Health
How many women can have baby in your city? SKorea shuts site
South Korea's government closed its website that drew fury for showing the number of women in childbearing age by each city district and region.
Dec 30, 2016
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Page 9 - News tagged with opinion
Health
When to get a second medical opinion
Getting a second opinion for a medical condition isn't quite the same as cheating on your hairstylist. In fact, when it comes to complex or serious, life-threatening conditions, most doctors encourage second opinions.
Jul 29, 2016
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What leads to the local adoption and implementation of recreational marijuana policies?
When states move to legalize marijuana, local governments are faced with enacting—or in some cases restricting—the policy change in their jurisdictions. Using Colorado as a case study, a new study finds that public opinion, ...
Nov 17, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Study finds support for obesity designation as disease
In the first assessment of public opinion since obesity was formally classified as a disease, a new study from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut has found that a majority of Americans ...
May 14, 2015
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Polls show deep partisan divide over Affordable Care Act
A comprehensive analysis of data from 27 public opinion polls conducted by 14 organizations, including a poll in September of those most likely to vote, shows an electorate polarized by political party when it comes to the ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Health
Like the flu shot, message inoculation won't last forever
Just as influenza vaccines employ a weakened virus to stimulate the immune system and produce antibodies against the real thing during flu season, message inoculation – with a weakened form of the other side's argument ...
Oct 10, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
The public's perception of the obesity epidemic
Obesity has been called a major health crisis and a national epidemic. Health authorities, including prominent spokespeople like Michelle Obama and the Surgeon General, have sounded the alarm, and the media have responded ...
Sep 15, 2014
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Alzheimer's disease, the soft target of the euthanasia debate
(Medical Xpress)—The way Alzheimer's disease is portrayed by advocacy groups and the media is having undue influence on the euthanasia debate, according to a Deakin University nursing ethics professor.
May 24, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Study investigates older adults' views on cancer screening
A study from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center for Aging Research has found that many older adults are hesitant to halt cancer screenings even when the screenings may no longer be beneficial or may ...
Mar 11, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Kidneys sometimes removed unnecessarily due to misdiagnosis of genetic disorder
Thousands of individuals have had kidneys removed unnecessarily because doctors misdiagnosed their disease.
Jan 10, 2013
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