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Rural Youth Suicide Incidents Close to Double Urban Rate Suicide is the third leading cause of death for adolescents aged 10 to 24 and results in approximately 4,600 lives lost every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Double-Chin Drug Wins FDA Advisors' Backing savesaved. by Shannon Firth Contributing Writer. With a 17-0 vote on Monday, the FDA's Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee recommended approval for an injectable drug to reduce submental fat, better known as double chin.
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Does Iowa Constitution protect abortion rights? DES MOINES - When Planned Parenthood lawyers go before the Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday, they'll be asking for more than permission to continue using a controversial telemedicine system for dispensing abortion pills.
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Connecticut Teen Who Refused Chemo Now in 'Remission,' Seeks Freedom A 17-year-old girl who initially refused treatment for a highly curable cancer is now in remission and is seeking release from state custody to finish her last two months of chemotherapy at home, her lawyer said Monday.
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Rural, urban suicide gap widening among youth (Reuters Health) - The gap in suicide risk between young people in rural U.S. communities and those in more urban areas is widening, a new study suggests.
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Too Much Praise Can Turn Your Kids Into Narcissistic Jerks, Study Finds Make your kid believe he's a "special snowflake" and you risk turning him into a narcissistic jerk, according to a new Dutch study.
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Lisa Bonchek Adams Dies at 45; Chronicled Fight With Breast Cancer "I am waiting for test and scan results, laying low after a busy and stressful week," Lisa Bonchek Adams wrote on her blog in 2013, one of hundreds of posts to go along with thousands of Twitter messages documenting her life after she learned she had breast ...
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More evidence breast cancer and prostate cancer cluster in families (Reuters Health) - Women with close male relatives with prostate cancer are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, a new study confirms.
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Breast cancer advocate, blogger dies at age 45 Breast cancer advocate Lisa Bonchek Adams, who attracted a devoted online following for writing unflichingly about her experience with breast cancer, died from the disease Friday at age 45.
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Plant-based diet, with fish, may lower risk of colorectal cancer (Reuters Health) - A plant-based diet may lower the risk of colorectal cancers, particularly if it includes seafood and fish, a large U.S.
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Vegetarian Diet May Lower Colon Cancer Risk MONDAY, March 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A vegetarian diet might cut your risk of colorectal cancer by 20 percent, a new study finds.
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FDA Warns of Seizure, Alcohol Risks With Chantix March 10, 2015 -- The FDA has changed the labeling on the quit-smoking drug Chantix to reflect concerns that it may lower your tolerance to alcohol and is linked to a rare risk of seizures.
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How parents create narcissistic children Just about everybody has one raging narcissist to deal with, sooner or later -- on the job, in social situations or (God forbid) in the home.
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Rural, urban suicide gap widening among youth The gap in suicide risk between young people in rural U.S. communities and those in more urban areas is widening, a new study suggests.
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Prostate, breast cancer share genetic link A family history of prostate cancer may be tied to a woman's risk of breast cancer, a new study suggests. Women whose father, brother or son have had prostate cancer may have a 14 percent higher risk of developing breast cancer, said Jennifer ...
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Hepatitis C pills drive surge in US drug costs: report (Reuters) - Highly effective but expensive new pills to treat hepatitis C drove a 13.1 percent increase U.S. prescription drug spending in 2014, the fastest rate of increase in more than a decade, according to Express Scripts.
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This is Where Young People Are More Likely to Commit Suicide Young people who live in rural areas kill themselves at twice the rate as youth who live in cities, according to a new study in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
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Expensive Hepatitis C Medications Drive Prescription-Drug Spending Prescription-drug spending rose more than 12% last year in the U.S., the biggest annual increase in over a decade, according to a report by the nation's largest pharmacy benefit manager.
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US FDA declines to remove serious warning on Pfizer's Chantix (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to reduce the severity of its warning about neuropsychiatric side effects associated with Pfizer Inc's quit-smoking drug Chantix, the agency said on Monday.
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How changing your diet can lower your risk for colon cancer A vegetarian diet might cut your risk of colorectal cancer by 20 percent, a new study finds. For fish-eating vegetarians, the protective link was even stronger, researchers said.
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Drug testing using 'heart-on-a-chip' steps closer Drug development is a costly and lengthy business, not helped by the fact there is a high failure rate in drug testing due to the reliance on animal models.
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US FDA warns of seizure, alcohol risk with Pfizer's Chantix Women soldiers of the Donetsk People's Republic take part in an International Women's Day pageant. Photos · Radioactive Fukushima · Selma 50 years after 'Bloody Sunday' · Editor's choice · Paris Fashion Week · A woman's world · » Click here for more ...
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How parents create narcissistic children Just about everybody has one raging narcissist to deal with, sooner or later - on the job, in social situations or (God forbid) in the home.
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Hepatitis C pills drive surge in US drug costs -report March 10 (Reuters) - Highly effective but expensive new pills to treat hepatitis C drove a 13.1 percent increase U.S. prescription drug spending in 2014, the fastest rate of increase in more than a decade, according to Express Scripts.
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FDA warns of seizure, alcohol risk with Pfizer's Chantix (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Monday that Pfizer Inc's quit-smoking drug, Chantix, has been associated with seizures and that some patients who drink while taking the drug may become aggressive or black out.
