By Amanda MacMillan
Singing, playing an instrument, or even just listening to music may lessen anxiety in cancer patients and improve their overall quality of life, according to a new analysis of previously published research.
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By Steven Reinberg
A new study appears to upend the long-held belief that black patients with kidney failure do better on dialysis than whites.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
One-third of people who survive a nearly fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage — a type of stroke that involves bleeding into the brain — experience the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), researchers have found.
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By Amanda Gardner
With headlines using words like “plummet” and “dive” to describe steep stock market declines this week, experts say many Americans’ emotions are also in a downward spiral.
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By Robert Preidt
People with low lifetime levels of physical activity are at increased risk for peripheral artery disease (PAD), a new study has found.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Motion sickness on the world’s tilting trains could be eliminated by changing the way cars take curves, researchers say.
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By Robert Preidt
Good knowledge of hand hygiene among students reduces school absenteeism, researchers report.
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By Serena Gordon
Elderly women who experience sleep apnea have a higher risk of developing mild cognitive impairment or dementia, new research finds.
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By Amanda Gardner
A simple blood test from mom can spot the sex of a fetus as early as seven weeks into a pregnancy, researchers report.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
When an older man’s wife or girlfriend has a stronger bond with his friends than he does, his performance in the bedroom tends to suffer, a new study shows.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Kids’ meals at fast-food restaurants are high in fat, calories and sodium, a new study shows.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Children with poorly controlled asthma face significantly higher medical costs and miss many more school days than kids with asthma that is better managed, a new study indicates.
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By Robert Preidt
Key factors that affect a child’s risk of developing allergies by age 2 include race, a mother’s exposure to pets during pregnancy and the method of delivery, a new study suggests.
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By Robert Preidt
People who regularly eat legumes, brown rice, cooked green vegetables and dried fruit have a reduced risk of colon polyps, a precursor to colon cancer.
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By Robert Preidt
As parents prepare to send their children back to school, they need to remember that nutrition is an important factor in academic performance, an expert advises.
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By Amanda Gardner
New research indicates that up to half of human intelligence can be explained by genetics, but this involves small contributions by many different genes and not one overarching “smart” gene.
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By Kathleen Doheny
Soy supplements, sometimes promoted as a healthier alternative to estrogen for maintaining bone and relieving menopausal symptoms, don’t appear to do so, according to a new study.
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By Robert Preidt
Frequent visual field testing may help doctors detect progression of the eye disease glaucoma at an earlier stage, a new study says.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Hammer toes, curly toes, crossover toes and bunions are not only painful, they can be a red flag for other health problems, a new report warns.
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By Amanda Gardner
At some U.S. hospitals, nearly everyone who has cardiac catheterization to diagnose heart disease is found to have major blockages requiring some kind of action.
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