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A little more education, a little longer life?

(HealthDay) -- It's graduation season, and new research offers yet another reason to congratulate someone who has completed at least nine years of education: They're likely to live longer.

Health created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Light therapy at bus stops to cheer north Sweden commuters

Bus stops in the northern Swedish town of Umeaa have been fitted with light therapy panels to help commuters fight off the winter blues, the energy company behind the move said Tuesday.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study: Americans less healthy than others

Americans are in worse health, die earlier and suffer from more disease than residents of other wealthy nations, according to a new study out Wednesday.

Health created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Link between emotions, physical health universal, researcher says

(Medical Xpress)—Much research has demonstrated a link between individuals' emotional and physical health. For example, depression and stress have been tied to self-reports of increased pain, fatigue and disease, whereas ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

H7N9 bird flu spreads to central China's Hunan

China's deadly outbreak of H7N9 bird flu has spread to the central province of Hunan, local health authorities said Saturday, the third announcement in three days of a case in a new location.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rice as a source of arsenic exposure

A study just published by a Dartmouth team of scientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) advances our understanding of the sources of human exposure to arsenic and focuses atten ...

Health created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mexican immigrants to the US not as healthy as believed, study finds

Immigrants who come to the United States from Mexico arrive with a significant amount of undiagnosed disease, tempering previous findings that immigrants are generally healthier than native-born residents, according to a ...

Health created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Despite 1993 cases, hantavirus remains mostly a mystery

In his 30-plus years as a doctor, Bruce Tempest had never seen anything like it.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

HIV spreading in Europe, but AIDS cases declining: study

HIV infections continued to rise in Europe in 2010, but thanks to treatment the number of cases of full-blown AIDS has dramatically declined in recent years, according to a report published Wednesday.

HIV & AIDS created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Anti-depressant use soars in England, linked to recession

The use of anti-depressant drugs in England has soared by 28 percent in the past three years, coinciding with the country's fall into recession and the global economic crisis, new figures showed Friday.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

New study reveals sex to be pleasurable with or without use of a condom or lubricant

A new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine reveals that within a nationally representative study of American men and women, sex was rated as highly arousing and pleasurable whether or not condoms and/or lubric ...

Health created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Program urges smokers switch to smokeless tobacco

(AP) -- In the smoker-heavy state of Kentucky, a cancer center is suggesting something that most health experts won't and the tobacco industry can't: If you really want to quit, switch to smoke-free tobacco.

Health created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

No painkillers please, we're British

In Britain, the popular U.S. painkiller OxyContin is considered similar to morphine and used sparingly. Vicodin isn't even licensed. And at most shops, remedies like ibuprofen are sold only in 16-pill packs.

Medications created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Brain study hopes to help boxers deal with safety issues

Some days are better than others for Leon Spinks. At 58, he has dementia, difficulty maintaining balance and short-term memory impairment, says wife Brenda.

Health created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Reports identify, prioritize environmental health risks in fast-growing United Arab Emirates

By global standards, health risks caused by environmental factors are low in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), new studies by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers show.

Health created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0