News tagged with preventive interventions
Is intervention beneficial for brain vessel malformations?
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Individuals diagnosed with a brain arteriovenous malformation (BAVM) -- an abnormal tangle of arteries and veins -- are at increased risk of vessel rupture and bleeding that can cause permanent brain damage. Traditionally, ...
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Better integration between agencies could save lives in custody
Apr 18, 2008 |
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It is now widely accepted that referral to prison may not be appropriate for some people, and risk factors associated with suicide are well known, so why are policy makers still not doing enough to prevent increasing numbers ...
Clinical trials' review finds only exercise to prevent low-back problems
Feb 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Low-back pain continues to impose a huge burden on industrialized societies, in terms of symptoms, medical costs, productivity, and work absence. Annual costs related to back pain in the United States alone ...
Social Smokers: Turning the Tables on Big Tobacco
Jun 16, 2009 |
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The tobacco industry knows exactly what makes social smokers tick. Now, researchers want to use that once-secret information to help them quit.
Nutrigenomics -- developing personalized diets for disease prevention
Dec 29, 2008 |
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The emerging field of nutrigenomics, which aims to identify the genetic factors that influence the body's response to diet and studies how the bioactive constituents of food affect gene expression, is explored in a series ...
Early childhood health interventions could save billions in health costs later in life
May 15, 2009 |
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Promoting the health of young children, before five years of age, could save society up to $65 billion in future health care costs, according to an examination of childhood health conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...
Pediatrics review of underage drinking prevention programs led by Iowa State researcher
Jun 25, 2008 |
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[Underage drinking is a national concern that led the U.S. surgeon general to issue a "Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking" (http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underagedrinking/) last year. Now, a new ...
Walk your way to a healthier lifestyle
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Need a boost to get off the couch? A new study shows that a variety of interventions designed to promote walking can effectively motivate individuals to initiate walking behaviors. The results of the review are published ...
Better mobility keeps seniors healthier
Aug 09, 2007 |
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As people lose the ability to walk unaided, they tend to suffer further deterioration that can interfere with other daily living activities. As the U.S. population ages, it becomes increasingly important to identify and target ...
Mental, emotional and behavioral disorders can be prevented in young people
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Around one in five young people in the U.S. have a current mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder. About half of all adults with mental disorders recalled that their disorders began by their mid-teens and three-quarters ...
Study finds links between obesity and adolescents' social networks
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Researchers from the Institute of Prevention Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) found in a recent study that overweight youth were twice as likely to have overweight friends.
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