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Insomnia May Raise Stroke Risk THURSDAY, April 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- People plagued with insomnia might have an increased risk of stroke, particularly if they are young adults, a new, large study from Taiwan suggests. Over the course of four years, researchers found that ...
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Long Island College Hospital Names Choice for the Future Brooklyn Health Partners, an organization formed specifically to bid for Long Island College Hospital, was chosen Thursday to buy it for $250 million. In a court-ordered bidding process, the group met the demands of community and union groups by promising ...
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Australia in a fog over ban on branded cigarettes SYDNEY (Reuters) - More than a year after Australia became the first country to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes, there is little hard evidence to prove the trailblazing move is worth emulating. Challenges to the stringent laws remain bogged down in the ...
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The next frontier in 3-D printing: Human organs (CNN) -- The emerging process of 3-D printing, which uses computer-created digital models to create real-world objects, has produced everything from toys to jewelry to food. Soon, however, 3-D printers may be spitting out something far more complex, and ...
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| E-cig rule coming 'very soon,' US FDA chief says WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is "pushing very hard" to release a proposed rule that would establish its authority over e-cigarettes, the head of the agency said on Thursday amid concerns the products pose a risk to ...
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Migraines prompt colorful tweets If you've never uttered those words, chances are you've heard someone else say them. And a new study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, finds many migraine sufferers aren't only complaining to family, friends and colleagues -- they're ...
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Smoking Habits Fall in Primetime TV, and in Real Life The pairing of beautiful people in Hollywood and cigarettes has been blamed for glamorizing smoking. In the 1940s and '50s, even cartoon characters like Fred Flinstone smoked on television. We're much less likely to see cigarettes in movies and television ...
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US OKs portable antidote for painkiller overdoses WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday approved a portable device to treat painkiller overdoses that people without medical training can use in emergency situations, a move to combat the rise of deaths from the abuse of opioids, including ...
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Vets, Docs Worry Fort Hood Shootings Will Deepen PTSD Stigma The word “PTSD” had barely left the mouth of Fort Hood's commander late Wednesday when, across the nation, many veterans with those symptoms and doctors who treat the malady understood they faced a renewed battle: a resurgence of the stigma that ...
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| White Boys Most Prone to Color Blindness, Study Finds THURSDAY, April 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- White boys are the most likely to be color blind, while the risk is lowest in black boys, a new study finds. The researchers also confirmed that girls are much less likely to be color blind, which is an inability to see ...
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Expert: Violence in veterans with PTSD is rare Violence is often dependent on other factors like substance abuse, a history of trauma and depression. BY Victor Fornari. SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Friday, April 4, 2014, 12:22 AM. A; A; A. Share this URL ...
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Awareness about autism “Oh, you've got yourself a little rain girl. You know, cause she's autistic.” That is what a friend of mine said to me when my now almost 13-year-old daughter, Erin, was little and had recently been diagnosed with autism. Perhaps well-intentioned, but her words ...
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Harvard stem cell scientists discover potential treatment for amyotrophic lateral ... Harvard stem cell scientists have discovered that a recently approved medication for epilepsy may possibly be a meaningful treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-Lou Gehrig's disease, a uniformly fatal neurodegenerative disorder. The researchers ...
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Measles Outbreak In B.C. Crosses Into U.S. A big measles outbreak in British Columbia has crossed over the border into the American Northwest. Health officers in B.C.'s Fraser Valley southeast of Vancouver have confirmed more than 350 cases of measles there since an outbreak started in early ...
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Mentally demanding jobs linked to slower cognitive decline NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with mentally challenging jobs, like air traffic controllers, doctors and financial analysts, tend to stay mentally sharper while on the job and following retirement, results of a new study suggest. "Working in a job that ...
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Liquid Nicotine in E-Cigarettes Prompts Poisoning Concerns "Parents in the household who are using these products, they really have to pay attention to where they're storing them and they have to treat the nicotine solutions just like any other potential poison in the home." -- Dr. Jim Galligan, MSU pharmacology and ...
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Stroke risk higher after shingles, but antiviral drugs may provide protection [EMBARGOED UNTIL THURSDAY, APRIL 3] Patients' risk of stroke significantly increased following the first signs of shingles, but antiviral drugs appeared to offer some protection, according to a new study in Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online.
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