Young people under the age of 18 should be banned from using sunbeds to help reduce the number of people with skin cancer, a new report has claimed.
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Nurses in dermatology settings are conducting high-quality screenings to identify suspicious lesions and non-melanoma skin cancer. In the October 2008 issue of Dermatology Nursing, Deborah L. Phelan and Maureen Heneghan explore how dermatology nurses participate in skin cancer screening and detection in their practices.
Analyzing data from a clinical trial of 226 diabetic primary care patients, this study finds that an automated telephone self-management support intervention is a cost effective way to improve patients’ diabetes outcomes.
A novel educational program called the Kids in Control of Food (KICk OFF) can improve the quality of life for children and teens with type 1 diabetes mellitus, according to findings in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Health & wellness consumer segments, and how can you use them to help you manage your stores or brands? NMI’s work in this area has yielded five distinct consumer segments:
Adults consuming the most, versus the least, energy-dense diets had a 60 percent higher risk for type 2 diabetes in a new study conducted in the United Kingdom.
Eating fish twice a week may help reduce the risk of kidney disease in people with diabetes, according to a British study of more than 22,000 adults, including 517 with diabetes.
Patients with diabetes who participate in a program combining aerobic and high-force eccentric resistance exercise demonstrate improvements in glucose control, physical performance, and body fat composition.
Sanofi-aventis announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Apidra(R) (insulin glulisine [rDNA origin] injection) to improve glycemic control in children (4 years and older) with diabetes mellitus.
Nutrition Experts Tom and Janice Baranowski created Video Games to Help Children Prevent Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.