Hypertensive young adults may not get advice on lifestyle changes
A study of 500 young adults with hypertension found only 55% received counseling on making lifestyle changes to control their blood pressure within a year of diagnosis, University of Wisconsin researchers reported in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The research showed women, patients who regularly saw a physician, those with a family history of hypertension and patients diagnosed with high cholesterol were more likely to get lifestyle counseling. HealthDay News
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Survey: Almost 20M clinical referrals annually are inappropriate
Data from the 2014 Kyruus Physician Referral Survey revealed about 19.7 million patients experience clinically inappropriate referrals annually. Researchers also found about 8% of all clinical referrals were considered inappropriate, while 75% of specialists said they had received at least one inappropriate referral during the previous year. BeckersHospitalReview.com
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Some people exercise but fail to lose weight, studies show
Study data show some people who exercise do not lose much weight, if any, and some even gain pounds, usually from increased fat rather than increased muscle. Arizona State University researchers found overweight and sedentary women who did treadmill workouts for 12 weeks were more aerobically fit but most also had gained some fat. Those who lost weight after four weeks were more likely to continue to shed pounds, researchers reported in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Well blog
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Study: Cancer survivors report lower health-related quality of life
Older cancer survivors, especially those who had pancreatic cancer and multiple myeloma, reported lower health-related quality of life compared with patients who had not had cancer, researchers reported in the journal Cancer. National Cancer Institute researchers said mental health scores were similar between the groups, but most cancer survivors had lower scores on the Role-Emotion and Social Functioning scales. DoctorsLounge.com/HealthDay News
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Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be."
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