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Sitting Less Reduces Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes
Date: Mar-02-2013People at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes can reduce the risk by sitting less and moving around more frequently, rather than exercising regularly. The finding came from a study at the University of Leicester which indicates that decreasing sitting time by 90 minutes in total each day may result in critical health advantages. Patients at risk for type 2 diabetes are currently told to do moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) every week for at least 150 minutes...
Less Housework May Mean Weight Gain For Women
Date: Mar-02-2013Rates of women who are obese may be linked to the fact that women are performing less household chores and sitting more, a new study in the journal PLoS ONE reveals. According the study, done by the University of South Carolina nearly two-thirds of adult women in the United States are overweight or obese. Researchers believe a factor in this may be that they are spending less time on housework. The investigators reviewed activity logs kept by stay-at-home mothers from the American Heritage Time Use Study for the years of 1965 until now. Childcare was not included in this data...
UEA Researchers Pilot New Treatment For People Who Stammer
Date: Mar-02-2013Researchers at the University of East Anglia are pioneering a new online treatment, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme, which could one day help some of the 70 million people who stammer worldwide. People who stammer may experience high levels of social anxiety - a profound fear of interacting with or being evaluated by other people. The new treatment targets social anxiety in people who stammer...
Proper Eating Improves Dementia Patients' Physical And Mental Health
Date: Mar-01-2013Dementia patients who are given an educational program to help them remember proper eating habits not only improve their physical health, but their mental health as well. The patients who receive this intervention are less likely to show depressive symptoms half-a-year later. The finding came from a new study published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing which suggests that doctors should look into using this intervention in people affected by dementia who also have poor nutrition and signs of depression...
Childhood Asthma Linked To BPA Exposure
Date: Mar-01-2013Children who are exposed to the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, are at an increased risk for asthma, according to a new study published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. A group of researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environment Health at the Mailman School of Public Health are the first to document a clear link between exposure as a child to BPA and a raised risk for asthma during childhood. BPA is found in some plastics and in food can liners as well as store receipts...
High Sugar Consumption Linked To Diabetes
Date: Mar-01-2013For a while the association between sugar consumption and diabetes was thought to solely relate to weight gain, but new research conducted at UC San Francisco indicates that sugar intake may also be directly linked to diabetes. The findings were published in the journal PLOS ONE. The researchers gathered data on sugar availability and diabetes rates from a total of 175 countries over the past 10 years. They identified that high sugar levels in a population's food supply was linked to a high diabetes rate...
Some Diabetes Drugs Linked To Pancreatitis Risk
Date: Mar-01-2013Diabetes patients who take the newest class of diabetes drugs have double the risk of being hospitalized with acute pancreatitis, researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, reported in JAMA Internal Medicine. The authors explained that the new forms of sugar-control medications prescribed to diabetes patients are called GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1). Examples of such drugs include sitagliptin (Januvia) and exenatide (Byetta)...
Blocked Heart Arteries May Presage Stroke
Date: Mar-01-2013Even if you are considered to be at low risk for stroke, having blocked heart arteries can mean you are more likely to have one, says new research published online this week in Stroke, a journal of the American Heart Association. The researchers suggest blocked arteries should be taken into account to the same extent as other known risk factors such as atrial fibrillation when assessing patients' stroke risk. Lead author Dirk M. Hermann is professor of vascular neurology and dementia at the University Hospital Essen in Germany...
Morning Sickness Drug Does Not Harm Baby, Study
Date: Mar-01-2013A large study on the morning sickness drug, Ondansetron, found that its use does not harm the developing embryo or fetus, researchers from the State Serum Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine). The authors explained that Ondansetron, a drug used for vomiting and nausea, has been used increasingly in pregnancy over the last few years. There had been growing concern among pregnant mothers and health care professionals regarding its safety for the developing baby. Some wondered whether its usage might increase the risk of cleft palate...
25 Human Proteins Identified That May Be Crucial For HIV-1 Infection And Survival
Date: Mar-01-2013Studying HIV-1, the most common and infectious HIV subtype, Johns Hopkins scientists have identified 25 human proteins "stolen" by the virus that may be critical to its ability to infect new cells. HIV-1 viruses capture many human proteins from the cells they infect but the researchers believe these 25 proteins may be particularly important because they are found in HIV-1 viruses coming from two very different types of infected cells. A report on the discovery, published online in the Journal of Proteome Research on Feb...
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