Archive: 27/11/2012
U.S. kids getting enough sleep after all, survey finds
(HealthDay)—Despite concerns to the contrary, American children do seem to be getting adequate sleep, a new analysis reveals.
Nov 27, 2012
Four common antipsychotic drugs found to lack safety and effectiveness in older adults
In older adults, antipsychotic drugs are commonly prescribed off-label for a number of disorders outside of their Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved indications – schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The largest ...
Nov 27, 2012
Most women who have double mastectomy don't need it, study finds
About 70 percent of women who have both breasts removed following a breast cancer diagnosis do so despite a very low risk of facing cancer in the healthy breast, new research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive ...
Nov 27, 2012
Fourth person dies in Calif. of mushroom poisoning
(AP)—A Northern California sheriff says a fourth person has died from eating a soup made with poisonous mushrooms earlier this month at senior care facility.
Nov 27, 2012
Judge orders tobacco companies to say they lied
(AP)—A federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and that disclose smoking's health effects, including the death on average of 1,200 ...
Nov 27, 2012
Ireland's Cabinet weighs options on abortion laws
(AP)—Ireland published an experts' report Tuesday recommending that the government define when a woman in a life-threatening pregnancy can receive an abortion, a major national issue since the death last month of an Indian ...
Nov 27, 2012
How vegetables make the meal
Parents may have some new motivations to serve their kids vegetables. A new Cornell University study, published in Public Health Nutrition, found that by simply serving vegetables with dinner, the main course would taste ...
Nov 27, 2012