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Tobacco Age – States Should Not Increase It To 21 Some states, including California and Illinois, are now considering proposals that would increase the legal age limit required to consume tobacco and tobacco-like products, including electronic cigarettes, from 18 years old to 21.
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Smokers Urged to Switch to E-Cigarettes by British Medical Group A man smoking an e-cigarette at a coffee shop in London. The Royal College of Physicians see the devices as a chance for those addicted to tobacco cigarettes to quit.
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New Medicare Rules Would Increase Bonus Opportunities, Ease Reporting WASHINGTON -- The Obama Administration proposed two rules Wednesday that officials say will ease physicians' documentation requirements and give them new opportunities to earn bonuses for providing high-quality care.
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Mindfulness therapy may help ease recurrent depression WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2016 -- Mindfulness therapy may help reduce the risk of repeated bouts of depression, researchers report. One expert not connected to the study explained the mindfulness approach.
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Gotta Minute? Get a Good Workout New research from Canada contends that just one minute of high-intensity exercise can boost your health as much as 45 minutes of a moderate workout.
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Fit in 60 Seconds? 1-Minute Workout May Be Good Enough People who say they don't have time to exercise may be out of excuses: A new study finds that just 1 minute of sprinting, along with 9 minutes of light exercise, leads to similar improvements in health and fitness as a 50-minute workout at a moderate pace.
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Sleep Doesn't Come Easy to Those With Brain Injuries WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Many people who suffer a traumatic brain injury struggle with sleep problems they may not be aware of, Swiss researchers report.
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Excessive Sleepiness Lingers in TBI Patients Patients who've suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) need more sleep than those who haven't sustained a head impact, researchers found.
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Diabetes can damage auditory system: Research A latest research has found that diabetes can harm the auditory system. The study team suggested that clinicians must include testing of hearing abilities to deal with Type-2 diabetes.
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Night shift work may harm women's heart health Rotating night shift work may take a toll on women's hearts, new research shows. The study, published in JAMA, found that female nurses who had a history of working night shifts in conjunction with daytime shifts had a slightly higher risk of coronary ...
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Interpretation of notifications regarding dense breast tissue confusing for many Americans: Report It is not easy to interpret notifications about dense breasts and this could lead to higher risk among women with dense breasts. One of the main reasons for the same is low awareness level.
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Your Dog Probably Hates Hugs, So Here Are 5 Healthy Ways To Show Them Affection Instead Though I had never owned a dog, I grew up thinking I was pretty good with them. That is, until my roommates and I adopted a rescue dog who turned out to have suffered through a lot in the past and everything I had learned about dog behavior over the ...
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Expert suggests that we shouldn't hug our dogs Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. Dogs may not like hugs as much as you think according to a popular canine behaviorist.
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Study: Your dog hates hugs Humans derive great amounts of comfort, stress reduction and feelings of love from hugging their dogs. Sadly, an unusual new study says it's not a two-way street.
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Study Says Dogs Hate Hugs A girl hugs her dog during Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre on March 5, 2015 in Birmingham, England. (Photo credit: Carl Court/Getty Images).
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Zika Virus Was In Haiti Before It Was in Brazil. Study Finds The Zika virus was circulating in Haiti in 2014, long before it became obvious that it was spreading fast in Brazil, a new study finds.
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My view: Public health geared up for Zika virus Communicating about this new and emerging risk is a critical element of the response plan. The general public, and especially pregnant women and their partners, deserve the latest and best information on how to protect themselves from the virus.
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Charity urges price cut for pneumonia vaccine for poor children NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Global charity Medecins Sans Frontieres delivered a petition with hundreds of thousands of signatures to pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc on Wednesday, asking the drugmaker to slash the price of its pneumonia ...
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Latino Worker Deaths Down Slightly, Still At Higher Risk: Report The fatality rate for Latino workers has decreased as the overall rate has increased, but Latinos continue to be at greater risk of dying on the job than other workers, a new report finds.
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Huge health care price differences even within same area, by state Huge variations exist in the prices of some of the most common medical procedures across state lines, by according to a report major insurers released Wednesday, but some experts say the data is of little use to consumers who rarely know what they owe ...
