| Workplace Obesity Management Provides Good Return On Investment A program to reduce weight and improve health risk factors in obese employees produces a short-term return on investment (ROI) of $1.17 per dollar spent, reports a study in the September Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM). medicalnewstoday.com |
Fruits, veggies slash breast cancer risk: U.S. study (Reuters) Reuters - Certain breast cancer survivors who load up on fruits and vegetables, eating far more than current U.S. guidelines, can slash their risk the tumors will come back by nearly a third, according to a U.S. study released on Monday. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Bariatric Surgery Minimizes Pregnancy Complications For Obese Women Women who undergo bariatric surgery to treat obesity will reduce the risk of medical and obstetric complications when they become pregnant, according to a study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's (BGU) Faculty of Health Sciences. The study was recently published in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics by BGU Professor Eyal Sheiner and Dr. medicalnewstoday.com |
New Risk Management System Reduces Bariatric Surgery Complication Rate By 65 %, Hospital Readmissions By 80 % A new scoring system that rates a bariatric surgery patient's risk of complications on a scale of 1 to 4 can help reduce post-surgical complications by 65 percent and hospital readmission rates by more than 80 percent, according to a new study presented today at the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). medicalnewstoday.com |
Air Quality And It's Health Effects Studied By Mobile Lab A new mobile air research laboratory will help a team of researchers led by a Michigan State University professor better understand the damaging health effects of air pollution and why certain airborne particles - emitted from plants and vehicles - induce disease and illness. medicalnewstoday.com |