 | ||||||||
| health | ||||||||
| NEWS | ||||||||
Let's Talk: Aren't Health Care Providers Expected to Discuss Medical Reports With Patients? Being the architect of legislation to include a patient's dense breast tissue, the strongest predictor of mammography missing cancer, in the patient's mammography reporting results, I am compelled to respond to a recent study in JAMA: "Study Finds Poor ...
| ||||||||
Trouble with sense of direction may be linked to early Alzheimer's TUESDAY, April 26, 2016 -- Difficulty remembering how to get around in new surroundings may be an extremely early sign of Alzheimer's, a small study suggests.
| ||||||||
Lifestyle may help prevent Alzheimer's disease Q: I am 60 and concerned about developing Alzheimer's disease. My grandfather and aunt had it. What can I do to reduce the risk?
| ||||||||
Alarming: Suicide rate six times higher in bisexual and gay British men The study shows that bisexual and gay men who are young, black, poor or less educated are more at risk of suffering from depression and committing suicide.
| ||||||||
Young British Gay and Bi Men Six Times More Likely to Attempt Suicide A new U.K. study found that the risk of suicide attempts is six times higher among gay and bisexual men under the age of 45—and that rates are even higher for those of color.
| ||||||||
Why dogs don't like hugs PET owners beware - new research has revealed that dogs don't like hugs from their owners, which can make them more stressed out.
| ||||||||
Dogs Hate Hugs, Study Suggests The American Kennel Club released its annual list of the 10 most popular dog breeds in the United States. Did your favorite furry friend make the list?
| ||||||||
More American children and teens aren't just obese. They're morbidly obese. Public health researchers cheered an encouraging trend recently: Childhood obesity rates, which rose steadily through the 1980s and 1990s, seemed to have plateaued in the 2000s.
| ||||||||
Junk food is fattening rural Chinese children Researchers raised the alarm Wednesday about an obesity explosion among children in rural China as a Western-style diet high in sugar and carbohydrates starts taking its toll.
| ||||||||
China: Obesity 'explosion' in rural youth, study warns Obesity has rapidly increased in young rural Chinese, a study has warned, because of socioeconomic changes. Researchers found 17% of boys and 9% of girls under the age of 19 were obese in 2014, up from 1% for each in 1985.
| ||||||||
Democrats turn up the heat on Republicans to act on Zika (CNN) The political battle over Zika funding intensified Tuesday as congressional Democrats and the White House amped up pressure on Republicans to pass money aimed at combating the dangerous virus that is spreading north to the United States.
| ||||||||
Plateau But No Decline: Child Obesity Rates Hold Steady When it comes to reversing the obesity epidemic, there have been glimmers of hope that the U.S. might be making headway, especially with young children.
| ||||||||
Analysis concludes spanking children causes more harm than good CLEVELAND, Ohio - An analysis of dozens of studies covering 50 years shows spanking children has no positive short-term effect and can lead to worse behavior in the long run.
| ||||||||
Why the Zika virus is causing alarm Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has spread to many countries in the Americas.
| ||||||||
5-decade study reveals fallout from spanking kids Spanking a child leads to bad behaviors, not the better manners some parents may think a smack on the bottom will elicit, a new study suggests.
| ||||||||
E-Cigarette Ads May Help Lure Teens to the Habit: Study MONDAY, April 25, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The more ads for electronic cigarettes middle and high school students see, the more likely they are to use these devices, a new study finds.
| ||||||||
Immunotherapy Tablets For Dust Mite Allergy Reduce Asthma Risk Immunotherapy tablets are starting to edge out shots as a treatment for allergies. And it looks like the pills can help reduce the frequency of asthma attacks, too.
| ||||||||
6 Measles Cases Reported in Memphis Area, Exceeding Rest of US A box of the measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR, vaccine, last year in Northridge, Calif. Credit Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press. Health officials in Tennessee have confirmed six cases of measles in the Memphis area since Thursday, surpassing in one ...
| ||||||||
Study: Spanking Kids Leads To Long-Term Mental Health Problems ANN ARBOR (WWJ) - It's an age-old debate - should parents spank their children if they misbehave? Experts at the University of Michigan and the University of Texas looked at 50 years of research and came to a conclusion.
| ||||||||
Sandy Weill And Wife Joan Donate $185 Million To New Neuroscience Center In San Francisco To support neuroscience, medicine's 'underdog,' power couple Sandy and Joan Weill donated a hefty million dollars. It will not only bolster research but will also hopefully remove wrong perception about mental disorders.
| ||||||||
The Desperation for Mental Illness Treatment in the U.S. So many people in the United States are desperate for mental illness treatment. It's common for there not to be enough psychiatric beds in a hospital.
| ||||||||
$185 million gift launches UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences SAN FRANCISCO -- In the largest-ever gift to UC San Francisco, philanthropists Joan and Sandy Weill have donated $185 million to establish a new institute to speed the development of new therapies for diseases affecting the brain and nervous system, ...
| ||||||||
Norovirus costs billions of dollars globally each year Though we often only hear about norovirus when it's been linked to outbreaks on cruise ships, the highly contagious stomach bug is costing the world billions of dollars each year, new research suggests.
| ||||||||
Health|FDA Urges Caution on Yeast Infection Drug During Pregnancy The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that doctors should exercise caution in prescribing to pregnant women an oral drug for yeast infections because of new evidence suggesting a possible link to miscarriage.
| ||||||||
US suicide rates up, especially among women, but down for black males The number of suicides in the United States has been on the rise since 1999 in everyone between the ages of 10 and 74, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
| ||||||||
Number of measles cases in Shelby County now at 6 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Health officials say the number of measles cases in Shelby County has increased to six. The county's health department said Friday that it had confirmed two unrelated cases of the measles.
| ||||||||
Philly420: Where candidates stand on marijuana Pennsylvania's usually humdrum primary is hot this election cycle with the presidential contest running a long game. In 2016 marijuana has been a point for all tiers of candidates.
| ||||||||
Marijuana M & A: The Valuation Question Subscribe and get breaking news, commentary, and opinions on law firms, lawyers, law schools, lawsuits, judges, and more. Send Tips · Advertise · Events · About · Above the Law.
| ||||||||
Measles case count rises to six in Memphis area In a follow-up to the measles investigation in Shelby County, Tennessee, health officials report four additional cases in the Memphis area that meets the case definition for measles, bringing the total to six.
| ||||||||
Your Brain Hates When You Sleep In A New Bed Have you ever wondered how dolphins—mammals who need oxygen to survive but reside in the uniquely oxygen-deficient ocean—sleep without drowning?
| ||||||||
Zika funding battle steals states' public health emergency money Cities and states preparing for possible Zika outbreaks this spring and summer are losing millions of federal dollars that local officials say they were counting on, not only for on-the-ground efforts to track and contain the spread of the mosquito ...
| ||||||||
Rick Holmes: The new marijuana debate The marijuana legalization question on the ballots in about a dozen states this fall may be a simple yes or no proposition. But today's conversation about marijuana is more complicated than you'd think, especially compared to the mostly one-sided ...
| ||||||||
Melbourne University and Harvard suggest antidepressants work better with supplements It's long been reported what we eat is vital to our body but now it seems the nutrients can also play a vital role when it comes to mental health.
| ||||||||
VT scores are mixed in national health survey Vermont's preparedness for public health emergencies exceeds the national average this year, but has slipped slightly in two key areas, according to the National Health Security Preparedness Index released Monday.
| ||||||||
| You have received this email because you have subscribed to Google Alerts. |
 Receive this alert as RSS feed |
| Send Feedback |
No comments:
Post a Comment