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• Stem cells offer clues to reversing receding hairlines
• Modest weight loss may reduce heart disease, diabetes risks in middle-aged women
• Heart disease linked with dementia in older postmenopausal women
• Total smoking bans work best
• 44% of adults worry e-cigarettes will encourage kids to start smoking tobacco
• HPV home tests could identify cancer risk
• Improved patient education increases satisfaction with day surgery
• Diet quality links old, young
• Residents of poorer nations find greater meaning in life
• Dogs recognize familiar faces from images
• Subject to discrimination from first day on job
• Debate continues on impact of artificial sweeteners
• Sporting success does affect birth rates
• Are we hard-wired to follow celebrity medical advice?
• Moderate alcohol consumption boosts body's immune system, study suggests
• TV ads nutritionally unhealthy for kids, study finds
• Childhood bullying shown to increase likelihood of psychotic experiences in later life
• Two in three 13-year-old girls afraid of gaining weight
• Lung cancer death rates continue to fall, helping drive decrease in overall cancer death rates
• Tinnitus discovery opens door to possible new treatment avenues
• Pediatricians urge consumption of only pasteurized dairy products
• Is laughter really the best medicine?
• James Bond's preference for shaken martinis may be due to alcohol-induced tremor

Stem cells offer clues to reversing receding hairlines Posted: 18 Dec 2013 02:12 PM PST Regenerative medicine may offer ways to banish baldness that don't involve toupees. A trio of papers has been published that describes some of the factors that determine when hair grows, when it stops growing and when it falls out.

Modest weight loss may reduce heart disease, diabetes risks in middle-aged women Posted: 18 Dec 2013 02:10 PM PST Sustaining a modest weight loss for 2 years in overweight or obese, middle-aged women may reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes. Women who lost 10 percent or more of their body weight reduced almost every measure of cardiometabolic health.

Heart disease linked with dementia in older postmenopausal women Posted: 18 Dec 2013 02:10 PM PST Heart disease is linked with decreased brain function in older postmenopausal women. Women who have high blood pressure or diabetes may also be at higher risk for decreasing brain function over time.

Total smoking bans work best Posted: 18 Dec 2013 12:25 PM PST Completely banning tobacco use inside the home – or more broadly in the whole city – measurably boosts the odds of smokers either cutting back or quitting entirely.

44% of adults worry e-cigarettes will encourage kids to start smoking tobacco Posted: 18 Dec 2013 08:30 AM PST Adults nationwide are concerned about the use of e-cigarettes by children and teens, with 44 percent indicating worries that the devices will encourage kids to use tobacco products.

HPV home tests could identify cancer risk Posted: 18 Dec 2013 08:29 AM PST HPV self-testing is as effective as tests done by doctors, according to a study. Simple HPV home tests could therefore complement existing screening program, and identify more women at risk for cervical cancer.

Improved patient education increases satisfaction with day surgery Posted: 18 Dec 2013 08:26 AM PST Satisfaction expressed by day-surgery patients can be enhanced by improving the quality of information they receive and also help assure successful post-operative recovery without the need for outpatient follow-up, according to research.

Diet quality links old, young Posted: 18 Dec 2013 07:02 AM PST Understanding how dietary habits are connected through the generations could have valuable benefits for community health, a new study shows.

Residents of poorer nations find greater meaning in life Posted: 18 Dec 2013 07:01 AM PST While residents of wealthy nations tend to have greater life satisfaction, new research shows that those living in poorer nations report having greater meaning in life. The findings suggest that meaning in life may be higher in poorer nations as a result of greater religiosity: as countries become richer, religion becomes less central to people's lives and they lose a sense of meaning in life.

Dogs recognize familiar faces from images Posted: 18 Dec 2013 06:58 AM PST So far the specialized skill for recognizing facial features holistically has been assumed to be a quality that only humans and possibly primates possess. Although it's well known, that faces and eye contact play an important role in the communication between dogs and humans, this was the first study, where facial recognition of dogs was investigated with eye movement tracking.

Subject to discrimination from first day on job Posted: 18 Dec 2013 06:58 AM PST When starting out in their careers, young women already earn less money than young men for doing the same work, research confirms.

Debate continues on impact of artificial sweeteners Posted: 18 Dec 2013 06:53 AM PST New research has added to the debate about how our bodies respond to artificial sweeteners and whether they are good, bad or have no effect on us.

Sporting success does affect birth rates Posted: 17 Dec 2013 06:05 PM PST Births in a Catalan region of Spain increased by 16 percent nine months after FC Barcelona won three major football trophies in 2009, finds a study.

Are we hard-wired to follow celebrity medical advice? Posted: 17 Dec 2013 06:05 PM PST A paper published asks why so many people follow medical advice from celebrities when so much of it is ill-informed and some of it is potentially harmful.

Moderate alcohol consumption boosts body's immune system, study suggests Posted: 17 Dec 2013 02:10 PM PST Medical science has known for years that people who drink moderate amounts of alcohol actually have a reduced risk of death. Now, new research adds a fascinating twist: moderate drinking may actually bolster our immune system and help it fight off infection.

TV ads nutritionally unhealthy for kids, study finds Posted: 17 Dec 2013 12:52 PM PST The nutritional value of food and drinks advertised on children's television programs is worse than food shown in ads during general air time, according to new study.

Childhood bullying shown to increase likelihood of psychotic experiences in later life Posted: 17 Dec 2013 07:42 AM PST New research has shown that being exposed to bullying during childhood will lead to an increased risk of psychotic experiences in adulthood, regardless of whether they are victims or perpetrators.

Two in three 13-year-old girls afraid of gaining weight Posted: 16 Dec 2013 05:40 PM PST Six in ten 13-year-old girls, compared to four in 10 boys the same age, are afraid of gaining weight or getting fat according to new research that uses data on over 7,000 participants. The study showed that girls were more than twice as likely as boys to be 'extremely worried' of gaining weight or getting fat.

Lung cancer death rates continue to fall, helping drive decrease in overall cancer death rates Posted: 16 Dec 2013 03:37 PM PST The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, covering the period 1975–2010, showed death rates for lung cancer, which accounts for more than one in four cancer deaths, dropping at a faster pace than in previous years.

Tinnitus discovery opens door to possible new treatment avenues Posted: 16 Dec 2013 12:43 PM PST For tens of millions of Americans, a condition called tinnitus means there's no such thing as the sound of silence. Now, new scientific findings that help explain what is going on inside their unquiet brains

Pediatricians urge consumption of only pasteurized dairy products Posted: 16 Dec 2013 05:04 AM PST Pregnant women, infants and young children should avoid raw or unpasteurized milk and milk products and only consume pasteurized products, according to a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Is laughter really the best medicine? Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:49 AM PST Laughter may not be the best medicine after all, and can even be harmful to some patients, suggests the authors of a paper recently published.

James Bond's preference for shaken martinis may be due to alcohol-induced tremor Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:49 AM PST James Bond's alcohol consumption may explain why he prefers his martinis "shaken, not stirred" say researchers in a newly published paper.

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