By Robert Preidt
One reason why people worldwide spend 3 billion hours per week playing video games may be because the games allow them to “try on” characteristics they might like to have, a new study suggests.
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By Robert Preidt
The most effective treatment for the nighttime breathing disorder known as obstructive sleep apnea is the continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine, according to a new report.
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By Robert Preidt
Youth sports programs need to have guidelines to protect young athletes against heat illness, says an updated policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Smokers who light up right after they wake up in the morning may be at greater risk for lung, head and neck cancers than those who wait longer before having their first cigarette of the day, a new study finds.
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By Robert Preidt
Older patients with more severe heart failure are at increased risk for verbal memory impairment, a new study finds.
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By Serena Gordon
Despite parents’ best intentions, many school lunches packed at home may reach unsafe temperatures by the time a child eats, and that’s true even when lunches are packed in an insulated container with ice packs.
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By Steven Reinberg
People who have two or more siblings who have suffered blood clots in deep veins such as those in the legs and pelvis — a disease known as venous thromboembolism (VTE) — have a relative risk 50 times higher for developing such clots the
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By Amanda Gardner
One in five patients who are hospitalized for heart attacks develop anemia because so much of their blood is drawn for routine diagnostic tests, researchers have found.
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By Steven Reinberg
The benefit of deep brain stimulation in controlling tremors and improving motor function for those with Parkinson’s disease appears to last at least 10 years, according to a small new study by Canadian researchers.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Students attending high schools dominated by bullies are more likely to have lower standardized test scores, a new study shows.
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By Alan Mozes
Countering conventional wisdom, researchers in France say that elderly lung cancer patients can gain significant benefit from an aggressive, double-barreled chemotherapy that’s often used in younger patients.
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By Randy Dotinga
Be careful around gasoline.  That’s the message from the University of Michigan Health System’s Trauma Burn Center, which has treated 14 gasoline-related burns in just the past month.
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By Robert Preidt
More than half the cases of non-hereditary — or sporadic — schizophrenia are caused by “new” protein-altering gene mutations, researchers have found.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Choosing healthy foods to barbeque — and even barbequing with marinades instead of high-fat sauces — can help reduce your risk of heart disease as well as stroke, experts say.
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By Robert Preidt
Adjusting routines before school starts can make it easier for families when children return to classrooms after summer vacation, an expert says.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Compared with high school smokers two decades ago, today’s teen smokers are more likely to smoke only occasionally, or smoke fewer cigarettes each day, according to a new study.
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By Robert Preidt
Smoking increases the risk of developing a heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation, a new study warns.
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By Robert Preidt
Weight loss improves the sexual health of obese men with type 2 diabetes, a new study finds.
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By Dennis Thompson
In a decade or so, people now clamoring for metal and ceramic replacement joints may instead be able to have a fully functional biological replacement — a joint grown within their own bodies to their specific physiology.
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