NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to findings from a Dutch study, the results of a Swedish study suggest that long-term dietary intake of acrylamide does not raise…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Lower serum levels of creatinine are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a brief report in the March issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although the incidence of health care-associated Clostridium difficile infections remained stable in Canada between 1997 and 2005, the attributable mortality nearly quadrupled, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Whether or not insulin therapy is used, normalizing glucose levels in hospitalized patients with myocardial infarction (MI) can improve survival, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High blood pressure accounts for some of the disproportionately higher mortality rates among African American patients with breast cancer compared with Caucasian patients,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that metabolic syndrome, primarily the abdominal obesity component, is associated with lung function impairment. Moreover, the degree of obesity need…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii – the causative organism of the zoonotic disease Q-fever – is high among US veterinarians, particularly those who…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A fall in air pollution levels rapidly reduces airway inflammation in children with asthma and improves airway function, according to study findings reported…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An analysis of data from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study confirms that men with diabetes mellitus are less prone to develop prostate cancer…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients who are admitted on a weekend for bleeding peptic ulcers have worse survival than their peers admitted on a weekday, according to…