Many Med School Students Biased Against Obese People
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Commonly the butt of jokes and victims of bullying, obese people often don’t have it easy compared to thinner Americans, and a new study shows that even the most educated among the...
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State association gives San Francisco physician network highest ranking available SAN FRANCISCO, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For the seventh year in a row, Brown & Toland Physicians (www.brownandtoland.com) was named an "elite" medical group by the California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG). The San Francisco independent practice association has earned the top-tier ranking in CAPG's Standards of Excellence survey ever since the state association started evaluating...
DENVER, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A frequently expressed concern in the ongoing public health debate is the lack of affordability of fresh vegetables, especially those that are nutrient dense. A new study, "Vegetable Cost Metrics Show That Potatoes and Beans Provide Most Nutrients Per Penny," published in the journal PLOS ONE, shows that potatoes are one of the best nutritional values in the produce aisle, providing one of the better nutritional values per penny than most other...
RONKONKOMA, N.Y., May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NBTY, a leading manufacturer and distributor of vitamins, supplements and sports nutrition, today announced that it will donate nearly $500,000 of Good 'n Natural® bars, Balance Bars® and bottles of children's gummy vitamins to support tornado relief efforts in Oklahoma. NBTY's donation is being made through Oklahoma-based charity Feed The Children, an organization whose mission includes responding during times of disaster to provide...
Council Member Alarcon and www.NoAlcoholAds.org Move Closer to Reducing Underage Drinking in L.A. LOS ANGELES, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alcohol Justice joined with the Los Angeles Coalition to Ban Alcohol Ads on Public Property today to thank the L.A. City Public Safety Committee and its Chair Mitchell Englander for moving to create an ordinance to ban alcohol ads from L.A. city-owned or controlled property. The motion had been held-up in the committee since the summer...
NORCROSS, Ga., May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The UHS-Pruitt Corporation family of providers is always focused on delivering quality, state-of-the-art health care services, but was recently honored for a different kind of innovative programming. The Georgia Clean Air Campaign, working in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Transportation, is tasked with tackling traffic congestion problems and air pollution challenges by helping to create and support cost-effective demand...
TUCSON, Ariz., May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Forty-nine thousand--12 percent--of currently uninsured adults in Arizona who would receive health care coverage through Medicaid restoration are living with mental illness, according to a national report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) scheduled for official release on May 30. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100216/NAMILOGO ) Copies of the report have been released early to Arizona media without...
The risks of severe obesity vastly outweigh possible surgical issues, notes Michael Feiz, M.D., F.A.C.S. LOS ANGELES, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As more highly effective weight loss surgery options become widely available, it's only natural for prospective patients to be concerned about the possible risks of such procedures. There has been no shortage of positive news regarding bariatric procedures recently, including studies on the gastric sleeve's reduction of the ghrelin hormone...
Missing Visits Even More Detrimental For Children with Chronic Health Conditions SEATTLE, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Young children who missed more than half of recommended well-child visits had up to twice the risk of hospitalization compared to children who attended most of their visits, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Managed Care. The study included more than 20,000 children enrolled at Group Health Cooperative. Children with chronic conditions...
Ethnic background plays a surprisingly large role in how diabetes develops on a cellular level, according to two new studies led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The researchers reanalyzed disease data to demonstrate that the physiological pathways to diabetes vary between Africa and East Asia and that those differences are reflected in part by genetic differences. The studies will be published online simultaneously May 23 in the journals PLoS Genetics and...
Scientists at Emory Vaccine Center have shown that an immune regulatory molecule called IL-21 is needed for long-lasting antibody responses in mice against viral infections. The results are published in the Journal of Virology. "Our findings highlight how IL-21 could be important in the development of antiviral vaccines," says research associate Ata Ur Rasheed Mohammed, PhD, the first author of the paper. The senior author is Rafi Ahmed, PhD, director of the Emory Vaccine Center and a...
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Schistosoma haematobium is a species of trematode flatworm, more commonly known as a fluke that can be found in Portugal, the Middle East, Africa, and India. This species is one a few fluke species that can give humans schistosomiasis, most commonly the kind known as urinary schistosomiasis. This species will swim around in water in its larval form known as cercariae. In this stage of life, it is able to push through a human host’s skin when the host is swimming in contaminated waters. Once...
Oxygen therapy is known as the administration of oxygen as a medical intervention. It is indicated in patients whose oxygen supply is compromised due to both acute and chronic health conditions and can be administered in many different ways. Oxygen therapy can be administered virtually wherever the patient is. Most commonly, oxygen is delivered to patients in an ambulance, hospital, or doctor’s office. These medical facilities carry oxygen in the form of a compressed gas. It is stored...
Cold Compression Therapy is used to reduce pain and edema (swelling) for instances such as soft tissue injuries, strains, sprains, or post-surgical therapy. As the name suggests, the therapy includes the application of cold (cryotherapy) but also includes the principles of R.I.C.E. (Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation). Cryotherapy, application of cold or ice to the painful area, lowers the metabolic rate of the tissue and prevents further injury to the site from the inflammatory...
Image Caption: This electron micrograph reveals the presence of hepatitis-B virus HBV "Dane particles", or virions. Credit: CDC/Wikipedia Hepatitis B: What Is It? Hepatitis simply means a swelling or inflammation of the liver. The type hepatitis that a person contracts (there are 5 common forms) affects their long-term prognosis. The most common and most severe of these different types of liver infection is Hepatitis B, which is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It is typically...
Wuchereria bancrofti is a species of roundworm in the Nematoda phylum. This species is spread through a mosquito vector, which means that it is transferred through mosquitos. This species infects over 120 million people in South America, Africa, and other tropical and subtropical areas. It is one of three species of parasitic worm that can cause lymphatic filariasis, which can lead to elephantiasis. The disease is wrongfully named, because the term translates to “a disease caused by...
