(HealthDay)—Overall, 9.1 percent of individuals in the United States were uninsured in 2017, which was not significantly different from the level in 2016, according to a report published online May 22 by the U.S. Centers ...
May 22, 2018
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Immersive virtual environments—where officials interview eyewitnesses using digital representations, or avatars, instead of interacting in person—may increase the accuracy and amount of recalled information, shows research ...
May 14, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Hypertension, elevated cholesterol, and hearing difficulty are more prevalent among noise-exposed workers, according to a study published online March 14 in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
Apr 12, 2018
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(HealthDay)—The percentage of uninsured U.S. persons of all ages did not change significantly from 2016 to the first nine months of 2017, according to a report published online Feb. 22 by the National Center for Health ...
Feb 22, 2018
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Meditation may decrease the risk of heart disease, according to a first-ever statement on the practice issued by the American Heart Association.
Feb 19, 2018
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(HealthDay)—In 2016, 8.3 percent of boys and 5.6 percent of girls aged 3 to 17 years had ever had a significant head injury in their lifetime, according to a February data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Feb 9, 2018
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The common practice of using patient self-report screening questionnaires rather than diagnostic interviews conducted by researchers has resulted in overestimates of the prevalence of depression, according to an analysis ...
Jan 15, 2018
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A new UCLA study finds that 27 percent, or 796,000, of California's youth, ages 12 to 17, report they are viewed by others as gender nonconforming at school.
Dec 14, 2017
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(HealthDay)—About one in five U.S. adults currently uses any tobacco product, according to a study published online Nov. 9 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Nov 13, 2017
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The first release of transgender data from the California Health Interview Survey, the nation's largest state survey, reveals the demographic characteristics of transgender adults in the state—such as population size, racial ...
Oct 31, 2017
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