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A study reveals that inadequate blood sugar control in patients having heart surgery is associated with a four fold increase in post-surgery death and major complications - and that the blood sugar disturbances occur in patients with and without diabetes. The research from the University of Bristol was funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Garfield Weston Trust and is published in Circulation.

Pediatricians can help prevent future violent behaviors in their patients with a brief, one-time office intervention during a routine exam, according to a new study published in the July issue of Pediatrics. The study involved 5,000 families with children ages 2 to 11 and more than 200 providers at 137 practices associated with the American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) network.

Research by a Davidson College neuroscientist and students demonstrates that the benefits of regular exercise include a lowered tendency to become addicted to illegal drugs. The online version of the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence published this week the results of the study by Associate Professor Mark A. Smith that shows that exercise can help prevent drug addiction.

Although acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is rare in women of child-bearing age, pregnancy can increase a woman's risk of heart attack 3- to 4-fold, according to a study published in the July 15, 2008, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Since women today may delay having children until later in life, and advances in reproductive medicine enable older women to conceive, the occurrence of AMI associated with pregnancy is expected to increase.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A protein made in the liver may give doctors a way to predict years in advance who is at high risk for the most common form of diabetes, a U.S. study published on Tuesday said.

Aggressive programs to treat HIV -positive people using highly active antiretroviral therapy could reduce the number of new hiv cases by as much as 60%, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of ...

A protein made in the liver may give doctors a way to predict years in advance who is at high risk for the most common form of diabetes, a U.S. study published on Tuesday said.

US researchers working on a study comparing approaches to weight loss, found that keeping a food diary can double weight loss as part of a managed programme; they said that the more food records they kept, the more weight the participants lost. The study was carried out by investigators from Kaiser Permanente's Center for health Research, and is to be published in the August issue of the American Journal of Preventive medicine.

Playing the numbers game by keeping food records may not be your favorite activity, but research continues to underscore the power of tracking what you eat and how much you exercise daily. A new study published today shows that those who regularly measure food portions and tally calories eaten ar...

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- The thicker the skin cancertumor, the more likely it will spread or reoccur, according to a newlypublished study.