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| Black Patients With Chronic Pain Less Likely To Have Obesity Assessed At the intersection of two U.S. health epidemics - obesity and chronic pain - researchers from the University of Michigan Health System found black patients with chronic pain were less likely to have their weight or body mass index (BMI) recorded, even though they are at higher risk for having obesity when compared with their white counterparts. medicalnewstoday.com |
Multi-Center Clinical Trial Funded By NIDDK To Enroll Adults With Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Joslin Diabetes Center scientists are taking groundbreaking research on the role of inflammation in type 2 diabetes to a new level with the launch of a national clinical trial to investigate whether salsalate, an anti-inflammatory drug used for years to manage arthritis pain, can reduce blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes. medicalnewstoday.com |
New Study Shows Morbidly Obese Workforce Has Higher Prevalence Of 100+ Diseases And Conditions Workers with morbid obesity have a significantly higher prevalence of more than 100 diseases and conditions than other employees, and those that had bariatric surgery reduced the prevalence of one-quarter of the diseases studied, according to a study of large employers in the February edition of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal on employee health issues. medicalnewstoday.com |
What Is Edema? What Causes Edema? Edema, is swelling caused by fluid retention - excess fluid is trapped in the body's tissues. In the UK/Ireland/Australasia and some other countries the word is spelled oedema. Swelling caused by edema commonly occurs in the hands, arms, ankles, legs and feet. It is usually linked to the venous or lymphatic systems. Edema was formerly known as dropsy or hydropsy. Edema may be generalized or local. medicalnewstoday.com |
Obesity Among Other Issues Debated In Health Reform Among other issues making news in the health care reform debate are people's weight, benefits for homosexual partners, the debate over interstate insurance and the timeline for implementing any changes. The New York Times on the weight issue. medicalnewstoday.com |