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- An apple a day keeps the doctor away
- Experts discover whether it's better to be right or be happy
- Study indicates oral garlic not useful in treating vaginal thrush
- Study: Pay kids to eat fruits, vegetables
- Smoking changes our genes
- Self-worth boosts ability to overcome poverty
- Poor owner knowledge of cat sex life linked to 850,000 unplanned kittens every year
- Ear acupuncture can help shed pounds
- CEOs tend to overstay their welcome, hurting firm performance, new study finds
- Bedtime for toddlers: Timing is everything
- Health care costs steadily increase with body mass
- Significant minority think doctors should help 'tired of living' elderly to die if that's their wish
- How Wagner's operas held secrets of his disabling migraines, headaches
- Should your surname carry a health warning?
- When the body becomes a prison: Excessive hair growth can inhibit women
- Obstetric care may differ at rural versus urban hospitals, report suggests
- A little exercise goes a long way to prevent disease in children
- Doctors unaware that more teens turning to e-cigarettes
- Diet, physical activity may affect risk of developing kidney stones
- For altitude training, a narrow window for success
| An apple a day keeps the doctor away Posted: 17 Dec 2013 06:05 PM PST Prescribing an apple a day to all adults aged 50 and over would prevent or delay around 8,500 vascular deaths such as heart attacks and strokes every year in the UK -- similar to giving statins to everyone over 50 years who is not already taking them -- according to a study.  |
| Experts discover whether it's better to be right or be happy Posted: 17 Dec 2013 06:05 PM PST Doctors see many couples who lead unnecessarily stressful lives by wanting to be right rather than happy.  |
| Study indicates oral garlic not useful in treating vaginal thrush Posted: 17 Dec 2013 07:46 AM PST In a world-first study, researchers have found garlic does not significantly reduce vaginal candida (thrush).  |
| Study: Pay kids to eat fruits, vegetables Posted: 17 Dec 2013 07:46 AM PST Researchers observed three schools adjust to new school lunch standards that require a serving of fruits or vegetables on every student's tray -- whether the child intends to eat it or not. Students discarded 70 percent of the extra fruits and vegetables -- wasting about $3.8 million each day.  |
| Posted: 17 Dec 2013 05:52 AM PST We inherit our genes from our parents at birth. Later in life the genetic material can be changed by epigenetic modifications, i.e. chemical alterations of the DNA the affect the activity of the genes. Such alterations are normally caused by aging, but can also result from environmental factors and lifestyle. New research findings show that smoking alters several genes that can be associated with health problems for smokers, such as increased risk for cancer and diabetes.  |
| Self-worth boosts ability to overcome poverty Posted: 17 Dec 2013 05:50 AM PST For people in poverty, remembering better times – such as past success – improves brain functioning by several IQ points and increases their willingness to seek help from crucial aid services, a new study finds.  |
| Poor owner knowledge of cat sex life linked to 850,000 unplanned kittens every year Posted: 16 Dec 2013 05:40 PM PST Widespread ignorance among cat-owners about the sex lives of their pets may be leading to more than 200,000 unplanned litters -- or more than 850,000 kittens every year in the UK, finds research.  |
| Ear acupuncture can help shed pounds Posted: 16 Dec 2013 05:40 PM PST Ear acupuncture can help shed the pounds, indicates a small study, recently published.  |
| CEOs tend to overstay their welcome, hurting firm performance, new study finds Posted: 16 Dec 2013 03:36 PM PST The longer CEOs stay in power – and a new study suggests most of them do, exceeding the optimal tenure length by about three years – the more likely chief executives are to limit outside sources of market and customer information, ultimately hurting firm performance.  |
| Bedtime for toddlers: Timing is everything Posted: 16 Dec 2013 12:50 PM PST The bedtime you select for your toddler may be out of sync with his or her internal body clock, which can contribute to difficulties for youngsters attempting to settle in for the night, according to a new study.  |
| Health care costs steadily increase with body mass Posted: 16 Dec 2013 11:22 AM PST Researchers are giving people another reason to lose weight in the new year: obesity-related illnesses are expensive. According to a study published, health care costs increase in parallel with body mass measurements, even beginning at a recommended healthy weight.  |
| Significant minority think doctors should help 'tired of living' elderly to die if that's their wish Posted: 14 Dec 2013 11:48 AM PST One in five people believes that doctors should be allowed to help the elderly who are not seriously ill, but who are tired of living, to die, if that is their stated wish, reveals research published.  |
| How Wagner's operas held secrets of his disabling migraines, headaches Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:49 AM PST Researchers have looked at how German composer Richard Wagner's disabling migraines and headaches influenced his operas.  |
| Should your surname carry a health warning? Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:49 AM PST Patients named Brady could be at an increased risk of requiring a pacemaker compared with the general population, say researchers.  |
| When the body becomes a prison: Excessive hair growth can inhibit women Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:33 AM PST Women with excess hair growth in the face and on the chest, abdomen and thighs are suffering in silence. They are embarrassed, they blame themselves for their hairiness and would do anything to keep it a secret. Women, who after all have plucked up the courage to seek medical help, tell stories of how they have felt brushed aside and even ridiculed, according to new research.  |
| Obstetric care may differ at rural versus urban hospitals, report suggests Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:28 AM PST Rates of unnecessary cesarean section and other potentially risky obstetric procedures show some significant differences between rural and urban hospitals in the United States, reports a study.  |
| A little exercise goes a long way to prevent disease in children Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:28 AM PST Increased physical activity can improve children's overall metabolic health in just six weeks.  |
| Doctors unaware that more teens turning to e-cigarettes Posted: 12 Dec 2013 03:34 PM PST Many clinicians are unfamiliar with or uncomfortable with addressing the use of e-cigarettes with their young patients, finds a new study.  |
| Diet, physical activity may affect risk of developing kidney stones Posted: 12 Dec 2013 03:34 PM PST New research shows that even small amounts of physical activity can lead to up to a 31% decreased risk of developing kidney stones, and that eating more than 2200 calories per day may increase one's risk of developing kidney stones by up to 42%.  |
| For altitude training, a narrow window for success Posted: 12 Dec 2013 10:25 AM PST In a new study, researchers found that living between 2,000 and 2,500 meters above sea level offered the best performance enhancement compared to living at higher or lower elevations. These findings could help competitive endurance athletes and their coaches develop altitude training regimens that have the highest chance of success.  |
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