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Text-Messaging to Prevent Binge Drinking

| November 24, 2015 Comment

Text-Messaging to Prevent Binge Drinking – Recently, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, used a text-message intervention method to prevent binge-drinking of alcohol in young adults and found it to be effective. For the study, researchers, led by Brian Suffoletto, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine, conducted a 12-week trial on 765 […]

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A Simple Blood Test for Cancer

| November 16, 2015 Comment

A Simple Blood Test for Cancer – Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden, in collaboration with researchers from University of Massachusetts and Netherlands, have come up with a new way to detect cancer from a single drop of blood, which, they hope, would make invasive biopsies unnecessary in the near future. According to Jonas Nilsson, […]

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What’s Your Heart Age?

| September 29, 2015 Comment

What’s Your Heart Age? Your heart may be older than you are! Here’s how you can find out! As part of the Framingham Heart Study, The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Boston University have come up with a calculator that uses your actual age, systolic blood pressure, body-mass index (BMI), and other factors to […]

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Coffee Beneficial after Colon-Cancer Treatment

| August 17, 2015 Comment

Coffee Beneficial after Colon-Cancer Treatment – A new study from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute shows that daily consumption of coffee can prevent colon cancer from returning and improve t patients’ chances of survival after treatment. Researchers, led by Charles Fuchs, MD, MPH, director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center at Dana-Farber, studied the dietary habits of a […]

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Video Consultations with Doctors May Double by 2020

| August 9, 2015 Comment

Video Consultations with Doctors May Double by 2020 – A recent report from IHS Technology states that in the US telehealth and virtual consultations with your primary care physician may become quite common soon. According to Roeen Roeshan, who authored the report, this year, there were 2 million video consultations in the US and these […]

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Hybrid Cochlear Implants May Help Many with Hearing Loss

| August 2, 2015 Comment

Hybrid cochlear implants may help many with hearing loss, according to a new study. Specialists at NYU Langone Medical Center found that people with a common form of hearing loss who can’t be helped with a hearing aid may have an option in a cochlear implant. For the study, researchers implanted hybrid cochlear implants in […]

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Justice Dept.: Food Companies Risk Prosecution for Outbreaks

Justice Dept.: Food Companies Risk Prosecution for Outbreaks

| July 14, 2015 Comment

Justice Dept.: Food Companies Risk Prosecution for Outbreaks – Following a deadly listeria outbreak in ice cream, the Justice Department is warning food companies that they could face criminal and civil penalties if they poison their customers. Associate Attorney General Stuart Delery said “We have made a priority holding individuals and companies responsible when they […]

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Older Women Urged to Watch for Breast Cancer Signs

| July 13, 2015 Comment

Older Women Urged to Watch for Breast Cancer Signs – According to a survey conducted by Public Health England, many women over the age of 70 are unaware of all the early warning signs of breast cancer. The survey asked women over the age of 40 to name signs of breast cancer, and found that […]

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Salmonella Outbreak in the US Due to People Kissing Chickens

Salmonella Outbreak in the US Due to People Kissing Chickens

| July 9, 2015 Comment

Salmonella Outbreak in the US Due to People Kissing Chickens – A big salmonella outbreak in the US has infected at least 181 people in 40 states. And it’s been caused, in part, by people getting a little too close to their live poultry. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,”Eighty-six percent of […]

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Scientists Say B2M Protein Is Responsible for Memory Loss

| July 8, 2015 Comment

Scientists Say B2M Protein Is Responsible for Memory Loss – According to neuroscientist Saul Villeda at the University of California, San Francisco, the beta-2-microglobulin protein (B2M) caused memory loss in mice, and this protein may provide a way to prevent memory loss associated with aging, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia. In a previous study, Villeda and […]

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Doctors Can Predict Your Lifespan from Calcium Scans

| July 6, 2015 Comment

Doctors Can Predict Your Lifespan from Calcium Scans – According to doctors, a coronary calcium scan can help them predict how long their patients might live. People with calcium deposits in their arteries have a six times greater risk of early death from heart disease than those who don’t. Calcium deposits develop as a response […]

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Study Links Sugary Drinks to Increase in Death Tolls

| June 29, 2015 Comment

Study Links Sugary Drinks to Increase in Death Tolls – A new study shows that sugary drinks may be responsible for as many as 184,000 deaths every year worldwide. The study used dietary surveys from over 600,000 participants between 1980 and 2010 from 51 countries. Researchers used this information to calculate the direct impact of […]

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