Your new weight-loss resolution: drive less
(HealthDay)— If weight loss is your New Year's resolution, making another vow—to drive less in 2013—could help, a new study suggests.
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Dec 27, 2012 |
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Legal unions, including marriage, boost mental health for gay people, study finds
(HealthDay)—As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to enter the debate about gay marriage, a new study suggests that being in a legally recognized relationship of any kind may reduce feelings of nervousness, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 13, 2012 |
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Alcohol pricing policies save lives and increase profits, experts say
Setting minimum prices for alcohol increases health and economic benefits, say international experts, who met today for a seminar on alcohol pricing and public health.
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Dec 10, 2012 |
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Iron supplements reduce ADHD in low birth weight infants
In a study published today in Pediatrics, scientists at Umeå University in Sweden conclude that giving iron supplements to low birth weight infants reduces the risk of behavior problems like ADHD later in life.
Attention deficit disorders
Dec 10, 2012 |
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Maintaining weight loss as important as losing it for older women
When you're postmenopausal and overweight, losing weight is a good thing, but gaining back just a few pounds may actually be detrimental to your cardiovascular health.
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Dec 10, 2012 |
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New evidence on how compound found in red wine can help prevent cancer
(Medical Xpress)—University of Leicester scientists will present groundbreaking new evidence about how a chemical found in red wine can help prevent cancer on Wednesday, December 5.
Cancer
Dec 04, 2012 |
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Rewarding people to live healthier lives is acceptable if it works, study reveals
(Medical Xpress)—A UK study reveals that the public find it acceptable to reward people for changing their health-related behaviour, such as smoking or weight loss, as long as it works. In the past, such ...
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Dec 04, 2012 |
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Cleaner burning cookstoves improving health in developing world, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Older women in the developing world are likely to see direct health benefits such as reductions in blood pressure in a relatively short amount of time once they switch to cleaner burning ...
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Nov 29, 2012 |
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Growth in health benefit cost per employee slowed in 2012
(HealthDay)—In 2012, growth in the average total health benefit cost per employee slowed to 4.1 percent, according to the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, published Nov. 14 by Mercer.
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Nov 24, 2012 |
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Common mental disorders, unemployment and psychosocial job quality: Is a poor job better than no job at all?
Employment is usually associated with health benefits over unemployment. However, an article published in Psychological Medicine by a group of researchers from Australia and the UK has shown that having a job with poor p ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 21, 2012 |
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Bay Area nurses picketing after going on strike
(AP)—Union officials say hundreds of nurses in the San Francisco Bay area are braving rain showers to walk picket lines after going on strike Tuesday.
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Nov 21, 2012 |
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Therapy with bone marrow-derived stem cells does not improve short-term recovery after heart attack
Administering to patients stem cells derived from their own bone marrow either three or seven days after a heart attack is safe but does not improve heart function six months later, according to a clinical trial supported ...
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Nov 05, 2012 |
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Drug doesn't significantly lower risk of major heart problems in dialysis patients
In one of the largest and longest trials involving patients with kidney failure, a study led by an international team of researchers found that cinacalcet—a drug commonly prescribed to patients with kidney failure and a ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 04, 2012 |
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Keeping peanut skins in the mix boosts nutrition, researchers find
(Medical Xpress)—Peanuts taste good and are good for you. But a new NC State study shows that putting a bit of skin in the game can make peanut products even healthier while keeping them flavorful.
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Nov 02, 2012 |
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Breast cancer survivors helped to lose weight and live longer
A project based at The University of Queensland is helping women who have survived breast cancer to lose weight and live healthier, longer lives.
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Oct 26, 2012 |
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