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That Surgery Might Cost You A Lot Less In Another Town Need knee replacement surgery? It may be worthwhile to head for Tucson. That's because the average price for a knee replacement in the Arizona city is $21,976, about $38,000 less than it would in Sacramento, Calif.
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Toledo pays high price for some tests Ohio residents are paying well above the national average for some common medical services, such as a CT scan, according to a new analysis from the Health Care Cost Institute.
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During Workers' Memorial Week, safety advocates call for stronger protections Washington - The AFL-CIO, National Council for Occupational Safety and Health and other organizations are calling for better protections for workers, in recognition of Workers' Memorial Week.
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NASA Teams Up With Experts To Understand Zika Virus, Potential Zika Risk Map A risk-assessment map shows Aedes aegypti potential abundance for July and the monthly average number arrivals to the U.S. by air and land from countries on the Center for Disease Control Zika travel advisory.
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Watch Amazing Zinc Fireworks As Egg Cell Meets Sperm: Why This Sparks Bright Future For Human Fertility Scientists have identified the occurrence of zinc sparks whenever human egg cells come into contact with sperm enzymes. They are now looking to use these flashes of light to determine whether a particular egg cell is a viable candidate for in vitro ...
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A Concussion Can Lead To Sleep Problems That Last For Years People who sustain a concussion or a more severe traumatic brain injury are likely to have sleep problems that continue for at least a year and a half.
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Scientists witness 'flash of light' during conception, say discovery could aid IVF For the first time, researchers have witnessed the exact moment conception occurs— and have recorded the ensuing explosion of sparks that form when sperm meets an egg.
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Children with food allergies from low-income homes may suffer more A family's income may play a big role in the type of care a child with food allergies receives, a new study suggests. The researchers found that poorer families -- those making under $50,000 a year -- spent less on non-allergenic foods, medical ...
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Authors: New Data Show Fight Against Childhood Obesity Isn't Over Yet Two years after CDC heralded a drop in obesity rates among the youngest children, authors of a new study say it's too soon to declare victory.
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Hawaii reaches milestone in fighting dengue fever outbreak George Szigeti, CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, talks about Hawaii's handling of the state's dengue fever outbreak on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 in Honolulu.
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Final Rule Seeks to Modernize Medicaid Managed Care Delivery April 25 â€" A long-awaited final rule released April 25 by the CMS aims to align Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) managed care plans with other sources of health insurance coverage.
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Minnesota HIV/AIDS cases climb sharply among young adults, drug users, minorities Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune "Reducing the number of new HIV infections is a key public health goal," said Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Dr.
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Why China's Fat Children Just Keep Getting Fatter In 1985, less than 1% of children in China were obese. Today, about one in six boys (17%) and one in eleven girls (9%) are considered overweight, according to a study recently published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
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VIDEO: Big Island Dengue Outbreak Declared Halted, Not Over HONOLULU - At an Oahu press conference, state officials called it a "milestone", but would not say the outbreak had ended when pressed by reporters.
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It's Time to Close the Gaps in Mental Health Treatment Scholars will record the United States as one of the strongest and most prosperous nations in all history. The capacity of Americans to achieve is a part of our country's legacy.
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Teen to teen: why I Relay for Life Hello everyone. I am sharing with you part three of my "Why do I Relay?" series. Last week I shared some stories about my grandmother; this week I will share some about my grandfather.
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Senate bills aim to get more NY'ers on organ donor list The New York State Senate recognized the month of April as "National Donate Life" month. Legislation is in the works and the house also passed a resolution to get more New Yorkers to become organ donors.
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Pure Caffeine: Even a Teaspoon of Powder Can Be Fatal Every coffee drinker knows that too many cups can give you the jitters, but too much pure caffeine can be fatal within just minutes.
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Sandy Weill and His Wife Are Giving This School Its Biggest Donation Ever The couple has given away more than $1 billion. Former Citigroup C 0.88% CEO and chairman Sanford "Sandy" Weill and his wife, Joan, are set to make history at the University of California, San Francisco by giving the school its largest donation ever ...
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