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Pain Scales Help Arthritis Patients Rate Their Level of Pain
Pain scales help arthritis patients rate their level of pain so it can be communicated to their doctor, other health professionals, or even family. It's a self-reported pain level so...
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Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says
ATLANTA (AP) -- Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen birth rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, a new federal report says. Mississippi's rate was more than 60 percent higher than the national average in 2006, according to new state statistics released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The teen birth rate for that year in Texas and New Mexico was more than 50 percent higher....
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Lower quit rates among African American and Latino menthol cigarette smokers at a tobacco treatment clinic
International Journal of Clinical Practice
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Physical Activity May Not Be Key To Obesity Epidemic
A recent international study fails to support the common belief that the number of calories burned in physical activity is a key factor in rising rates of obesity. Researchers from Loyola University Health System and other centers compared African American women in metropolitan Chicago with women in rural Nigeria. On average, the Chicago women weighed 184 pounds and the Nigerian women weighed 127 pounds.
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Spending Rise for Health Care and Prescription Drugs Slows
National health spending grew in 2007 at the lowest rate in nine years, mainly because prescription drug spending increased at the slowest pace since 1963.
nytimes.com

Controlling Type 2 Diabetes With Low-Carb Diets
In a six-month comparison of low-carb diets, one that encourages eating carbohydrates with the lowest-possible rating on the glycemic index leads to greater improvement in blood sugar control, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers.
Medical News Today

News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine Jan. 6, 2009
1. Outbreaks of Viral Hepatitis Linked to Lapses in Infection Control Practices in Health Care Settings While transmission of Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV) virus in health care settings is considered rare, recent reports of outbreaks indicate a growing problem. Over the past decade, there have been 33 outbreaks in nonhospital health care settings in the United States.
Medicalnewstoday.com

STIER/RODU: To stop going up in smoke
'Quit smoking' should be the No. 1 New Year's resolution for 45 million Americans. What a shame if Congress stands in their way.Most smokers know setting tobacco on fire puts their lives in jeopardy, but for them, the risk of dying can't compete with the immediate dread of living without nicotine, a powerfully addictive substance.Over the last 15 years, 6 million American inveterate smokers - those who couldn't quit - died from lung and other cancers, emphysema, heart disease and stroke. Conventional, abstinence-oriented, quit-smoking tactics don't help inveterate smokers. Pharmaceutical nicotine - in the form of pills, patches and gum - is advertised as a proven and effective cessation aid, but research shows it helps only about 7 percent of smokers. If any other medicine had a success rate that low, it would be labeled a failure.Early this year, if anti-tobacco activists get their way, Congress will pass a tobacco regulation bill that codifies and perpetuates failed tobacco pol
Jointogether.org

Addressing Substance Abuse And Comorbidities Among Military Personnel, Veterans, And Their Families: A Research Agenda
There is growing concern that military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are experiencing a range of difficulties, including traumatic brain injury (TBI), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and tobacco, alcohol and drug abuse.
Medicalnewstoday.com

Vital Statistics: Accidental Injuries Higher in Rural Areas
There is a much higher rate of hospitalization for most kinds of accidental injury in rural areas than in cities, a new report indicates.
The New York Times

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