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Sleeping six hours or less a night QUADRUPLES your chances of catching a cold RESEARCHERS say seven hours' kip or more boosts the body's ability to fight the virus. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; Pinterest.
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Researchers exposed people to a cold virus while tracking their sleep habits ... People who do not get enough sleep are four times more likely than their well-rested counterparts to catch a cold, US researchers say.
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Regulations may make kids' fast food meals healthier (Reuters Health) - Regulating fast food kids' meals that include toys may end up making the meals healthier, according to a new study.
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"Healthy Happy Meals" bill targets childhood obesity Every parent knows the appeal fast food meals hold for kids, especially when there's a toy included in the deal. To help make those temptations a little less unhealthy, the New York city council member has proposed a "Healthy Happy Meals" bill, based ...
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Study: Pot More a Habit for College Students Than Cigarettes More U.S. college students are making a habit of using marijuana, which has supplanted cigarettes as the smoke-able substance of choice among undergraduates who light up regularly, a study released Tuesday found.
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Could Lots of Coffee Up Heart Risks for Young Adults With High Blood Pressure? MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Bad news for young coffee lovers: Gulping down lots of your favorite pick-me-up might raise your risk of heart attack if you've already got high blood pressure, a new study suggests.
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Approval Of Repatha May Give Amgen A $5B Boost. On August 27, 2015 Amgen received FDA approval for Repatha -- a cholesterol drug important in treating heart disease. 11 million people in the US can't lower their bad cholesterol, LDLs, to acceptable levels using statins alone such as Lipitor and Crestor.
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Coffee may harm cardiovascular health for young adults with mild hypertension Young adults with mild cases of high blood pressure may want to steer clear of coffee, as new research suggests drinking the beverage could increase the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attacks in this population.
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Coffee can increase risk of pre-diabetes in young adults Love your coffee too much? Well it's time to take a pause for a cause, as a new study has revealed that it can increase the risk of pre-diabetes in young adults with mild hypertension.
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Medicines Co. Shares Surge on Cholesterol-Drug Data Medicines Co. MDCO 21.88 % on Sunday reported positive early-stage study results on its new cholesterol drug, sending shares soaring Monday morning.
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Coffee linked with increased cardiovascular risk in young adults with mild ... London, UK - Coffee drinking is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events (mainly heart attacks) in young adults (18-45) with mild hypertension, according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Lucio Mos, a cardiologist at ...
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If Fish Is Brain Food, Can Fish Oil Pills Boost Brains, Too? As a culture, we tend to ignore the advice to eat more fish. On average, Americans eat about 3.5 ounces of seafood per week. (Think a can of tuna or sardines.
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Omega-3 supplements don't stave off cognitive decline, study finds Older and wiser, the saying goes. But taking fish oil tablets, also known as omega-3 supplements, does not make the older wiser, a new study has found.
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Daily pot smoking on US college campuses at 35-year high: study The number of U.S. college students smoking marijuana every day or nearly every day is greater than it has been in 35 years, according to a study released on Tuesday.
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'Brain Cell Burnout' May Be at Root of Parkinson's Brain cells that burn out due to unusually high energy needs may be at the root of Parkinson's disease. Louis-Éric Trudeau, PhD, of the University of Montreal, Canada, and colleagues investigated why mitochondria - the so-called powerhouse of a cell ...
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Heart attack risk greater right after hip, knee surgeries, study shows People who have total hip or knee replacement surgery face a greater risk for a heart attack during the first month following the procedure, a new study finds.
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Knee and hip replacements may up risk of heart attack In this latest study, researchers in the US wanted to know what the short and long-term risks of total joint replacement are in people with osteoarthritis.
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Parkinson's disease may be result of 'brain cell burnout' Parkinson's illness could also be the results of an power disaster in mind cells which have unusually excessive power wants with a purpose to management motion.
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Study: Knee or hip replacement surgery may increase heart attack risk Contrary to recent reports, Boston-based researchers found that osteoarthritis patients who had total knee or hip joint replacement surgery, known as arthroplasty, were at increased risk of heart attack (myocardial infarction) in the early post ...
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An Outpouring of Reader Reflection After the Death of Oliver Sacks When Oliver Sacks died at age 82 on Sunday, readers flocked to his obituary to pay their respects. Many wrote of their connections to the neurologist as patients, mentees and, largely, as readers.
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Why India ignores a $16 billion smoking-led health crisis By Charu Bahri In January, the government asked for public opinion on tougher new laws to curb smoking: To raise the minimum smoking age to 21 from 18, and to ban the sale of single cigarettes, which account for 70 percent of nationwide cigarette sales.
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Legionnaires' outbreak leaves 4 dead at Illinois veterans home: newspaper An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease has left four people dead among 29 sickened at Illinois Veterans' Home at Quincy, the Quincy Herald-Whig newspaper reported on Monday.
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Poll: Americans view cost as barrier to mental health treatment While the vast majority of Americans value physical and mental health equally, more than four in 10 people see cost as a barrier to treatment for the latter, a new survey from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention shows.
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Blue Bell Broken Arrow plant goes back to work BROKEN ARROW - Approximately 70 percent of employees at the Blue Bell plant in Broken Arrow are back at work today, and production of the brand's ice cream novelties will resume this week, the president and CEO of the Broken Arrow Chamber said ...
