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AAP Makes Controversial Recommendations for Statin Use in Kids
The American Academy of Pediatrics has changed its guidelines, recommending testing of overweight...
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Food Diaries - The New "Secret" Method To Lose Weight
Do you really want to lose weight? Scientists at the Kaiser Permanente
Center for Health Research...
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The American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends Cholesterol Drugs for Kids
The American
Academy of Pediatrics is seeking
to change some of its recommendations regarding...
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New Research Says Brain Chemical Could Determine SIDS
In a new attempt to explain the cause of SIDS (Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome) the researchers of...
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FDA Panel: Diabetes Drugs Need More Tests For Heart Risks
New diabetes drugs should be thoroughly studied for
potential heart risks before being brought to...
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Caffeine Protects from Brain Damage in Multiple Sclerosis
Scientists with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have found that when consumed in large...
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July 1 – The Day All New York Restaurants Become Trans Fat-Free
Beginning with the first day of July, all New York City restaurants and eateries must...
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High Levels Of Good Cholesterol May Preserve Memory
New research suggests that high levels of so-called “good” HDL
cholesterol not only reduce risk of...
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Report: Tropical Diseases Common among US Poor
Tropical diseases usually common in Africa, Asia and Latin
American appear to be also common among...
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CDC: Diabetes Rates Raising With 3 Million More Cases in the US
As the number of overweight and obese people is on the rise
in the U.S., it is no surprise that...
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Low Level Of Vitamin D Could Cause Death
A study made by Austrian researchers at the University of Graz has showed that people with a low...
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Lack of "Sunshine" Vitamin D Linked to Death
A new study has further highlighted the importance of the Vitamin D group of substances to human...
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Heart Attack Might Be a Silent Killer
The unforeseen death of NBC’s prominent figure Tim Russert
has raised serious questions about what...
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Vitamin D May Reduce Risk of Death
A new study by Austrian researchers published in the June 23
edition of the Archives of Internal...
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Weight Loss Surgery Found to Lower Cancer Risk
Weight loss surgery was found by a recent study to lower the risk of developing cancer for people...
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Study: Growth Hormone’s Effects May Be Rather Mental
A recent study conducted at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia, showed...
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Curbs Cancer Risk in Obese People
Obese people have finally received some good news from researchers
at McGill University
in...
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Diabetes and Depression Closely Intertwined, Study Says
The relationship between diabetes and depression appears to
be a bit like a two-way highway,...
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FDA Warns About Risks Linked With Older Antipsychotics
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday warned
physicians that prescribing certain...
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Coffee May Lower Risk of Dying from Heart Disease
Good news for coffeeholics, as coffee was found of no harm for
people’s heart, on contrary, it has...
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Russert's Death Highlights Heart Attack Risks Once Again
The unforeseen death of NBC’s prominent figure Tim Russert
has raised serious questions...
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Russert's Death Is Warning for All Men Over 50
Tim Russert has suddenly died at age 58 Friday. After the immediate wave of condolences which...
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Sleep Apnea Patients May Suffer Memory Loss
People with sleep apnea are more likely to suffer brain
injury and disrupted memory and thinking,...
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US Life Expectancy Sets New Record First Time in Years
Finally, some good news is coming from the federal US
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
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Low Levels Of Vitamin D Might Increase Heart Attack Risk
Vitamin D is a steroid hormone precursor that has recently
been found to play a role in a wide...
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Hypoglycemia Worsens Diabetics’ Risk of Heart Disease
A new study comes to support the idea that diabetics have
high chances of dying because of heart...
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Bristol‘s Diabetes Drug Proves Efficient in Controlling Sugar
Experimental drug, saxagliptin from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and AstraZeneca proved efficient in...
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No Benefit to Heart from Low Blood Sugar
Aggressively lowering blood sugar levels in diabetics is of no benefit to the heart, two new...
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Report Warns on Widespread Vitamin D Deficiency among Kids
Many infants appear to lack vitamin D, which doesn’t necessarily show immediate symptoms but can...
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The West Is The Best - Fitness Wise
A study published by the American College
of Sports and Medicine, ACMS, found
that the fittest...
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8-Years-Olds to Get Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs If Obese
Kids as young as 8 are recommended cholesterol-lowering
drugs if diet alone fails to work in order...
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Jesse Helms, the Civil Rights Opponent, Dies at the Age of 86
Jesse Helms, the North Carolina Republican senator who
was a crusader against communism,...
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High Levels of HDL Cholesterol Cut Risk of Dementia in the Elderly
New study in the July issue of the American Heart
Association’s journal Arteriosclerosis,...
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Weight Loss Surgery May Block Cancer
Weight loss surgery, or in medical terms gastric bypass
surgery, appears to have more benefits...
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Coffee Reduces the Chance of Heart Disease, Study Says
A study carried on at the Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain, found that people who are dinking...
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Tim Russert Fondly Remembered
What better way to pay tribute to the remarkable Tim Russert, who has sadly left us, than to leave...
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Americans Choose Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products over Cigarettes
People appear to choose non-cigarette tobacco products over
cigarettes, according to a report...
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Beware of Smoking! It Might Lead to Dementia
It has long been known that smoking gradually leads to heart
disease and lung cancer among other...
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Vitamin D Deficiency May Boost Heart Attack Risk
Men suffering from Vitamin D deficiency appear to be more
predisposed to heart attack, new...
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Report: San Francisco - The Fittest City in the US
A scientific analysis by the American College of Sports Medicine released at its annual meeting in...
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Giant Networks ABC, CBS and NBC Join Hands in Cancer Initiative
It
is always great news when you hear that the fight against cancer brings more
people together,...
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Social Factor Plays a Significant Role in Quitting Smoking
Quitting smoking appears to be contagious, according to a
study published May 22 in the New...
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Quitting Smoking – A Group Thing, Study Says
New research on quitting smoking shows that people willing
to do it are more likely to give up the...
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Death Gap Expands between Educated and Less Educated in the US
Being educated could boost your chances to live longer new
research suggests.
American...
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House Approves Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
The House of Representatives in a near-unanimous vote (414-1)
approved the Genetic...
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Report Warns on Deadly Effects of Ozone Pollution
Short-term exposure to current levels of ozone pollution is
directly linked to poor health in...
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Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US
Americans’ life expectancy is stagnating or falling as
obesity, high blood pressure, different...
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American Diabetes Risk Test Available Online - Get Tested!
March 25th will mark the 20th anniversary of the American
Diabetes Association (ADA) Diabetes...
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Fashion Week Goes Red To Raise Awareness On Heart Disease
Celebrities turned up for this year’s annual New York Fashion Week wearing red as part of the Red...
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