Archive: 16/03/2016

An expert's guide to sneezin' season

(HealthDay)—This could be a bad spring allergy season and people with allergies need to be prepared, an expert warns.

Mar 16, 2016

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Findings point to complexity of body's response to alcohol

A daily drink or two is good for you, studies have shown, but new findings introduce a caveat: a temporary increase in heart attack and stroke risk.

Mar 16, 2016

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How brain maturation changes uninhibited teens to self-controlled adults

(Medical Xpress)—One of the biggest problems in the U.S. justice system is the expanding number of states that treat teens as adults for certain crimes. While harsh treatment of adolescents might generate votes for tough-on-crime ...

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Obesity linked to higher asthma risk in women

(HealthDay)—As weight rises, so too does the risk for asthma, U.S. health officials report.

Mar 16, 2016

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Healthcare systems must adapt to cope with escalating impact of ageing populations

The head of The Innovation Group, Professor Rene Amalberti, has advised that healthcare systems must adapt in order to cope with our ageing populations. His editorial on the topic is published today in the International Journal ...

Mar 16, 2016

Boston Children's and Edwards Lifesciences launch pulmonary valve replacement trial

Surgeons in the Heart Center at Boston Children's Hospital have partnered with Edwards Lifesciences to launch a clinical study of a new prosthetic heart valve for patients born with a congenital heart defect. Called the COMMENCE ...

Mar 16, 2016

Allowing women to extend labor reduces rate of cesarean delivery

When women in labor are given more time to deliver their baby than current guidelines recommend, their incidence of cesarean delivery drops by 55 percent, say researchers at Thomas Jefferson University.

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Low dose radiation and health

Researchers in Europe have reviewed cancer rates among people in parts of the world where natural background radiation is higher than average and found that incidence is not as high as one might guess. The findings, published ...

Mar 16, 2016