If you eat low-fat dairy foods, you may be reducing your risk of stroke. In a Swedish study published in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke, people who drank low-fat milk and ate low-fat yogurt and cheese had a lower risk of stroke compared to those who consumed full-fat dairy...
In the study, all-cause and CVD mortality risks were found to be significantly higher among study participants that didn't exercise compared with active participants at all blood pressure levels. Moreover, the excess mortality risks of physical inactivity, when converted into a "blood pressure...
A first of its kind study conducted by researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC)'s Injury Prevention Center (IPC) found that one fall requiring first responder emergency medical services response occurs, on average, approximately every 56 hours at Boston Logan International Airport, with 37...
Stroke patients receiving in-patient rehabilitation are more likely to land back in the hospital within three months if they are functioning poorly, show signs of depression and lack social support according to researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston. Hospital...
A study published early online in JAMA to coincide with its presentation at the American College of Cardiology's annual scientific sessions, reveals that patients with chest pain who received an intravenous solution of glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) had no reduced risk of progressing to a heart...
Below is a news summary of an orthopaedic research study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), as well as the issues' full Table of Contents. A Structured, Independent Exercise Regimen Can Reduce the Need for Therapy Following Meniscus Surgery The treatment of meniscus tears in...
Researchers from the Department of Health Policy in the GW School of Public Health and Health Services have found that an increased "scope of practice" for advanced practice nurse practitioners is not associated with lower wages for primary care physicians, based on comparisons in states with...
Eating citrus fruits, especially oranges and grapefruit, because of the flavonone they contain, may lower women's risk of developing clot-associated or ischemic stroke, according to a new study led by Norwich Medical School of the University of East Anglia in the UK that was published online...
price of new device? My phone is not functioning properly, and I have full insurance coverage on it with only a $90 deductible, and my upgrade point is passed. The phone I would like is $300 with two year contract, can I combine this with my insurance policy for my malfunctioning Droid X.
Mayo Clinic researchers have amassed additional evidence that secondhand smoke kills and smoke-free workplace laws save lives. The study will be presented to the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions on Monday in Orlando. Their research shows that the incidence of heart attacks and...
Patients with thickening and blockage of the internal carotid artery (supplies blood to the brain) and hemodynamic cerebral ischemia (insufficient blood flow to the brain, sub-type of stroke) who had a surgical procedure performed to improve blood flow in the artery did not have a reduced rate...
a. all of the choices are correct
b. may have more effective adaptations for the environment than native species do
c. don't have natural predators in the new environment
d. may be better competitors for resources than native species
(No answer)
Why not close offices that are performing duplicate work and merge others that are doing similar work? Also why doesn't the government have an office that checks all contracts for items purchased by the government for increased pricing? With computer technology of today it should be pretty...
I've always been extremely attached to my cat and he's very dependent on me. I get really bad anxiety whenever I leave him to go away for more than a day. He doesn't like our other animals but likes to stay in my room, the only problem with that is that he can't get out to go potty or eat &...
Sometimes animals display behaviors that appear to reduce their fitness. Using our species as an example, offer an explanation as to why humans may feel compelled to help other people that we may have never met.
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Spaceships and robots are being used as themes in a set of computer games to boost children's memory skills as part of a unique research project which hopes to reduce childhood anxiety and improve academic performance. The researchers have been given a grant from children's charity Action...
i started smoking a couple weeks ago and now my singing voice is awful :( any tips to improve? (other than quitting of course:p) please and thankyouuuuu <3