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NIH study shows people with serious mental illnesses can lose weight
March 21, 2013
People with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression can lose weight and keep it off through a modified lifestyle intervention program, a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) -- funded study reported online today in The New England Journal of Medicine.Continue >>
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Coordinated care can address disabled adults' high rates of emergency department use
January 7, 2013
Working-age adults with disabilities account for a disproportionately high amount of annual emergency department visitors, reports a comparison study from National Institutes of Health researchers. As emergency department care may not be the best to address non-urgent concerns and is higher in cost, finding a way to decrease these visits is of interest to many stakeholders. Continue >>
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Leisure Time Physical Activity of Moderate to Vigorous Intensity and Mortality: A Large Pooled Cohort Analysis
November 7, 2012
Leisure time physical activity reduces the risk of premature mortality, but the years of life expectancy gained at different levels remains unclear. Our objective was to determine the years of life gained after age 40 associated with various levels of physical activity, both overall and according to body mass index (BMI) groups, in a large pooled analysis. Continue >>
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NIH/OBSSR videos featured on NIH Clinical Trials's Personal Stories page
October 23, 2012
NIH OBSSR's video conversations with behavior and social scientists have been featured on the NIH Clinical Trials page.. Continue >>
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Genetics May Guide Ways to Quit Smoking
June 25, 2012
A new study shows that genetic information can help predict whether medications will be likely to help a person quit smoking. Continue >>
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NIH-funded study examines use of mobile technology to improve diet and activity behavior
Multiple Behavior Changes in Diet and Activity (Read Article - PDF 361KB)
May 28, 2012
Background: Many patients exhibit multiple chronic
disease risk behaviors. Research provides little information
about advice that can maximize simultaneous health
behavior changes. Continue >>
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NIH-led study finds genetic test results do not trigger increased use of health services
Medical experts feared personal genetic test results might drive overuse of expensive medical care
May 17, 2012
People have increasing opportunities to participate in genetic testing that can indicate their range of risk for developing a disease. Receiving these results does not appreciably drive up or diminish test recipients' demand for potentially costly follow-up health services, according to a study performed by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and colleagues at other institutions. Continue >>
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Bilingual children switch tasks faster than speakers of a single language
Bilinguals slower to build vocabulary but better at multitasking
April 3, 2012
Children who grow up learning to speak two languages are better at switching between tasks than are children who learn to speak only one language, according to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health. However, the study also found that bilinguals are slower to acquire vocabulary than are monolinguals, because bilinguals must divide their time between two languages while monolinguals focus on only one. Continue >>
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Weight loss and increased fitness slow decline of mobility in adults
NIH-funded research could lead to lower health care costs for adults with type 2 diabetes
March 28, 2012
Weight loss and increased physical fitness nearly halved the risk of losing mobility in overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes, according to four-year results from the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial funded by the National Institutes of Health. The results are published in the March 29, 2012, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.Continue >>
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NIH study finds interventions to prevent type 2 diabetes give good return on investment
March 22, 2012
Programs to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults would result in fewer people developing diabetes and lower health care costs over time, researchers conclude in a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Prevention programs that apply interventions tested in the landmark Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) clinical trial would also improve quality of life for people who would otherwise develop type 2 diabetes. The analysis of costs and outcomes in the DPP and its follow-up study is published in the April 2012 issue of Diabetes Care and online March 22 at http://diabetes.org/diabetescare.Continue >>
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NIH brain imaging study finds evidence of basis for caregiving impulse
Infants' faces evoke species-specific patterns of brain activity in adults
March 16, 2012
Distinct patterns of activity - which may indicate a predisposition to care for infants - appear in the brains of adults who view an image of an infant face - even when the child is not theirs, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and in Germany, Italy, and Japan.Continue >>
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2011
Switching neighborhoods may improve health
November 7, 2011
COMNet teams publish a Series on the global obesity in The Lancet
August 27, 2011
2010
Trials use technology to help young adults achieve healthy weights
November 29, 2010
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