Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Community health centers (CHCs) and primary care providers working in other settings will increasingly become America's obesity "first responders," needed to provide weight-related health services as the nation continues to implement the Affordable Care Act. In a paper just released, the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance identified ...
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
According to JAMA, one third of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) starting receiving etanercept treatment demonstrated excellent responses. Etanercept, approved 10 years ago by the U.S. FDA and European Agency for the treatment of JIA, is linked to younger age at the onset of JIA, low measures of disability ...
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
Commercial weight-loss programs such as Weight Watchers and Slimming World in the UK are more effective and cheaper than family doctor-based services led by specially trained staff, according to the findings of a study published on Friday.
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
According to a new study published on bmj.com nearly a fourth of England's population is classified as obese. The study also shows that weight loss programs led by specially trained staff at primary care based services are more expensive and less effective than commercial programs, which are evidently more efficient, ...
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
With scientific evidence now supporting the age-old wisdom that cranberries, whether in sauce or as juice, prevent urinary tract infections, people have wondered if there was an element of the berry that, if extracted and condensed, perhaps in pill form, would be as effective as drinking the juice or eating ...
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