Surprisingly, heart disease and stroke aren’t necessarily inevitable with age,” said Michael Gurven, Ph.D., study author and anthropology professor and chairman of the University of California-Santa Barbara’s Integrative Anthropological Sciences Unit.
At this year's international conference in San Francisco, Dr. Monica Kraft said more public awareness of COPD and sleep disorders is needed, and the workforce shortage in pulmonary and critical care is a concern.
Injuries—including those caused by accidents and violence—are the third leading cause of death nationally, and they are the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 1 and 44.
The Medical Fitness to Drive course will be available for continuing educational credits for physicians and other health care professionals.
The World Health Organization and the Roll Back Malaria Partnership have published an action plan to urge governments, researchers, and other partners to address what they call a "growing threat."
Coming during Hepatitis Awareness Month and immediately after the agency's first Hepatitis Testing Day on May 19, the goal is to identify more of the people who have the disease but aren’t aware of it.
Each year, one in three older adults in the U.S. falls, making falls the leading cause of injury deaths for older Americans.
“Dog attacks accounted for more than one-third of all homeowner insurance liability claims paid out in 2011,” said Robert Hartwig, Insurance Information Institute president and chief economist.
According to research, coffee drinkers were less likely to die from heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, injuries and accidents, diabetes, and infections, although the association was not seen for cancer.
A sparkling educational program is a highlight of the AIHA/ACGIH annual conference June 16-21 in Indianapolis.
In households where the head of household had less than a high school education, 24 percent of boys and 22 percent of girls were obese.
Greg Biffle is a member of the Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet and a regular blood donor, according to the American Red Cross, which announced his No. 16 car will bear the names of 33 blood donors during the May 19 race.
During 2001-2010, the proportion of persons with asthma in the United States increased by 14.8 percent.
The study also found that people who had depression were 3.5 times more likely to sleepwalk, and those with obsessive compulsive disorder were four times more likely to sleepwalk than people without the disorders.
Helicobacter pylori, hepatitis B and C viruses, and human papillomaviruses were responsible for 1.9 million cases of mainly gastric, liver, and cervix uteri cancers.
Many physicians—and insurance companies—still believe that cardiac rehabilitation does not really help in old age. This study clearly falsifies this belief,” said Stephan Gielen, M.D., lead co-author.
Three willful violations involve a failure to conduct proper training and provide hepatitis B vaccinations, as well as to have engineering and work practice controls in place to eliminate or minimize exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
Studying the effect of on-site medical clinics on employee benefits and continuously evaluating limits on residents' hours are proposed in two resolutions to be considered at the House of Delegates 2012 Annual Meeting.
With adjustment for other factors, the rate of prolonged longer times to pregnancy was nearly three times higher for wives of men exposed to formaldehyde.
Those living less than 100 meters (328 feet) from the roadway have a 27 percent increased risks of dying over 10 years than those living at least 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) away, according to new research.