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Sunshine vitamin 'may treat asthma'

The amount of time asthma patients spend soaking up the sun may have an impact on their health, researchers have suggested.

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Walk-to-school numbers 'falling'

bbc.co.uk 6 hours ago

Fewer children are walking to school in the UK, campaigners say.

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Elan eyes more deals this year with $1 billion warchest

reuters.com 1 hour ago

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Elan will still have $1.2 billion of cash left to spend if shareholders approve its first package of acquisitions, and plans to announce more deals in the second half of the year,...

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Many Fronts in Fighting Obesity

well.blogs.nytimes.com 4 hours ago

Simply focusing on sugar will do little to quell the rising epidemic in the United States.

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Running barefoot in Wyoming

bbc.co.uk 8 hours ago

How barefoot Indian tribe inspired a US fitness revolution

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Childhood ADHD tied to obesity decades later

reuters.com 3 hours ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys who are diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in elementary school are more likely to grow up to be obese adults than those who don't have the...

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Childhood ADHD tied to obesity decades later

news.yahoo.com 3 hours ago

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys who are diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in elementary school are more likely to grow up to be obese adults than those...

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Childhood ADHD tied to obesity decades later

ca.news.yahoo.com 3 hours ago

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys who are diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in elementary school are more likely to grow up to be obese adults than those...

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Putting group fitness classes in the proper light

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By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fitness experts are shining a new light on group classes from Zumba to yoga because they believe the right lighting can transform the four walls of a fitness...

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Navajo Confront Increase in New H.I.V. Infections

nytimes.com 4 hours ago

A report found 47 new diagnoses in the tribe in 2012, a 20 percent increase from 2011 and very worrisome in a community where AIDS still carries a stigma.

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Saudi coronavirus work stymied at Canadian lab

cbc.ca 7 hours ago

The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg is working with a sample of the new coronavirus that's causing clusters of infections abroad - but can't share the material with other researchers...

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Clinical anxiety is becoming a worry

guardian.co.uk 14 hours ago

Huma Qureshi: Generalised anxiety disorder affects one in 20 adults, and there is increasing concern about how it is diagnosed and treated

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Dear American Consumers: Please don t start eating healthfully. Sincerely, the Food Industry

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Dear American Consumers: Please don t start eating healthfully. Sincerely, the Food Industry

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Mental health 'bible' update due

bbc.co.uk 18 May

An update to one of the most important manuals in mental health - known as the bible of psychiatry - is to be published later on Saturday.

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£140 buys private firms data on NHS patients

guardian.co.uk 17 May

Bupa approved to access sensitive medical records as campaigners question patient consent for release

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Fate of LA pot shops left to voters

news.yahoo.com 11 hours ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops...

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Newer whooping cough vaccine not as protective

news.yahoo.com 3 hours ago

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A newer version of the whooping cough vaccine doesn't protect kids as well as the original, which was phased out in the 1990s because of safety concerns,...

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How do you recover from jet lag?

guardian.co.uk 14 hours ago

Jet lag can really take the edge off an exciting long-haul holiday, or exacerbate the post-break blues. But remedies are at hand

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Excerpt: Author Temple Grandin Reports On ‘The Autistic Brain’

healthland.time.com 21 hours ago

Temple Grandin, a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, eloquently described life from the perspective of someone living with autism in her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, which...

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Women warn about black market butt injections

wxyz.com 11 hours ago

You hear about the appeal of rounder rear-ends in songs like Bootilicious by Destiny’s Child...

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Media Reports on Health Hazards May Affect the Health of Some People | Medindia

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Media reports on the adverse effects of substances or technologies can actually trigger the symptoms in some people who read the report, even when they are not physically exposed to it, finds a recent...

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Exposure to Toxic Waste can Ruin Health in Kids | Medindia

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Children dwelling at places with abundance of toxic waste in Indonesia, India and the Philippines may develop high quantities of lead in their blood circulation. This adversely affects their level of...

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Disease and the Public Eye

nytimes.com 19 May

I had never heard of dystonia — until my doctors told me I had it.

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Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial

vitals.nbcnews.com 14 hours ago

KERRVILLE, Texas -- The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked

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Consumer group flags high SPF ratings on sunscreen

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunbathers headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use...

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More young people having strokes, study says

nbcnews.com 8 hours ago

Video on msnbc.com: A recent study in the journal Neurology found that the proportion of young people who are having strokes increased from one in eight stroke patients in the mid-90s to one in five...

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The new laser that blasts unwanted tattoos to pieces in half the time it took previous treatments

dailymail.co.uk 18 May

As tattoos become increasingly prevalent with model Cara Delevingne recently showing off a lion design on her index finger, the first new option for tattoo-removal in two decades has been unveiled.

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Autism resources expanding for families

9news.com 9 hours ago

DENVER - One tiny word points to terrific progress for 3-year-old Alex.

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An activist faces her own mortality

theglobeandmail.com 7 hours ago

Diagnosed with ovarian cancer three years ago, Cindy Cowan wants lawmakers to revisit the prohibition against assisted suicide

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Oregon official felt pressure from pro-fluoride Upstream Public Health about dental study

oregonlive.com 18 May

Upstream Public Health lobbied the Portland City Council to add fluoride to drinking water in 2012 and this year left a state manager feeling pressured over how to present information in a new study...

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ca.news.yahoo.com 2 hours ago

By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fitness experts are shining a new light on group classes from Zumba to yoga because they believe the right lighting can transform the four walls of a fitness...

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3 companies recall antipsychotic drug quetiapine: Health Canada

ctvnews.ca 19 May

Health Canada says three companies are voluntarily recalling all lots of the antipsychotic drug quetiapine.

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Victims of Cancer Must be Treated for Physical & Emotional Impairments | Medindia

medindia.net 3 hours ago

A new study has found that cancer survivors undergo many difficult set of impairments which adversely impacts every organ system...

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Scientists Find Ways to Cure Dog Dementia | Medindia

medindia.net 3 hours ago

A recent insight by an expert on animals has pointed out that nearly 12 per cent of dogs more than the age of 10 go on to develop a type of dementia which is very close to the type that affects human...

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