Thursday, March 20, 2014

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Daily update March 20, 2014
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Daily Mail
Diabetics diagnosed in middle age - between ages 40 and 64 - 'have higher ...
People who develop diabetes in middle age may be more likely to have smaller brains later in life, warns a new study. Researchers found that people who develop diabetes and high blood pressure between the age of 40 and 64 are more at risk of losing ...
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MedPage Today
5 Pointers on 'Grace Period' Patients
Washington-Watch. 5 Pointers on 'Grace Period' Patients. Published: Mar 19, 2014 | Updated: Mar 19, 2014. By David Pittman, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Take Posttest. WASHINGTON -- Physician practices now have ...
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NPR
Most Women Don't Know Warning Signs of Stroke
WEDNESDAY, March 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Most women say they'd call 911 if they were experiencing a stroke, but many don't recognize the major warning signs of stroke, new research shows. The study authors surveyed more than 1,200 women in ...
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MiamiHerald.com
Half of US adults 40 to 75 eligible for statins
Almost half of Americans ages 40 to 75 and nearly all men over 60 qualify to consider cholesterol-lowering statin drugs under new heart disease prevention guidelines, an analysis concludes. It's the first independent look at the impact of the guidelines issued ...
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Headlines & Global News
Strict Parents With Little Affection Increase Risk Of Obesity In Children
Children who have parents that lay down rigid rules but lack emotional engagement are more likely to become obese, a new study finds. Childhood obesity is a growing concern in the United States. Food habits and lifestyle are two factors that contribute ...
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Swindon Advertiser
We All Want To Live At Home In Old Age, But Know Nothing About the Quality of ...
The other day, I wrote about a troubling report on the high likelihood of falls or medication errors in skilled nursing facilities. The problem is real and serious, but at least we can measure it– which is a first step towards fixing it. In contrast, there is home care.
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Radio New Zealand
New Zealand company finds major formulation error with cold and flu products ...
AFT Pharmaceuticals has identified a major error with the formulation of over 1300 cold and flu products used around the world. Many over the counter cold and flu products combine phenylephrine and paracetamol. The company's groundbreaking research ...
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San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Charity helping Colombia's 'fattest baby' slim down
A charity organization has stepped into to save the life of what the media is calling “Colombia's fattest baby.” Santiago Mendoza is 8 months old and at 55 pounds he weighs the same as a typical 6 year old. Santiago's mother, Eunice Fandino, wrote to Chubby ...
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International Business Times
Kristin Cavallari Responds To Vaccine Criticism: 'I'm Just A Mom'
Kristin Cavallari married Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler in June. According to the reality-TV star, she still has a home in Los Angeles -- technically making her a resident of California. Reuters. Krisitin Cavallari received mass criticism after she stated ...
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TestCountry.com
FDA OK of pain pill ignores abuse's toll
Over the objections of its own medical experts, the Food and Drug Administration late last year approved a powerful new prescription painkiller, Zohydro, that could unleash a public health plague on the scale of the one caused by the introduction of OxyContin ...
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Washington Post
Baby gorilla with pneumonia shows improvement
In a Wednesday, March 19, 2014 photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Safari The Associated Press In a Wednesday, March 19, 2014 photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, an 8-day-old gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park is bottle-fed at the ...
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The Information Daily
Among US children, more infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria
Infections caused by a concerning type of antibiotic-resistant bacteria are on the rise in U.S. children, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and available online. Although still uncommon, the bacteria are ...
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Voice of America
Drug-Resistant TB is Global Threat
The medical aid group -- Doctors without Borders -- warns that drug-resistant tuberculosis has become a global threat. It says despite the growing number of cases, there are no effective treatments. Listen to De Capua report on drug resistant TB. Doctors ...
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Washington Post
Some health plans exclude top cancer centers
Dr. Willie Underwood, a urologic oncologist at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, examines patient Richard Waldrop at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y. (Bill Sheff/Roswell Park Cancer Institute/AP). By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / The Associated ...
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Daily Mail
Gym tells woman she's intimidating guests with 'toned body'
A Bay Area woman was asked to cover up while working out at a Richmond gym, after staff members say she was intimidating people with her toned body. Tiffany Austin said she was excited to get back in shape after recovering from a recent car accident.
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KY3
Penn Medicine researchers show how lost sleep leads to lost neurons
PHILADELPHIA - Most people appreciate that not getting enough sleep impairs cognitive performance. For the chronically sleep-deprived such as shift workers, students, or truckers, a common strategy is simply to catch up on missed slumber on the ...
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Science Codex
Noninvasive Colorectal Cancer Screening Tool Shows Unprecedented ...
Newswise — ROCHESTER, Minn. — March 17, 2014 — Results of a clinical trial of Cologuard show unprecedented rates of precancer and cancer detection by a noninvasive test. The detection rates are similar to those reported for colonoscopy. The results ...
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