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Massage, acupuncture, healing, homeopathy: use of so-called complementary and alternative medicine is widespread in Sweden and the rest of the western world. Although still skeptical, surgical healthcare professionals also want to learn more about …
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Massage, acupuncture, healing, homeopathy: use of so-called complementary and alternative medicine is widespread in Sweden and the rest of the western …
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LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in London's Ecuadorian embassy for nearly six months, played down concerns about his health on Thursday, saying he enjoyed being at the centre of the legal and diplomatic storm. Assange, 41, whose website angered the United States by releasing thousands of secret diplomatic cables, took sanctuary in Ecuador's embassy in June, jumping bail after exhausting appeals in British courts against extradition to Sweden for sexual assault allegations. …
Older teens and adults with attention deficit disorder are much less likely to commit a crime while on ADHD medication, a provocative study from Sweden found.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who take part in a commercial weight–loss program may indeed shed some pounds – especially if they substantially cut calories, a new study from Sweden finds. Worldwide, around 1.5 billion adults are overweight and …
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Mercury and omega-3 fatty acids – both found in fish – appear to have opposite links to heart health, scientists have found. In an analysis of more than 1,600 men from Sweden and Finland, researchers found that men with high levels of mercury in the body had an increased risk of heart attacks, while those with a high concentration of omega-3s had a lower risk. Fish are considered part of a healthy diet, but the balance between potential risks and benefits from the two compounds is not clear. …
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treating obese people with weight loss surgery dramatically delays or prevents the onset of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. “We saw a marked delay (in the development of diabetes) over 15 years,” said coauthor Dr. Lars Sjostrom of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. “Some of those surgical patients will probably develop diabetes later. But over a lifetime, there will be a large difference.” Among the 1,658 volunteers who received surgery, mostly stomach stapling, the risk of developing diabetes was about one in 150 per year. …
preventing diabetes. Far fewer obese people developed that disease if they had stomach-shrinking operations rather than usual care to try to slim down, a large study in Sweden found.
LONDON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca’s sales tumbled 21 percent in the second quarter, punished by generic competition to its best-selling antipsychotic medicine Seroquel and pressure on health spending in Europe. Continued supply chain disruptions triggered by problems with a new IT system at a plant in Sweden added to the group’s woes and the shares fell 1.8 percent by 04.30 a.m. EDT in a flat market for European drug stocks. …
13:27 GMT, July 23, 2012 Brussels | Exercise Hot Blade came to a close this week. The major helicopter exercise brought together assets from Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, and the Netherlands, as well as observers from Sweden and the United …
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MONDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) — As many as one in 20 children may predominantly walk on their toes in early childhood. Youngsters who have developmental delays or neuropsychiatric disorders, however, are more likely to walk on their toes, according to a new study from Sweden.
The ultimate cure for tension headaches is not medicine or relaxation, but physical exercise, according to a new study in Sweden.