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Doctors of optometry can help patients stop smoking

The FINANCIAL -- All over the country, doctors of optometry are talking on a regular basis to their patients about the hazard smoking and tobacco use poses to their eyes. The conversation is especially appropriate today—it's the American Cancer Society's Great American ...

Workers With Heart Problems Report More On-the-Job Anxiety

The FINANCIAL -- More than four in 10 U.S. workers diagnosed with heart problems have trouble concentrating at work due to physical challenges, a significantly higher rate than among workers without ...

Americans aren’t sold on plastic surgery: Few have had it done, opinions mostly mixed

The FINANCIAL -- From prosthetics to anesthesia, war has been a catalyst for many medical advancements. Modern day plastic surgery traces its roots to World War I, where trench warfare made soldiers ...

Smokeless tobacco product snus may increase risk of death among prostate cancer patients

The FINANCIAL -- The smokeless tobacco product snus, which is used mainly in Sweden but also is sold in the U.S., may increase the risk that men with prostate cancer will die from their disease, and ...

New nanomedicine approach aims to improve HIV drug therapies

The FINANCIAL -- New research led by the University of Liverpool aims to improve the administration and availability of drug therapies to HIV patients through the use of ...

Cervical cancer screening could be less frequent, start later

The FINANCIAL -- Women may only need cervical cancer screening every 5-10 years—instead of every three years, as currently recommended—and may be able to start the screenings later in life, ...

Pigment on the surface of lenses poses risks

The FINANCIAL -- Vanity has a price, and when it comes to wearing tinted contact lenses, it's the eyes that often pay the ...

Increase in visits to emergency departments persists following Medicaid expansion

The FINANCIAL -- Visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs) not only jumped by 40% in Oregon after Medicaid coverage was expanded there in 2008—but the increase persisted for at least two ...

Poll shows gap between parent views and expert assessments of the quality of U.S. child care

The FINANCIAL -- A new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll suggests a major gap between parents’ views and research experts’ assessments of the ...

WHO urges global action to curtail consumption and health impacts of sugary drinks

The FINANCIAL -- Taxing sugary drinks can lower consumption and reduce obesity, type 2 diabetes and tooth decay, says a new WHO ...

Almost 1 adult in 6 in the EU is considered obese

The FINANCIAL -- While 46.1% of those aged 18 or over living in the European Union (EU) had a normal weight in 2014, slightly more than half of the adults (51.6%) were considered as over-weight ...

Study helps lay foundation for a better understanding of diabetic retinopathy

The FINANCIAL -- A new study seeks to boost understanding of how diabetic retinopathy occurs, with the hope that new knowledge can lead to the development of therapeutic interventions that can slow ...

Infant feeding – an emotionally charged topic

The FINANCIAL -- New research conducted by the University of Liverpool shows that mothers can experience negative emotions such as guilt, stigma and the need to defend their feeding choices ...

Simple changes to antibiotic treatment of MRSA may help beat the bacteria

The FINANCIAL -- Microbiologists have identified how MRSA may be more effectively treated by modern-day antibiotics, if old-fashioned penicillin is also ...

Mental health interventions in pregnant women and new mothers have benefits

The FINANCIAL -- There are clear economic and societal arguments for investing in mental health interventions for women during pregnancy and immediately after birth, a new report by the Personal ...

Growing levels of diabetes risk bankrupting NHS

The FINANCIAL -- The costs of caring for a massive rise in people with diabetes could bankrupt the NHS, says Dr James Brown of Aston University on World Diabetes ...

Novo Nordisk expands programme to reach 20,000 children with diabetes in developing countries

The FINANCIAL -- On November 14, Novo Nordisk announced a four-year extension of its Changing Diabetes® in Children programme which provides access to diabetes care and free insulin to children with ...

Measles jab saves over 20 million young lives in 15 years, but hundreds of children still die of the disease every day

The FINANCIAL -- Despite a 79% worldwide decrease in measles deaths between 2000 and 2015, nearly 400 children still die from the disease every day, leading health organizations said in a report ...

Genetic testing and nutritional supplements

The FINANCIAL -- Blindness proves to be a far more concerning side effect of diabetes than kidney failure and heart troubles combined, a new survey finds, yet the benefits of routine diabetic eye ...

Eyesight and memory loss are leading concerns around aging

The FINANCIAL -- Internationally, the top five physical conditions that people worry most about having, either now or as they age, are eyesight getting poorer, not being as mentally alert, lacking ...

Over 1 million treated with highly effective hepatitis C medicines

The FINANCIAL -- Over one million people in low- and middle-income countries have been treated with a revolutionary new cure for hepatitis C since its introduction two years ...

Childhood bullying places 'long term strain' on UK mental health services

The FINANCIAL -- New research shows that childhood bullying has a strong link to mental health service use throughout a person’s life, putting additional strain on an “already overstretched” UK ...

Under pressure: Addressing hypertension

The FINANCIAL -- Concerted hypertension management can significantly reduce patients' risk of cardiovascular events, effectively saving lives and underscoring its necessary inclusion in optometric ...

Elderly may face increased dementia risk after a disaster

The FINANCIAL -- Elderly people who were uprooted from damaged or destroyed homes and who lost touch with their neighbors after the 2011 tsunami in Japan were more likely to experience increased ...

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