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Soft drinks no longer part of Burger King kids' menu Burger King said it dropped fountain drinks from its children's menu in mid-February, though parents can still order soda as part of a kid's meal.
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Telling kids they're special may foster narcissism: study Kids whose parents called them "more special than others" were more likely to be narcissistic, the study said. Children who are told they are special by their parents are more likely to become narcissists, according to a study Monday that aimed to uncover the ...
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Man who fails to tell partner he is HIV positive pleads no contest A San Diego man pleaded no contest Monday to a charge of violating a California health code by failing to tell a sex partner he was HIV positive.
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'Overvaluing' Your Kid May Create A Future Narcissist, Study Says Helicopter parenting, along with other forms of over-parenting, have come under considerable criticism in recent years for creating a generation of kids who can't problem-solve for themselves.
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FDA warns of seizure, alcohol risk with Pfizer's Chantix The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Monday that Pfizer Inc's quit-smoking drug, Chantix, has been associated with seizures and that some patients who drink while taking the drug may become aggressive or black out.
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Youth suicide: rural toll rising more than urban, including by gun Just over half of the 66,595 suicides by adolescents and young adults recorded in the US between the beginning of 1996 and the end of 2010 were enacted by firearm, and rural areas took an increasing amount of this toll compared with urban areas, shows ...
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Study links vegetarian diet to reduced risk of colorectal cancer Colorectal cancer is expected to cause almost 50,000 deaths in the US this year, making it the second leading cause of cancer death in the country.
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Plant-based diet, with fish, may lower risk of this cancer People who ate fish at least once a month and meat less than once a month were 43% less likely to get colorectal cancer. A plant-based diet may lower the risk of colorectal cancers, particularly if it includes seafood and fish, a large U.S.
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Report: Specialty drugs drive prescription spending jump The nation's largest pharmacy benefits manager says prescription drugs spending rose 13 percent last year, the largest annual increase since 2003.
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Study: Parents are the cause of narcissism in children First, the good news: People aren't born narcissists. The bad news? Parents can easily push their children down the path to narcissism by overvaluing them.
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Lawyer for teen forced to have chemo after she refused treatment says cancer is ... HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A 17-year-old Connecticut girl who was forced to undergo chemotherapy by the state after she and her mother refused treatment is happy her cancer is in remission but still upset she had no choice in the matter.
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Michigan Men Receive Heart, Lungs From Same Donor A bond between two longtime family friends has deepened after the Michigan men received organs from the same donor. Sixty-year-old Fred Nelis of Holland got a new heart, while 67-year-old Gordon Veldman of Pentwater got a new pair of lungs.
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Good Question: How Do Babies Survive In The Cold? MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - She's being called a miracle baby. Eighteen-month-old Lily Groesbeck is now in stable, but critical, condition after the car mother was driving crashed into a frigid Utah river Friday night.
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FDA keeps bold-letter suicide warning on Pfizer's anti-smoking drug, Chantix WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration is keeping a bold-letter warning on Pfizer's anti-smoking drug Chantix about suicidal behavior and other psychiatric side effects, after reviewing company findings suggesting the drug does not increase ...
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Go vegetarian to lower colorectal cancer risk Eating a vegetarian diet may be associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancers compared to non-vegetarians, according to a study.
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British Scientists Spot Brain's Pain Center (HealthDay News) -- British researchers say they've identified the area of the brain linked to pain intensity. The University of Oxford team used a new imaging technique to observe how different levels of pain affected the brains of 17 volunteers.
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Suicide rate higher among rural youths, Ohio State researchers find To reach the Franklin County Suicide Prevention Hotline, call 614-221-5445; the Teen Suicide Prevention Hotline, 614-294-3300; or the Lifeline national organization for suicide prevention, 1-800-273-8255.
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Teen cancer patient ordered to chemotherapy in remission HARTFORD, Conn. - A 17-year-old Connecticut girl who was forced to undergo chemotherapy by the state after she and her mother refused treatment is happy her cancer is in remission but still upset she had no choice in the matter.
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Facebook's 'feeling fat' emoticon faces feminist backlash Catherine Weingarten and the Endangered Bodies group have created a popular online petition urging Facebook to remove its "feeling fat" emoticon.
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Dr. Marla: vegetarian diets may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, study says It is colorectal cancer awareness month. This is cancer by the numbers. About 1 in 13 Canadian men is expected to develop colorectal cancer during his lifetime and 1 in 28 will die from it.
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Petition urges Facebook to remove 'feeling fat' status update A body-image activist group called Endangered Bodies has launched a Change.org petition urging Facebook to remove the "feeling fat" status update and accompanying emoji.
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Facebook's 'Feeling Fat' Emoji Leaves Some Users Flat Fat is not a feeling and it shouldn't be an emoji either. So says a group of body-image activists who have started a petition on change.
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Cassandra Fortin forced to have chemotherapy against her will now in remission A 17-year-old who was forced to have chemotherapy against her will is now in remission, according to sources close to her case. Cassandra Fortin, from Connecticut, was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in September, but did not want to receive the ...
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How Empowered Women Make It Happen Not only is March Women's History Month, but March 8, 2015 is International Women's Day. This year, the United Nation's theme is "Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!
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Veggie diet lowers colon cancer risk Here's another reason to go veg, if you haven't already: Another study supports the idea that between vegetarian or near-vegetarian diets can prevent colon cancer.
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