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Health Check: Can you treat the common cold?
With symptoms including a runny nose, sore throat, sneezing, cough, headaches and fever, the common cold can leave you feeling rotten for up to two weeks.
May 6, 2014
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Sports and energy drink consumption linked with negative behaviors
Weekly consumption of sports drinks and energy drinks among adolescents is significantly associated with higher consumption of other sugar-sweetened beverages, cigarette smoking, and screen media use, according to a study ...
May 6, 2014
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Perceived barriers limit WIC CVV use in Arizona
Low-income and minority communities and people participating in food assistance programs are more likely to consume fewer fruits and vegetables, depriving them of the health benefits of those foods. However, the government ...
May 6, 2014
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Lots of fruits and vegetables, but lots of high-fat snacks
The home is an important microenvironment in models of obesity and can trigger behaviors both positively and negatively associated with weight status. With this in mind, a group of researchers from Emory's Rollins School ...
May 6, 2014
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Factors leading to diabetes may contribute to milk supply problems for new mothers
New studies provide fresh evidence that the same factors that lead to diabetes contribute to low milk supply in some new mothers.
May 5, 2014
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Somalia worst place to be a mother
Somalia is the worst country on Earth to be a mother, according to a report published by Save the Children on Monday which calls for more action to protect mothers and children in crisis-hit areas.
May 5, 2014
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Major women's health study paid big dividends
(HealthDay)— A comprehensive look at the decade-old "estrogen study"—the U.S. government-sponsored trial that turned the tables on assumptions about hormone replacement therapy—suggests there can be a billion-dollar ...
May 5, 2014
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Women with unintended pregnancies take the shortest maternity leaves
Mothers in the United States who have unintended pregnancies return to work sooner after childbirth than mothers whose pregnancy was intended, according to a study led by Dr. Rada K. Dagher, assistant professor of health ...
May 5, 2014
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Significant decline in deaths after Massachusetts' health reform
In the first four years after Massachusetts instituted comprehensive health reform in 2006, mortality in the state decreased by 2.9% compared with similar populations in states that didn't expand health coverage, according ...
May 5, 2014
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Readmission to another hospital may threaten patient safety, study says
(HealthDay)—Patients released from one hospital and readmitted to another hospital within 30 days are more likely to die within a month than those readmitted to the same hospital, according to a large new study from Canada.
May 5, 2014
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