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| Kids' Checkups Should Include Depression Test: Docs MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors should test middle school-age children for high cholesterol and start screening for depression at age 11, according to updated guidelines from a leading group of U.S. pediatricians. Doctors should also ...
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Death of Partner and Risk for Heart Attack, Stroke MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- It's often said that the loss of a spouse or partner leaves "a broken heart." That notion might have some scientific validity, with new evidence suggesting the risk for a heart attack or stroke goes up during the first ...
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'Western' Diet & Alzheimer's-Like Effects in Mice MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Common compounds in the "Western" diet seem to promote Alzheimer's-linked brain deposits and memory problems in mice, researchers say. Scientists found that when they added the compounds -- called ...
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| Anti-gay communities linked to shorter lives: study NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who are gay, lesbian or bisexual tend to die earlier in communities where citizens are less accepting of same-sex relationships, according to a new study. "The size of the relationship between anti-gay prejudice and ...
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Early Ovary Removal Reduces Long-Term Cancer Risk: Study Women diagnosed with one of the two major BRCA gene mutations improve their chances of long-term survival if they have their ovaries removed at age 35, according to a large Canadian study. Ron Winslow reports on the News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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Vegetarian Diet May Help Lower Blood Pressure MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Adopting a vegetarian diet may help people shave points off their blood pressure, a large study from Japan suggests. The research, a review of 39 studies that included almost 22,000 people, found vegetarians ...
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Camels Linked to Spread of Deadly Virus in People An image of the MERS virus, seen at top, which belongs to the coronavirus family. Credit National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases - Rocky Mo, via Associated Press. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue ...
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LA council panel backs limits on e-cigarettes A Los Angeles City Council panel on Monday endorsed an array of restrictions on e-cigarettes that would prohibit the vapor-emitting devices from being used in most workplaces and a number of public spaces. The proposed ordinance, now heading to the full ...
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Health alert issued over measles cases On Monday, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed two cases of the measles in the Metrowest region of Massachusetts. Health officials are advising those who think they may have been exposed to avoid health care facilities because of the ...
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UPDATE 4-Pfizer's Prevnar prevents pneumonia in elderly - study (Adds details on standard Pneumovax vaccine, updates share price, final two paragraphs). By Ransdell Pierson and Caroline Humer. Feb 24 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Monday that Prevnar 13, its blockbuster vaccine against childhood infections, ...
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Use of Tylenol in Pregnancy Tied to Higher ADHD Risk in Child MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Expectant mothers suffering from fever or headache may face a new dilemma when they open the medicine cabinet. Pregnant women who take acetaminophen -- best known under the brand name Tylenol ...
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Centralizing Organ Removal May Benefit Transplants For decades, surgeons have traveled to far-off hospitals to remove organs from brain-dead donors and then rushed back to transplant them. Now an experiment in the Midwest suggests there may be a better way: Bring the donors to the doctors instead.
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| For-profit hospices incur Medicare penalties over longer stays, study finds Investor-owned hospice operators were far more likely than not-for-profit operators to incur Medicare penalties for admitting patients whose stay exceeded six months, a study has found. Terminally ill patients in for-profit hospices were more likely to leave alive ...
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Being overweight will soon become 'the norm' thanks to junk food and sedentary ... Being overweight is so common in Europe that it risks becoming 'the new norm', with around a third of teenagers now heavier than is recommended for their health, the World Health Organisation has said. In a report on obesity levels in the 53 countries of the ...
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10 Things to Know for Tuesday An Afghan mother shows off her 3-hour-old baby in the maternity ward The Associated Press An Afghan mother shows off her 3-hour-old baby in the maternity ward of Ahmad Shah Baba District Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Feb. 24. 2014.
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Students and smoking: Stanford University ends tobacco sales Stanford University students can breath easier when heading to school because of a new tobacco sales ban on campus. Skip to next paragraph. Lane Brown. Correspondent. Lane Brown is a writer, owner of a marketing consulting business, and first-time ...
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Indian-American Scientist Develops Diagnostic for Cancer In a breakthrough, an Indian- American scientist at the prestigious MIT has developed a simple, cheap, paper test that could improve cancer diagnosis rates and help people get treated earlier. The diagnostic, which works much like a pregnancy test, could ...
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Group wants heart attack warning on testosterone WASHINGTON -- A consumer advocacy group is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to add a bold warning label to popular testosterone drugs for men in light of growing evidence that the hormone treatments can increase the risk of heart attack.
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Lifestyle changes to be cancer free Here are seven lifestyle nips 'n' tucks that will help improve your odds against cancer. Recent research on the genetics of cancer may give an impression that some are fated for the disease, but that's not necessarily true. Healthy behaviours could prevent ...
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New research finds direct connection between acupuncture and processes that ... When acupuncture first became popular in the western hemisphere it had its doubters. It still does. But over time, through detailed observation, scientists have produced real evidence that ancient Chinese practitioners of the medical arts were onto something.
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Maryland has achieved its health insurance enrollment goal, thanks to a ... For months, it looked like Maryland would barely meet, or even miss, the first enrollment goal for its new health insurance exchange. But it turns out the goal was based on flawed data, and the state's new goal is one that it has already beat. Instead of signing ...
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DOMINIC LAWSON: Bin those vitamin pills - they may be doing you far more ... The weekend's big story might be the overthrow of the government in Ukraine, but a down-page item in Saturday's Mail is surely of more significance to millions of people in this country. Under the headline 'Excess vitamin E raises prostate cancer risk', this ...
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Bristol-Myers Hepatitis C Treatment Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Status Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) said its combination therapy for hepatitis C received breakthrough therapy status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Bristol-Myers said Monday that the new designation is based on the drug maker's ongoing Phase III ...
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