Saturday, 31 December 2011

Teens Who Can Express Themselves More Likely to Avoid Drugs

New research shows that teens who are able to express themselves with their moms are better able to resist peer pressure and say no to drugs and alcohol.

Source: http://teens.webmd.com/news/20111222/teens-who-can-express-themselves-more-likely-to-say-no-to-drugs-alcohol?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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China Says Man Dies From Bird Flu

The death, in Guangdong Province, was the first in 18 months attributed to the virus.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f8fc5231d3b5cd0953acfd0f95d66eff

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China says finds no more excess toxins in milk

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's quality watchdog said it has found no further problems with milk tainted by high levels of carcinogenic mildew in tests of products by major dairy producers.

Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/lAFkATFSiI0/us-china-aflotoxin-idUSTRE7BU04U20111231

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8 Ways to Help Your Doctor Make the Right Diagnosis

It?s not always easy to find the right diagnosis, especially when your symptoms are vague or common. And unfortunately, some of the time doctors come up with a misdiagnosis. Here are eight ways to help your doctor make the right diagnosis.

Source: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/features/get-right-diagnosis?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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Friday, 30 December 2011

Vital Signs: Beer and Martinis: Just as Effective as Wine for Longevity?

A new analysis suggests that martinis and beer may be just as effective as wine at extending life.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=795aff63f4669a5baa9a70f710b9e842

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Unsafe Sex More Likely After Drinking, Study Confirms

How much alcohol a person drinks directly affects how likely they are to have unsafe sex, a new review shows


Source: http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/health/~3/fsKtFbzLdAA/

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Medtronic Settles U.S. Probe Over Doctor Kickbacks

Medtronic Inc has agreed to pay $23.5 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctors to encourage them to use its pacemakers and defibrillators, the U.S. Justice Department said


Source: http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/health/~3/mLd4mLdcUlk/

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Cancer: Should You See a Specialist?

No matter what type of cancer you have -- or whether you need surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or all three -- should you see a doctor who specializes in your particular type of cancer? Or will a generalist do?

Source: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/features/see-cancer-specialist?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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Thursday, 29 December 2011

Basics: Now We Are Six: The Hormone Surge of Middle Childhood

Around 5 or 6, children experience an endocrinological event that propels them toward the ability to control impulses, to reason, to focus, to plan for the future.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=263b2abc9a807b298e74307db2812f2c

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Well Blog: What We Can Learn From Old Animals

Isa Leshko, a fine art photographer, set out to capture glimpses of animals in their twilight years -- a therapeutic project inspired by caring for her mother with Alzheimer's disease.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=84d84c1513a210a92debddd818e1a810

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8 Ways to Help Your Doctor Make the Right Diagnosis

It?s not always easy to find the right diagnosis, especially when your symptoms are vague or common. And unfortunately, some of the time doctors come up with a misdiagnosis. Here are eight ways to help your doctor make the right diagnosis.

Source: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/features/get-right-diagnosis?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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Well Blog: What We Can Learn From Old Animals

Isa Leshko, a fine art photographer, set out to capture glimpses of animals in their twilight years -- a therapeutic project inspired by caring for her mother with Alzheimer's disease.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=84d84c1513a210a92debddd818e1a810

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Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Recipes for Health: Albacore Roasted in a Bed of Lettuce ? Recipes for Health

Saffron is optional in this dish, but it adds a Proven�al flourish to the tomato and onion sauce that keeps the fish moist as it roasts.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=afb7b222700e26c6c80a4da65f843923

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Study Finds Bacteria in Unused Paper Towels

Researchers say they?ve found bacteria, including some that are known to make people sick, in unused paper towels. They also found that those bacteria could be transferred to hands after washing.

Source: http://women.webmd.com/news/20111228/study-finds-bacteria-in-unused-paper-towels?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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Advertising: A Campaign to Draw Doctors to a Weight-Loss Program

With Medicare set to start reimbursing physicians for obesity treatment in January, a new campaign is directing ads both at patients and at physicians.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a5a53665eb9a22fe11238f33c5cd2372

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Happiness Declining Among Twitter Users

Twitter users may be less happy than they used to be, say University of Vermont scientists.

Source: http://www.webmd.com/balance/news/20111222/study-happiness-has-declined-among-twitter-users-recent-years?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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Tuesday, 27 December 2011

State House Journal: Medicaid Cuts Are Part of Larger Battle in Maine

Gov. Paul LePage said the cuts were crucial to changing a perception that Maine, more than most states, encouraged dependency.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=212390a95b84231d0bef2e239ead76c5

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Regulators had not approved most PIP implants: lawyer

TOULON, France (Reuters) - The lawyer for the French company at the heart of an escalating global breast implant health scare told Reuters on Tuesday that most of the prostheses sold by the firm since 1991 were produced using a silicone that was not approved by health authorities.

Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/wG8DGE09IdE/us-breast-implants-lawyer-idUSTRE7BQ0XN20111227

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Getting a cat ups allergy risk in adults

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While having a cat as a kid may protect against future allergies, getting one in adulthood nearly doubles the chances of developing an immune reaction to it -- the first step toward wheezing, sneezing and itchy eyes.

Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/hCDiYaUZi5U/us-cat-allergy-risk-idUSTRE7BQ0PU20111227

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Scholars Retract Another Study Linking XMRV to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Other researchers were unable to confirm the findings of the 2010 study, which had lent support to an idea put forth in a 2009 paper that was retracted last week.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=46ac84f49ab800b3741a7eda9707470b

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Monday, 26 December 2011

Insight: FDA warned PIP on implant safety in 2000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As early as 2000, U.S. health authorities raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. That was almost ten years before the company came under scrutiny from European regulators.

Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/fQ8IymCEwsw/us-breastimplants-fda-idUSTRE7BQ03M20111227

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Well Blog: Students Say No to Healthful School Fare

The decision in Los Angeles to swap out corn dogs and chocolate milk for quinoa salads and vegetarian curries was seen as a move that might inspire other districts across the country to do the same, but students aren't biting.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=71888987724a32258223145a459cf1be

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Tai Chi for Arthritis Relief

Gentle movements of the ancient Chinese exercise tai chi are one of many alternatives to help elderly people find pain relief.

Source: http://www.webmd.com/osteoarthritis/guide/tai-chi-for-arthritis?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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Letters: Silence on Sexual Abuse (2 Letters)

Letters to the editor.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=282f527c472e52cac5f5b2c7dad06799

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Sunday, 25 December 2011

Very Early Experiences May Stick in Memory

The ability to remember our earliest childhood experiences may be in place sooner than experts thought, according to new research.

Source: http://children.webmd.com/news/20111222/very-early-experiences-may-stick-in-memory?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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Cancer: Should You See a Specialist?

No matter what type of cancer you have -- or whether you need surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or all three -- should you see a doctor who specializes in your particular type of cancer? Or will a generalist do?

Source: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/features/see-cancer-specialist?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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Science Journal Retracts Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Paper

Some data in the 2009 study, which linked a mouse leukemia retrovirus to chronic fatigue syndrome and was published in the journal Science, were retracted in September on grounds of laboratory contamination.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=cd5927d4c830a63e2b5d522a6741ff8a

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Well Blog: Taco Recipes for Health

Tacos are a favorite quick dish in many homes, but this week Martha Rose Shulman tweaks the taco to feed a holiday crowd.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c60a021cba77d5d4a659f613e6687618

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Saturday, 24 December 2011

Infant Acetaminophen Dosage Change May Cause Confusion

The FDA is urging parents and caregivers to carefully read the label on liquid acetaminophen marketed to infants and children as a new, less concentrated form of the popular pain reliever arrives on store shelves.

Source: http://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/news/20111223/infant-acetaminophen-dosage-change-may-cause-confusion?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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Walmart Removes Enfamil Formula After Boy Dies

Walmart and Supervalu have removed Enfamil, a popular brand of infant formula, from thousands of stores after a Missouri infant who consumed the product died.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=6299513ecfe2eb74986c42ea6c4f7b16

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Working Mothers Are Healthier, Study Finds

Mothers who have jobs are healthier than those who are not employed, at least when their children are very young


Source: http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/health/~3/65iqFAttet4/

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FDA Issues New Safety Rules for Beef

The FDA has issued two new rules to make U.S. beef safer: Zero tolerance for toxic strains of E. coli, and a "test and hold" rule that prevents release of beef lots selected for testing until test results are in.

Source: http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/food-poisoning/news/20111221/fda-issues-2-new-beef-safety-rules?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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Friday, 23 December 2011

How to Kiss Tips, Kissing Benefits for Health and Romance

WebMD talks about kissing, how it strengthens romance, and how to kiss better.

Source: http://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/features/kissing-tips-and-benefits?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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Taste for salt shaped early

People who sprinkle salt on everything and gravitate toward unhealthy high-sodium foods may be expressing a taste preference formed during early infancy, a small new study suggests.

Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_health/~3/XR20CT84krY/index.html

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New Models of Hip and Knee Implants Not Better, Study Finds

Not a single new artificial hip or knee introduced over a recent five-year period was any more durable than older ones. In fact, 30 percent of them fared worse.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=787dc2a9abd2168129d49a070c0bceea

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Gingrich?s Health Care Policy History at Odds With G.O.P.

As a candidate for president, Newt Gingrich is criticizing some of the same health care programs that he supported as a consultant.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e85b1d8b2bdadbfcd101bd95eaff5cb8

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Thursday, 22 December 2011