Posted on January 26th, 2009 by Health News
(Loyola University Health System) Most people know that too much sodium from foods can increase blood pressure.A new study suggests that people trying to lower their blood pressure should also boost their intake of potassium, which has the opposite effect to sodium.Researchers found that the ratio of sodium-to-potassium in subjects’ urine was a much stronger [...]
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An episode of American hospital drama Grey’s Anatomy screened in the US last week has led to thousands of young men scouring the internet to find out if it really is possible for a man to fracture his penis, as happened to on-screen Consultant Mark Sloan (aka McSteamy, played by Eric [...]
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(New Jersey Institute of Technology) Ralph Izzo believes that our society is steering a very unsustainable course when it comes to energy — and he speaks with authority. An engineer and researcher, Izzo is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG).
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(IQ Solutions, Inc.) Children’s access to health care suffers when they spend any time — even a few months — without health care coverage, according to a new study appearing in the February 2009 issue of Medical Care Research and Review.
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(Infectious Diseases Society of America) A new study finds swimming, having a private well or septic system, and other factors not involving food consumption were major risk factors for bacterial intestinal infections not occurring in outbreaks.
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(Commonwealth Fund) A study published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds when physicians in hospitals use health information technology to its full potential there are fewer deaths, fewer complications, and lower health care costs. The study, supported by the Commonwealth Fund and led by Ruben Amarasingham M.D., of Parkland Health & Hospital System, [...]
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (MedPage Today) — As they are in other countries, U.S. pigs and their caretakers may be colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, researchers here said.
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DALLAS (MedPage Today) — Hospitals using electronic health information technologies that help clinicians make patient-care decisions showed better clinical outcomes and reduced costs, researchers here said.
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ATLANTA (MedPage Today) — Nearly one in every five TB patients abuses alcohol, uses illicit drugs, or both, according to the CDC.
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(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Tel Aviv Univerisity develops MRI-and-ultrasound application ro recognize malignant tumors before they metastasize.
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