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Alternate-day fasting does not produce superior weight loss or weight maintenance compared with daily calorie restriction

Alternate-Day Fasting Not More Effective for Weight Loss

Weight loss similar to conventional calorie-restriction diet, researchers find
Regularly taking low-dose aspirin appears to protect women from hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer

Low-Dose Aspirin Linked to Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer

Protective link particularly significant for hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative cancer
Consuming seven or more alcoholic drinks a week appears to raise a black woman's risk of breast cancer

Alcohol Linked to Higher Risk of Breast Cancer in Black Women

Black women who have at least seven drinks/week at greater risk for nearly all subtypes of breast cancer
About 35 percent of Americans experience symptoms of a transient ischemic attack

Too Few Americans Know the Warning Signs of Stroke

Many who experience symptoms consistent with a TIA fail to report it
Individuals with optimal cardiovascular health in middle age live an average of four years longer than their peers who have at least two risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Optimal Cardiovascular Health in Middle Age Adds Years to Life

Researchers find it linked to longer, disease-free life
Weight loss of 5 percent or more can significantly lower cartilage degeneration in overweight/obese patients

Weight Loss Can Decelerate Knee Joint Degeneration

Lower rates of progression seen with greater weight loss
For patients with type 1 diabetes and normal awareness of hypoglycemia

Intense Interval Training Cuts Hypoglycemia Awareness in T1DM

Single bout of HIIT reduces awareness among patients with normal awareness of hypoglycemia
Pictorial messages discouraging indoor tanning produce greater negative emotional reactions than text-only messages

Pictorial Messages Better for Discouraging Indoor Tanning

Pictorial messages produce greater negative reactions; more effective than text-only messages

April 2017 Briefing – Nursing

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Nursing for April 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
Local cold applications on the trapezius muscles significantly decreases the pain of patients with fibromyalgia

Cold Application Decreases Fibromyalgia Pain

10-minute cold application on the trapezius muscle tied to significant decrease in pain score