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New links between teen smoking and back pain
A study from Curtin University has found a bi-directional relationship between adolescent cigarette use and spinal pain.
May 9, 2014
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Research study available for older adults living with low back pain and depression
Older adults experiencing chronic low back pain and depression are invited to participate in the final year of a five-year study that aims to find out whether medication alone or medication along with health coaching and ...
May 9, 2014
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New app shuffles thoughts to summon sleep
(Medical Xpress)—If counting sheep can't help you sleep, you could try thinking of an elephant, French toast and scuba diving. Simon Fraser University researcher Luc Beaudoin has created mySleepButton, a first-of-its-kind ...
May 9, 2014
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Forty is not too old or too late to start endurance training
Amsterdam, 9 May. A study of healthy senior men has found that "relatively intensive" endurance exercise confers benefits on the heart irrespective of the age at which they began training. The benefits were evident and comparable ...
May 9, 2014
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Impacts on human health of burning hydrocarbons
A leading professor has spent his considerable career at Kanazawa University in Japan investigating the toxic by-products of burning fuels, and the associated impacts on human health.
May 9, 2014
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Public health perspectives on sedentary behaviour
(Medical Xpress)—The average adult is sitting or sedentary for about 9.5 or 10 hours a day—and a University of Alberta researcher wants people to stand up and take notice.
May 9, 2014
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More action to prevent Indigenous deaths in custody
Key recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) are yet to be addressed 23 years after the report was handed down, according to University of Adelaide architectural anthropologist, ...
May 9, 2014
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States opting out of Medicaid leave 1.1 million community health center patients without health insurance
An estimated 1.1 million community health center patients are left without the benefits of health coverage simply because they live in one of 24 states that have opted out of the Medicaid expansion, a key part of the Affordable ...
May 9, 2014
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Vermont law requires labeling of GMO foods
Vermont's governor signed a law Thursday that puts the state on the path to be the first in the U.S. to require labeling of genetically modified foods, and he promptly announced an online fundraiser to fight expected legal ...
May 8, 2014
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Middle-aged at risk from rows with family, neighbours
Think again before you pick another fight with your tearaway daughter or go head-to-toe once more with the people next door over their late-night parties.
May 8, 2014
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