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Resource: Help Prevent Joint Replacement Surgery
The New York Times
This is an excellent article on how to prevent—if it not too late—joint replacement surgery.
Source: New York Times, April 23, 2010
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Sick? 1 in 5 People Surveyed Said They Went to Work Anyway
Companies involved directly with the public may be more careful about providing clear information about what “too sick to work” means in that organization.
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What Time Is It? If You’re Reading This at 2 AM, This Resource Is for You
Why did no one think of this before?
Sleeplessness and poor quality sleep plague millions of Americans. Many strategies are recommended but they either don’t work or don’t work well enough for many people.
Enter All-Nighters, a blog from The New York Times, which offers points of view from many different disciplines.
Some even have written sleeplessness can [...]
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The Truth About Exercise and Weight
The New York Times
…”“In general, exercise by itself is pretty useless for weight loss,” says Eric Ravussin, a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., and an expert on weight loss. It’s especially useless because people often end up consuming more calories when they exercise. The mathematics [...]
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New Study Says Lung Cancer Gene Found…and Prevention Plan May Work
In simple terms, translational medicine is the specialty which takes genetic research and works to apply that knowledge to prevention, treatment and/or cures.
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Check with Your Doctor If You Have a Binge-Eating Problem…New Treatment May Work for You
Binge eaters can help themselves eat less for up to a year by participating in a 12-week therapy program, new research indicates.
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How to Improve Rate of Doctor Referrals for More Advanced Evaluation of Suspected Breast Cancer
The Journal of the American Medical Association has published a new study which points to the value of having more structure in the breast exam process for M.D.s—not more time for more elaborate exams.
The additional structure was added with the use of a dedicated evaluation form for patients’ breast exams. It did not matter if [...]
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Rat Study Showed Junk Food Diets Led to Compulsive Over-Eating…Comparable to Addiction
Normally, we don’t get into mouse and rat studies—they are too far off for our purposes.
This one is different. It may provide the first hint of why consuming fast and junk foods can be so damaging to humans.
Once they start eating these foods, the more of these foods that they want.
The researchers fed the rats [...]
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Total Mastectomy Does Not Add Years to Life If Patient Has Genetic Risk for Breast Cancer
Researchers said that in women with breast cancer along with genetic mutations that make them more susceptible to it appear to live just as long whether they choose treatment that preserves their breast or have a breast removal.
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Lifestyle Changes May Prevent Up to One-Third of Breast Cancer in Western Nations
AP
“BARCELONA, Spain — Experts at a scientific conference are saying that up to a third of breast cancer cases in Western countries could be avoided if women ate less and exercised more.
“Carlo La Vecchia, a cancer expert at the University of Milan says it is time to focus on lifestyle factors [...]
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