for general practice
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2009 |
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German researchers from the Institutes for General Practice in Frankfurt / Main and Jena have achieved positive results from a sustainable intervention in the primary care practice (Annals of Internal Medicine, volume 151, n ...
Smoking cessation results mixed among Ohio's Appalachian women
Dec 03, 2009 |
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In the Appalachian region of the country — where smoking rates are high, tobacco is often a cash crop and income and education levels are low — a smoking cessation effort led by non-medical professionals was successful in ...
Telephone-delivered care for treating depression after CABG surgery appears to improve outcomes
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Patients who received telephone-delivered collaborative care for treatment of depression after coronary artery bypass graft surgery reported greater improvement in measures of quality of life, physical functioning and mood ...
Breast cancer intervention reduces depression, inflammation
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 31, 2009 |
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A psychological intervention for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients with symptoms of depression not only relieves patients' depression but also lowers indicators of inflammation in the blood.
Runaway girls reap strong benefits from nurse interventions
Aug 26, 2009 |
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A nurse intervention program that helps sexually exploited runaway girls re-connect to family, school and health care reduces trauma and restores healthy behaviors, according to a new study led by University of British Columbia ...
Web-based screening and intervention may reduce drinking in university students
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Web-based screening and personalized interventions for alcohol use may reduce drinking in undergraduate students, according to a report in the September 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Early intervention for toddlers with autism highly effective, study finds
Nov 30, 2009 |
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A novel early intervention program for very young children with autism - some as young as 18 months - is effective for improving IQ, language ability, and social interaction, a comprehensive new study has found.
A brief intervention that works for drivers who persist in driving while intoxicated
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Driving while impaired (DWI) contributes significantly to road-traffic crashes, and is involved in more than one-third of all fatalities. Many DWI recidivists - drinking drivers who re-offend - do not participate in mandated ...
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