Infants in families who participated in an intensive new parent home visiting program involving both nurses and lay educators used significantly less medical services during the first year of life, according to a new RAND ...
Dec 15, 2016
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(HealthDay)—People along the southern stretch of the Mississippi River are more likely to die from heart problems than anywhere else in the United States.
Dec 13, 2016
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Sex is quite wonderful when the goal is to have children. But sex can also serve as a "glue" in a committed relationship.
Dec 8, 2016
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(HealthDay)—A charming ceramic reminder of a Mexican vacation could end up giving you lead poisoning, a new study warns.
Oct 20, 2016
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With Zika virus raising concerns around the United States about the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, the transmission of these viruses has become paramount in terms of how, when and where they are spread. Researchers at ...
Oct 7, 2016
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Every 20 minutes, someone in the United States receives a cancer diagnosis related to human papillomavirus. HPV causes cancer of the cervix, anus and throat. The HPV vaccine can prevent infections causing most of these kinds ...
Sep 29, 2016
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The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription ...
Sep 18, 2016
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Regular cocaine and methamphetamine users can have difficulty choosing between right and wrong, perhaps because the specific parts of their brains used for moral processing and evaluating emotions are damaged by their prolonged ...
Jul 13, 2016
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Battling the childhood obesity epidemic is a priority for many researchers, as obesity during adolescence increases the risk of chronic diseases throughout life. Because obese children have lower quality of life and self-esteem, ...
Jun 6, 2016
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A recent study co-authored by University of New Mexico School of Law Associate Professor Yael Zakai Cannon shows the relationship between "adverse childhood experiences," or ACEs, and juvenile delinquency. The study also ...
Apr 1, 2016
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