by Wolters Kluwer Health | Apr 8, 2021 | Hospitals, News
The United States is facing a persistent and worsening shortage of physicians specializing in preventive medicine, reports a study in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. “The number of preventive medicine physicians is not likely to match...
by by University of Jyväskylä | Mar 18, 2021 | Hospitals
A multiyear workplace health promotion program can slow down the increase in health risks for working-age people. A study by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä followed what kind of changes happened among participants during an...
by by Amy Loughman and Heidi Staudacher, The Conversation | Mar 17, 2021 | Hospitals, News
If you walk down the supermarket aisle, you may be tempted with foods marketed as being good for your gut. Then there are the multiple health blogs about improving, supporting or maintaining your “gut health.” Boosting But what does “gut...
by Josh Barney, University of Virginia | Mar 16, 2021 | Hospitals, News
Exercise during pregnancy may enable mothers to significantly reduce their children’s chances of developing diabetes and other metabolic diseases later in life, new research suggests. A study in lab mice has found that maternal exercise during pregnancy...
by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Mar 4, 2021 | Hospitals, News
Medical researchers have long understood that a pregnant mother’s diet has a profound impact on her developing fetus’s immune system and that babies—especially those born prematurely—who are fed breast milk have a more robust ability to fight disease,...
by Thomas Jefferson University | Mar 3, 2021 | Hospitals, Inspiration, Medical Devices, Overview
Heart attack, kidney failure, stroke. These are just a few of the life-threatening complications that patients are at risk for following surgery. Now Jefferson researchers have developed an easy-to-use, web-based tool that predicts the risk of post-surgical...
