Monday, April 6, 2009
Medical news of the obvious
People diagnosed with cancer are at increased risk for depression, concludes a study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Researchers collected an impressive amount of data and performed some complicated regression analysis and risk-adjustments to come up with the important, though not particuarly surprising, recommendation that physicians treating cancer patients should look for signs of depression and initiate early treatment.
Children prefer bright colors. So concluded a study in the Journal of Clinical Nursing that assessed hospitalized children's perceptions of nurses wearing non-traditional, brightly colored uniforms vs. the traditional drab attire. I bet smiling works, too. But that's another study.
Sugary soft drinks were associated with more weight gain than other beverages, according to researchers. To come to this conclusion, researchers looked at 810 adults and weighed them over an 18-month period, doing unannounced 24-hour dietary recall interviews by phone during the study. Sugar-sweetened beverages were the only ones significantly associated with weight change. What rescues this study from being totally obvious is that it tracked how much weight could be cut by not swigging sodas. Cutting liquid calories was associated with losing 0.25 kg at 6 months and 0.24 kg at 18 months. Cutting just one sugary drink was associated with losing 0.5 kg at 6 months and 0.7 kg at 18 months. Lay off the soda already, especially those of you who start the day with a can or two.
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