TUESDAY, June 29 — Having health insurance may not be enough to get low-income women to be screened for breast cancer, but adding a counseling program may help boost the mammography screening rates, a new study has found.
The study included more…
TUESDAY, June 29 — Americans are continuing to get fat, with obesity rates nudging upwards in 28 states over the past year, a new report shows.
“More than two-thirds of states now have adult obesity rates above 25 percent,” Jeff Levi, executive…
TUESDAY, June 29 — Among pregnant teens admitted for substance abuse treatment, the proportion treated for methamphetamine abuse more than quadrupled — from 4.3 percent to 18.8 percent — between 1992 and 2007, while admission rates for marijuana…
TUESDAY, June 29 — Type 1 diabetics who used an insulin pump and a sensor that continuously monitored their blood sugar levels had better control over their illness than people taking insulin injections, a large clinical trial finds.
Researchers…
TUESDAY, June 29 — Arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) or meniscal cartilage injury in the knee does not reduce the risk of developing osteoarthritis later, a new study finds.
Researchers analyzed data from 326…
TUESDAY, June 29 — A community-based diabetes prevention program helps people lose weight and lower blood sugar as effectively as individual counseling from health professionals, finds a new study.
Participants in the Healthy Living Partnerships…
TUESDAY, June 29 — Intensive control of blood glucose levels does not reduce the odds of cardiovascular disease for those with long-term type 2 diabetes who are at risk of heart problems, a new study confirms, but it may have some other…
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TUESDAY, June 29 — In direct contrast to research reported on Monday, a new study concludes there is no increased risk of heart attack, stroke or death by taking the diabetes drug Avandia.
This latest finding even suggests that rosiglitazone…
TUESDAY, June 29 — The overall death rate from type 1 diabetes is decreasing in the United States, but blacks are more likely to die from the condition than whites, a new study shows.
The finding came from an analysis of data from the Allegheny…