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COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 14 (UPI) – Better planning and focusing on patient needs could reduce hospital readmission rates, U.S. researchers suggest. Bruce Golden, a professor at the University of Maryland, doctoral student David Anderson and colleagues tracked patient movement at a large, academic U.S. medical center for occupancy rates, day of the week, staffing [...]

Published: Jan. 14, 2012 at 2:17 AM SEATTLE, Jan. 14 (UPI) — A diet rich in slowly digested carbohydrates — whole grains, legumes, high-fiber foods — reduces inflammation in chronic disease, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Marian Neuhouser, a member of the Cancer Prevention Program in the Public Health Sciences Division at the Hutchinson Center [...]

Published: Dec. 21, 2011 at 6:16 PM SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 21 (UPI) — It’s that frazzled time of year, but a U.S. food expert says one way to reduce stress and anxiety is to choose foods with natural calming effects. Phil Lempert, a food industry analyst, trend watcher and creator of the Web site [...]

Published: Dec. 17, 2011 at 2:05 AM NASHVILLE, Dec. 17 (UPI) — Statins — cholesterol-lowering drugs — may reduce mortality among patients hospitalized with influenza, U.S. researchers say. Dr. William Schaffner, professor and chairman of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Meredith Vandermeer of the Oregon Public Health Division, said the observational study [...]

Published: Dec. 16, 2011 at 1:46 AM DETROIT, Dec. 16 (UPI) — One-quarter of severe asthma attacks could be prevented if patients consistently took their medication as prescribed, U.S. researchers found. Lead author Dr. Keoki Williams, associate director of Henry Ford’s Center for Health Policy and Health Service Research in Detroit, said inhaled corticosteroid medication [...]

Published: Aug. 30, 2011 at 12:50 AM LONDON, Aug. 30 (UPI) — Statins, drugs used to lower cholesterol levels, also reduce deaths from infection and respiratory illness, researchers in Britain found. In the lipid-lowering arm of the drug trial, more than 10,000 patients in Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia with high blood pressure were randomly allocated [...]

Published: Aug. 9, 2011 at 8:49 PM SELINSGROVE, Pa., Aug. 9 (UPI) — A U.S. study suggests the new health warnings with graphic pictures on cigarette packages will reduce demand for cigarettes, researchers say. Study co-author Matthew Rousu, a professor of economics at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa., and colleagues say the study involved a [...]