Health
Many manly men avoid needed health care
(HealthDay)—Macho men are less likely than women to visit a doctor, and more likely to request male physicians when they do make an appointment, researchers say.
Apr 29, 2016
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Preventive Medicine
Medications
Drug-overdose deaths hold steady in some high drug trafficking areas
Areas in the U.S. with the highest drug-overdose death rates are not always places with high drug trafficking, according to a new University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health analysis published in the journal ...
Apr 22, 2016
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Health
Strength training helps older adults live longer
Older adults who met twice-weekly strength-training guidelines had lower odds of dying in a new analysis by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Columbia University. ...
Apr 20, 2016
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Health
Journal supplement points out disparities among African-American, white smokers
The percentage of African-American high school seniors who smoke has changed very little over the past two decades. In fact, the percentages in 2014 and 1992 are statistically the same.
Apr 5, 2016
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Health
Sun protection poor for NZ secondary school students
A University of Otago study that involved unobtrusively observing the sun-protective practices of students and staff at the sports days of 10 Dunedin secondary schools last summer has found them sorely lacking.
Mar 31, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study offers efficient alternative for Ebola screening program for travelers
As of January 31, 2016, a total of 28,639 cases and 11,316 deaths have been attributed to Ebola, figures that are assumed to significantly underestimate the actual scope of the 2014 Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever outbreak in West ...
Mar 28, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The tougher men think they are, the less likely they are to be honest with doctors
Men are less likely than women to go to the doctor, more likely to choose a male doctor when they do go, but less likely to be honest with that doctor about their symptoms, Rutgers psychologists have found. The researchers ...
Mar 23, 2016
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Health
Family-based counselling increases physical activity and improves diet quality in children
A recent Finnish study showed that individualised and family-based lifestyle counselling helps 6-8-year-old children increase their physical activity levels and improve their diet quality during a two-year follow-up. The ...
Mar 11, 2016
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Health
Increases in state and local spending could decrease mortality rates, researcher finds
Income inequality and government social spending. These are hot-??button issues in this year's presidential primaries: the rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer, and the government's role in closing the gap—or not.
Mar 1, 2016
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Health
Social media use in young adults linked to sleep disturbance
Young adults who spend a lot of time on social media during the day or check it frequently throughout the week are more likely to suffer sleep disturbances than their peers who use social media less, according to new research ...
Jan 26, 2016
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