Smokers who have a CT scan to check for lung cancer stand a nearly one-in-five chance that doctors will find and potentially treat a tumor that would not have caused illness or death, researchers report. Despite the finding, major medical ...
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Private contractors who worked in Afghanistan, Iraq and other conflict zones over the past two years have high rates of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study finds. Researchers conducted an anonymous online ...
A new study suggests that immersing yourself in news of a shocking and tragic event may not be good for your emotional health. People who watched, read and listened to the most coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings -- six or more hours ...
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Americans' love of salt has continued unabated in the 21st century, putting people at risk for high blood pressure, the leading cause of heart attack and stroke, U.S. health officials said Thursday. In 2010, more than 90 percent of U.S. ...
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The more people weigh, the higher their health care costs, a new study finds. The findings may give people another reason to pledge to shed excess pounds next year, the Duke University researchers said. The investigators analyzed the ...
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Could anxiety boost the risk for stroke? A new long-term study suggests just that -- the greater the anxiety, the greater the risk for stroke. Study participants who suffered the most anxiety had a 33 percent higher risk for stroke ...
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Obese children have elevated levels of a key stress hormone, according to a new study. Researchers measured levels of cortisol -- considered an indicator of stress -- in hair samples from 20 obese and 20 normal-weight children, aged 8 to ...
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Older women are physically inactive for about two-thirds of their waking hours, according to new research. But that doesn't mean they're just sitting still. Although women in the study appeared to be inactive for a good portion of the ...
Another code within DNA has been discovered by scientists -- a finding that the researchers say sheds light on how changes to DNA affect health. Since the genetic code was first deciphered in the 1960s, scientists have believed it was ...
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Diabetes increases your risk for developing a number of health problems, including issues with your mouth, teeth and gums. The Mouthhealthy.org website says diabetics are at heightened risk for these oral health conditions: Gum ...
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U.S. adults currently average 6.8 hours of sleep at night, down more than an hour from 1942, a Gallup poll indicates. Almost 60 percent of U.S. adults get 7 or more hours of sleep at night, but in 1942, 84 percent did, while about 40 ...
Smoking alters several genes associated with health problems for smokers, such as increased risk for cancer and diabetes, researchers in Sweden say. A study, published in the journal Human Molecular Genetics, identified a large number of ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments: Chinese Woman Killed by cNew to Humans A Chinese woman has died from a bird flu strain that has never before affected humans, and the World Health Organization called the ...
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With the higher and higher requirement of office stationery,besides the design and the materials,there are the requirements in the environmental protection.The deeply know of health,environmental protection make more and more stationery ...
Although one of the most typical uses of lengthy latex safety gloves is going to be in a health care sector, there are actually a variety of different scenarios where these latex gloves can be used widely. For instance painting, medical ...
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