Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Surgery Alternatives for Meniscal Tear and Osteoarthritis

Many middle age and older adults have disabling knee pain due to a tear in the meniscus, an important supporting structure in the knee that is often damaged in…

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Healthy Food Discounts Boost Diets, Study Reveals

Lowering the costs of healthy foods in supermarkets increases the amount of fruits, vegetables and whole grain foods that people eat, while also appearing to…

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Surgeon Skill Influences Radical Prostatectomy Outcomes

The results of this investigation, to be presented at the 28th Annual EAU Congress, aimed of to examine between surgeon variation with regards to oncological…

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More parents say they won't vaccinate daughters against HPV, researchers find

A rising percentage of parents say they won't have their teen daughters vaccinated to protect against the human papilloma virus, even though physicians are…

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Study shows community approach effective in fight against diabetes

This is the largest program to successfully replicate the results achieved by the Diabetes Prevention Project (DPP), a research study led by the National…

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When it rains these days, does it pour?

There's little doubt — among scientists at any rate — that the climate has warmed since people began to release massive amounts greenhouse gases to the…

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Unhealthy eating can make a bad mood worse

In a study, college-age women who were concerned about their eating behaviors reported that moods worsened after bouts of disordered eating, said Kristin…

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Is Technology Outpacing Society? Insights from Martin Hultman

This quote comes from the historian of ideas, Martin Hultman, who in a widely publicized research project together with his colleague Christer Nordlund, from…

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Vitamin E’s Potential Role in Cancer Prevention Explored

Many animal studies have suggested that vitamin E could prevent cancer, but human clinical trials following up on those findings have not shown the same…

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Dwelling on stressful events can increase inflammation in the body, study finds

Researchers discovered that when study participants were asked to ruminate on a stressful incident, their levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of tissue…

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Carnivores and Livestock Coexist: New Study Insights

“I wouldn’t call the results surprising,” said Meredith Evans Wagner, a visiting scholar from the University of Florida in the Center for Systems Integration…

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Structured Weight Loss Program Lowers BMI in Kids’ Health

Overweight and obese children in low-income households can meet or exceed the Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and…

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Study Shows How One Insect Got Its Wings

The wings themselves are common research models for this and other species’ appendages. But until now, scientists did not know how the fruit fly, Drosophila…

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Grandad’s Hip Fracture Linked to Osteoporosis Risk in Youth

This has been demonstrated in a thesis at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden based on a study of over 1,000 young adults in Gothenburg,…

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Patient Awareness During Anesthesia: Survey Insights Unveiled

The survey asked all senior anaesthetists in NHS hospitals in the UK (more than 80% of whom replied) to report how many cases of accidental awareness during…

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Long-Term Benefits of Plastic Surgery: New Study Insights

In a long-term study, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Margraf, Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the RUB, investigated the…

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