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Obesity will snuff out health benefits gained by smoking declines

Medicine & Health / Health

created 10 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If obesity trends continue, the negative effect on the health of the U.S. population will overtake the benefits gained from declining smoking rates, according to a study by U-M and Harvard researchers published today in the ...


Waterpipe tobacco smokers inhale same toxicants as cigarette smokers

Medicine & Health / Health

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Smoking tobacco through a waterpipe exposes the user to the same toxicants - carbon monoxide and nicotine - as puffing on a cigarette, which could lead to nicotine addiction and heart disease, according to a study led by ...


Researchers create 'synthetic magnetic fields' for neutral atoms

Researchers create 'synthetic magnetic fields' for neutral atoms

Physics / Quantum Physics

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Achieving an important new capability in ultracold atomic gases, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University ...


Preterm births higher among deprived mothers, despite equal care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite improvements in obstetric care services, women from deprived areas are still more likely to give birth to a very preterm baby compared with mothers from more affluent areas, finds a study published on bmj.com today.


Chubby hubby is common, but ethnicity matters

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study helps untangle how marriage, gender and ethnicity are related to body weight. The study of almost 8,000 men and women will be published in the journal Obesity.


Can heart disease treatments combat AMD?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Can treatments that reduce risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD) also help combat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease that affects millions of Americans? CVD and AMD share some risk factors-such as smoking, ...


Binge drinking youths find getting old a drag

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Young men who believe that happiness declines with age are more likely to engage in risky health behaviors such as binge drinking. Their misguided negative view of the aging process may act as a disincentive to behave 'sensibly' ...


Investigators identify successful weight control strategies for adolescents

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adolescent obesity is a major public health problem that impacts one out of every three children, resulting in 4-5 million overweight youth in the United States. In a study published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of ...


Improving Cardiac Rehab for Women with Heart Disease

Improving Cardiac Rehab for Women with Heart Disease

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- USF Health researcher shows motivational "women-only" cardiac rehab improves symptoms of depression.


Americans born in the South may have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The "stroke belt" has a tight hold. People born in the Southern stroke belt have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults, even if they later move away, compared to people who were born in other parts of the country. ...



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