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7/2/2009
Boomeritis Hits Aging Athletes
Reuters
Fifty may be the new thirty, but baby boomers' bodies haven't heard the news.
7/2/2009
Gene Variations Hinder Mental Illness Tests
Reuters
As many as 30,000 different gene variations may underlie schizophrenia and bipolar disease, meaning any kind of quick test to predict either disease is a long way off, scientists said on Wednesday.
7/2/2009
Heart Stem Cells From Human Embryo 'Hot Spot' May Fix Damage
Bloomberg
Stem cells found in the forming hearts of human embryos may help doctors repair damaged organs and understand life-threatening birth defects, Harvard University scientists said.
7/2/2009
Report: Texas is the 14th Fattest State
Houston Business Journal
Americans are getting fatter and so are Texans, albeit at a slower rate.
7/2/2009
Suicide Warnings for 2 Anti-Smoking Drugs
The New York Times
Federal drug regulators warned Wednesday that patients taking two popular drugs to stop smoking should be watched closely for signs of serious mental illness, as reports mount of suicides among the drugs' users.
7/2/2009
Swine Flu Vaccine Made in Europe
BBC News
The first doses of an H1N1 swine flu vaccine have been produced in Europe - but it will be around two months before any is distributed.
7/2/2009
That Hangdog Look Might Not Be What You Think
The Washington Post
People May Be Projecting Human Emotion on Their Pooches, Study Finds
7/2/2009
To Fix Health Care, Some Study Developing World
The Wall Street Journal (feature)
Cost-Effective Medical Practices Deployed in Poor Nations Deliver Good Results, but Can They Work in the U.S.?
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Can Tobacco Industry Research Help 'Social' Smokers Quit?
06/16/2009, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, The tobacco industry knows exactly what makes social smokers tick. Now, researchers want to use that once-secret information to help them quit.
Low-Income Minorities Miss More Glucose Checks
06/9/2009, Ethnicity & Disease, Income appears to play a crucial role in how often diabetes patients on insulin check their daily blood glucose levels, and low-income minorities check less often than others, a new research study finds.
Deinstitutionalization Leads to Rise in Suicide Among Mentally Ill
06/2/2009, Health Services Research, Reducing the number of beds available in public psychiatric hospitals is associated with increased suicide rates - and community-based mental health care is often not funded at a level sufficient to help. A new study finds that for every bed lost for 100,000 people in the population, 45 additional suicides would occur per year.
Overwhelming Medicare Plan Choices Spell Confusion
05/28/2009, Health Services Research, In a sign of the challenges facing seniors on Medicare, a new study finds that older Americans are more likely to make poor choices when faced with a wide array of drug-coverage plans. Making matters worse, many are confident they made the right decisions.
Adolescents Let Physical Activity Slide After Seventh Grade
06/26/2009, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, By the time they reach ninth grade, most adolescents abandon the physical activities they enjoyed in seventh grade; and the more vigorous the activity, the more likely they are to drop it.
Fear of Family Reaction Is Barrier to Treatment for Depressed Teens
05/26/2009, Medical Care, Although teen depression poses a widespread problem for which proven treatments exist, few depressed teens receive any care.
Teaching Families to Manage Asthma Can Reduce E.R. Visits
05/26/2009, Cochrane Library, The key to reducing the leading cause of pediatric emergency room visits could be to educate young patients and their parents about how to manage asthma, according to an updated review of studies. Moreover, such programs could lead to fewer hospitalizations for children.
Abusive Relationships Increase Women's Risk of HIV Infection
05/21/2009, General Hospital Psychiatry, A new study of nearly 14,000 U.S. women reveals that those who are in physically abusive relationships are at higher risk for HIV infection.
Teens Who Think They're Overweight More Likely to Try Suicide
05/18/2009, Journal of Adolescent Health, Being overweight - or simply believing they are overweight - might predispose some U.S. teens to suicide attempts, according to a new study.
Inexpensive TENS Unit Can Ease Labor Pain
05/14/2009, Cochrane Library, There are many ways to deal with the pain of giving birth, but women and their obstetricians can always benefit from having another choice. A Cochrane review has concluded that women in labor should have the option of using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) - a non-drug method of pain management.
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