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Conducted by physicians from Mayo Clinic in Arizona, "Is Meat Killing Us?" was published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. The authors analyzed six studies that evaluated the effects of meat and vegetarian diets on mortality with a goal of giving primary care physicians evidence-based guidance about whether …

The directions, which came via cell phone, were a little garbled, but as you understood them: "Turn left at the 3rd light and go straight; the restaurant will be on your right side." Ten minutes ago you made the turn. Still no restaurant in sight. How far will you be …

Speaking at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in the Swiss city of Geneva on Tuesday, Vaezi highlighted governments’ role in directing the internet, saying, “using communications and information technology should pave the way for realization of a knowledge-based society and economy, cultural and scientific development, narrowing of …

"We show for the first time that if you control the cholesterol metabolism you could reduce pancreatic cancer spread to other organs," said Ji-Xin Cheng, a professor in Purdue University's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemistry. "We chose pancreatic cancer to test this approach because it is …

This is according to Ashwin Kotwal of Brigham and Women's Hospital in the US, who led a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, published by Springer. Data from the National Social Life Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) was analyzed. This nationally representative survey included 3,310 people between 62 …

Cardiologists at Emory University School of Medicine have discovered that people in this group tend to have higher levels of troponin -- a protein whose presence in the blood that is a sign of recent damage to the heart muscle-- all the time, independently of whether they are experiencing stress …

The study results will be presented Sunday at the Endocrine Society's 98th annual meeting in Boston. Prediabetes is a mild elevation in blood glucose, or sugar, level that usually occurs before diabetes develops. One of every 10 people with prediabetes will develop Type 2 diabetes every year, according to the …

The six-month results of the one-year study was presented Friday, April 1, at ENDO 2016, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, in Boston. Diet and exercise, known to benefit patients with Type 2 diabetes, are controversial treatments for older adults due to concerns over frailty and age-related loss of …

The youngest people with type 1 diabetes -- under 6 years old -- seemed to be six times more likely to develop epilepsy, researchers reported. But, those with the highest risk of epilepsy appeared to be children with type 1 diabetes who had to be treated in a hospital for …

In a small study of 38 asthma patients ages 14-17, researchers from Henry Ford Hospital found that their average scores for stress and anxiety levels were higher than those seen in the general population. Researchers suggest the findings are a red flag for physicians of young asthma patients. "Because these …