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How soon should parents talk to their kids about alcohol? Parents should start talking to their children about alcohol at age 9, says a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics aimed at preventing binge drinking in young people.
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Children Should Know About The Dangers Of Alcohol By Age 9 According to a new study, parents should talk to their children about the dangers of alcohol by the time they're 9 years old. September 1, 2015 by Briana Altergott.
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Texas teen dies after amoeba enters brain HOUSTON - A relative says a 14-year-old boy has died after encountering a rare amoeba while swimming in a lake north of Houston. Michael Riley Jr.
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PCSK9 inhibitors are go Regulators in the USA and Europe have given the green light to Sanofi and Regeneron's alirocumab, making it the first proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor to be approved on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Medtronic says second study confirms gene linked to sudden cardiac death Researchers have confirmed the finding of a long-running Medtronic study linking a specific genetic mutation to a higher risk of sudden cardiac death.
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Overdose strategy 'critical' for Ireland Ireland needs to introduce a national overdose strategy - first promised back in 2009 - an addiction agency has said. The Ana Liffey Drug Project said such a strategy should include quick access to treatment, the availability of an overdose antidote ...
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Menlo Park: Mosquitoes carrying West Nile found again in city MENLO PARK -- West Nile virus has been detected in the city again. Just one month after mosquitoes were found harboring the disease in an area that included part of downtown, the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District collected infected ...
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2 new cases of West Nile Virus reported in NWLA Louisiana health officials have confirmed 2 new cases of the West Nile Virus in Northwest Louisiana, the first in the region so far this year.
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Medicaid drives big increase in Colorado health insurance coverage Statewide, the uninsured rate plummeted from 14.3 percent in 2013 to 6.7 percent this year - the lowest ever, according to a report being released Tuesday.
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Stray bullet hits cat, saves sleeping 3-year-old Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. YORK, Pa. - A family's feline used one of its nine lives to save the life of a sleeping 3-year-old.
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Iowa schools face challenge of identifying, addressing mental illness Candles next to a picture of 12-year-old Morgan Schmidt sit on the counter in the family room. 2015-08-30T16:00:00Z 2015-08-30T23:03:07Z Iowa schools face challenge of identifying, addressing mental illnessERIN MURPHY Globe Gazette Des Moines ...
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US adult smoking rate dips to 17 percent The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the findings Tuesday, based on a large national survey. The smoking rate has been falling for decades.
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To Fight Peanut Allergies, Give Peanuts to Babies, Pediatricians Advise It might be frightening and counter-intuitive advice, but giving peanut products to babies before they're a year old may help prevent allergies from develop later, a pediatricians' group suggested Monday.
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Religion rarely part of ICU conversation (Reuters Health) - In less than 20 percent of family meetings in the intensive care unit do doctors and other health care providers discuss religion or spirituality a new study finds.
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Google, Sanofi Team Up to Improve Diabetes Care Google Inc and French drugmaker Sanofi SA said they will partner to develop tools to improve the management and treatment of diabetes.
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New guidelines for cancer doctors aim to make sense of gene tests The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has issued guidelines on how cancer doctors should approach the use of new genetic tests that screen for multiple cancer genes at the same time, including counseling patients about genes whose ...
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UPDATE 1-Bristol-Myers buys rights to acquire fibrosis drug developer (Adds details, background). Aug 31 (Reuters) - Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb said it bought rights to a mid-stage fibrosis drug and its privately held developer for up to $1.25 billion, boosting its pipeline for drugs that treat tissue scarring.
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Calls for overdose drug to be fast-tracked FOUR people die from a drug overdose each day in Victoria. NOW the state's Mental Health Minister Martin Foley wants administrative approval fast-tracked for Naloxone, a potentially life saving drug for overdose victims.
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Female-to-male transsexuals 'start to think like men' after hormone treatment It is a commonly held belief, certainly among the fairer sex, that women are better at multitasking than men. And scientists have now discovered that women undergoing a sex change start to think more like men after treatment as their brains are rewired.
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Turn the town teal aims to raise ovarian cancer awareness Ann Arbor residents will be practicing philanthropy and alliteration this weekend as they turn the town teal. MIOCA logo.jpg Ben Freed | benfreed@mlive.
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More people take HIV test in Oman due to rising awareness The total number of cases registered among Omanis during 2013 stood at 103, with 75 of them being males. A total of 127 cases were registered in 2012.
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Twin girls hear mother's voice first time with hearing aids Twin girls heard music to their ears for the first time as they listened to their mother's voice after being fitted with hearing aids.
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Twin girls hear the voice of their mother's for the first time A pair of twin girls born in Los Angeles six months ago heard the sound of their mother's voice for the first time this week after receiving hearing aids.
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West Milford Health Dept. to offer flu and pneumonia clinic The West Milford Health Department will provide a flu and pneumonia clinic at the Autumn Lights Festival this year. It will be a walk-up clinic, but appointments will be appreciated.
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Sex-change women think more like men WOMEN given testosterone while undergoing a sex change start to think more like men after the treatment, research suggests. THEIR brains undergo structural changes and shrink in areas that play a key role in language, scientists found.
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CDC lauds schools for better nutrition Federal health authorities give American schools good grades for improving the nutritional quality of food served in their cafeterias, but there's still room for improvement, they said.
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