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• Barriers to implementing complimentary medicine into MD residency
• Running a marathon hard on heart, especially in less prepared runners
• Readmission rates impacted by patients' knowledge, skills
• Peer pressure's influence calculated by mathematician
• High dietary intake of polyphenols are associated with longevity
• Multivitamins with minerals may protect older women with invasive breast cancer
• 'Mobility shoes' take a load off for knee osteoarthritis sufferers
• Explaining why infections in newborns link to later behavior problems
• Where does dizziness come from?
• Health care providers should aggressively treat unhealthy lifestyles
• Study examines probiotics to prevent or treat excessive infant crying
• Math-based projections for MLB postseason
• Research team designing new drug for common heart condition
• How do stress hormones during pregnancy predict adult nicotine addiction?

Barriers to implementing complimentary medicine into MD residency Posted: 09 Oct 2013 10:01 AM PDT Investigators have identified that lack of time and a paucity of trained faculty are perceived as the most significant barriers to incorporating complementary and alternative medicine and integrative medicine training into family medicine residency curricula and training programs.

Running a marathon hard on heart, especially in less prepared runners Posted: 09 Oct 2013 10:01 AM PDT Investigators who studied a group of recreational marathon runners have established that strenuous exercise, such as running a marathon, can damage the heart muscle. Although they found the effect is temporary and reversible, they warn that these effects are more widespread in less fit distance runners and that recreational distance runners should prepare properly before marathons.

Readmission rates impacted by patients' knowledge, skills Posted: 09 Oct 2013 10:01 AM PDT A study by physicians has found that patients with a high degree of activation (possessing the knowledge, skills, confidence and inclination to assume responsibility for managing one's health and health-care needs) were less likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge than those with a low level of activation.

Peer pressure's influence calculated by mathematician Posted: 09 Oct 2013 08:10 AM PDT A mathematician has calculated how peer pressure influences society.

High dietary intake of polyphenols are associated with longevity Posted: 09 Oct 2013 08:10 AM PDT A scientific study has, for the first time, associated high polyphenols intake with a 30% reduction in mortality in older adults. The research evaluated the total dietary polyphenol intake by using a nutritional biomarker.

Multivitamins with minerals may protect older women with invasive breast cancer Posted: 09 Oct 2013 07:57 AM PDT Findings from a study involving thousands of postmenopausal women suggest that women who develop invasive breast cancer may benefit from taking supplements containing both multivitamins and minerals. The new research found that the risk of dying from invasive breast cancer was 30 percent lower among multivitamin/mineral users compared with nonusers.

'Mobility shoes' take a load off for knee osteoarthritis sufferers Posted: 09 Oct 2013 07:06 AM PDT The results of a new study by bone and joint experts suggest that patients with knee osteoarthritis who wear flat, flexible footwear, which allows natural foot mobility and provides sufficient support for the foot, had significant reduction in knee loading -- the force placed upon the joint during daily activities.

Explaining why infections in newborns link to later behavior problems Posted: 08 Oct 2013 03:21 PM PDT Researchers exploring the link between newborn infections and later behavior and movement problems have found that inflammation in the brain keeps cells from accessing iron that they need to perform a critical role in brain development.

Where does dizziness come from? Posted: 08 Oct 2013 12:20 PM PDT Researchers say they have pinpointed a site in a highly developed area of the human brain that plays an important role in the subconscious recognition of which way is straight up and which way is down.

Health care providers should aggressively treat unhealthy lifestyles Posted: 07 Oct 2013 01:23 PM PDT Unhealthy habits, such as smoking, poor diet, and being overweight should be treated as aggressively as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and other cardiovascular disease risk factors. Insurance reimbursement policies need to be improved so that registered dietitians, psychologists and others can become part of the primary practice team.

Study examines probiotics to prevent or treat excessive infant crying Posted: 07 Oct 2013 01:21 PM PDT There still appears to be insufficient evidence to support using probiotics (Lactobacillus reuteri) to manage colic or to prevent crying in infants, especially in formula-fed babies, but it may also be an effective treatment for crying infants who are breastfed exclusively and have colic..

Math-based projections for MLB postseason Posted: 07 Oct 2013 11:33 AM PDT Now that Major League Baseball's regular season has ended with the exciting one-game tiebreaker that got the Rays to the next round, and with the Rays and the Pirates winning the one game playoff for the wild card team, a math professor has once again begun analyzing the probability of each team advancing through each round of baseball's postseason.

Research team designing new drug for common heart condition Posted: 07 Oct 2013 10:22 AM PDT An international research team has shown that new medications based on resveratrol -- a compound found in red wine and nuts -- may be used to treat a common heart-rhythm problem known as atrial fibrillation.

How do stress hormones during pregnancy predict adult nicotine addiction? Posted: 07 Oct 2013 09:25 AM PDT Adult women whose mothers had increased levels of stress hormones while they were pregnant are at greater risk of becoming addicted to nicotine, according to a new study.

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