By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Doctors know smoking can increase the risk for certain common inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), but many patients haven’t gotten the message, a new study suggests. Out of 239 patients with two common types of IBD – Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis – only half were aware of the smoking risks associated with these conditions. “The take-home message for patients with IBD is that smoking
Sierra Leone has not recorded a new case of Ebola in the last week, a first since the outbreak reached the country in March last year, the World Health Organization said Monday. “This is very good news but we have to keep doing this intensive working with communities to identify potential new cases,” said Anders Nordstrom, the WHO representative in the west African country. The development comes after Sierra Leone’s
A new study in Laboratory Investigation adds to a growing body of research suggesting that aspirin could make you less likely to develop some cancers. Researchers grew breast cancer cells in a lab while adding different doses of aspirin to the containers and found that cells exposed to aspirin were more likely to die. Interestingly, those…
“We believe this is partly due to ongoing stressors related to war, deployments, frequent moves, being bullied, and being involved in risky peer groups,” lead study author Kathrine Sullivan, a researcher in social work at the University of Southern California, said by email. More than one million school-aged children currently have parents in the military, Sullivan and colleagues note in JAMA Pediatrics. Including families of veterans, there are four million
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By Megha Rajagopalan TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – Chinese soldiers and rescue workers in gas masks and hazard suits searched for toxic materials in China’s port of Tianjin on Sunday as Premier Li Keqiang arrived to offer condolences, days after explosions flattened part of a national development zone. Emotional family members of missing fire fighters – 85 of the 95 people missing – also protested, marching to district government offices where
A small amount of exercise may improve our ability to think as we age, but more may not be better, according to a new study of exercise and cognition.Read the whole story at the New York Times.Also on HuffPost: