Health
US firms lowball earnings to avoid higher health insurance costs, says study
American companies tend to report lower profits when dealing with monolithic health insurance providers, a new study shows.
Feb 10, 2015
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Health
Who is responsible for healthy food?
Unhealthy food causes obesity, diabetes and heart problems and costs society money. But who is responsible? Consumers who overeat or use too much fat, salt and sugar? Or producers who make all of that unhealthy food and market ...
Dec 17, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mindfulness helps teens cope with stress, anxiety
Students at a Portland high school are enrolled in a for-credit, year-long mindfulness class meant to ease youth anxiety and depression and to prevent violence.
Dec 2, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Real-time audio of corporal punishment shows kids misbehave within 10 minutes of spanking
A new study based on real-time audio recordings of parents practicing corporal punishment discovered that spanking was far more common than parents admit, that children were hit for trivial misdeeds and that children then ...
Apr 15, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Parents less likely to spank after reading briefly about its links to problems in children
(Medical Xpress)—Parents who spank their children believe it's an effective form of discipline. But decades of research studies have found that spanking is linked to short- and long-term child behavior problems.
Jan 22, 2014
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Health
More people exercise while they work (Update)
Glued to your desk at work? Cross that off the list of excuses for not having the time to exercise.
Sep 12, 2013
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Pediatrics
Maternal posttraumatic stress disorder associated with increased risk for child maltreatment
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mothers appears to be associated with an increased risk for child maltreatment beyond that associated with maternal depression, according to a study published by JAMA Pediatrics.
Sep 2, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
A roadblock to personalized cancer care?
There's a major roadblock to creating personalized cancer care. Doctors need a way to target treatments to patients most likely to benefit and avoid treating those who will not. Tumor biomarker tests can help do this.
Aug 1, 2013
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Other
Perrigo to buy Elan for $8.6B, seeks tax savings (Update)
U.S. drugmaker Perrigo agreed Monday to buy Ireland's Elan for $8.6 billion in a deal that should allow the rapidly growing company to reduce its tax bill and boost its royalty stream.
Jul 29, 2013
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Other
Businessman tries his luck at building pot brand
(AP)—The plans of a former Microsoft manager to create the "Starbucks of Pot" are worrying other activists who pushed for the legalization of marijuana in Washington state.
Jun 17, 2013
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