Community health workers help type 2 diabetes care
(Brown University) Researchers who conducted a clinical trial in American Samoa to test whether community health workers could help adults with type 2 diabetes found that the patients who received the intervention were twice as likely to make a clinically meaningful improvement as those who remained with care only in the clinic. The results appear in the journal Diabetes Care. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Island Fever
They’re digging out from under Nemo in the Northeast; and it’s another slushy Sunday here in the Midwest. If they weren't so much like Thunderdomes, it might be nice to get off to an island.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - February 10, 2013 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Laura Betzig, Ph.D. Tags: Evolutionary Psychology Happiness Law and Crime Sex Arianna Huffington coming of age in samoa fletcher christian free love helen fisher hms bounty j craig venter jack adams john brockman john tooby Margaret Mead Matt Ridley Source Type: news
Obesity Epidemic In Samoa Starts At Birth
As some Pacific island cultures have "westernized" over the last several decades, among the changes has been a dramatic increase in obesity. Researchers don't understand all the reasons why, but even a decade ago in American Samoa 59 percent of men and 71 percent of women were obese. A new Brown University study finds that the Samoan epidemic of obesity may start with rapid weight gain in early infancy. The implications of the study published online in the journal Pediatric Obesity may not be confined to Polynesian populations, said the authors... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Samoan obesity epidemic starts at birth
Born slightly heavy on average, a sample of hundreds of infants in American Samoa continued to gain weight quickly after birth, achieving high rates of obesity within 15 months. Breastfeeding slowed weight gain in boys. Findings may presage infant obesity in other populations where obesity is increasing population wide. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 5, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news
Samoan obesity epidemic starts at birth
(Brown University) Born slightly heavy on average, a sample of hundreds of infants in American Samoa continued to gain weight quickly after birth, achieving high rates of obesity within 15 months. Breastfeeding slowed weight gain in boys. Findings may presage infant obesity in other populations where obesity is increasing population wide. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 5, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
