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Health NewsIrregular Sleep Tied to Obesity, Other Health Problems2008-05-08 06:01 - Getting too little sleep, or too much, is linked to poor health in a new federal study.<br/><br/> Quick Benefit to Smoking Halt, With a Caveat, Study Finds 2008-05-08 06:01 - A study showed major health benefits within five years for women who stop smoking, but also that it takes decades to correct respiratory damage and shed the added risk of lung cancer.<br/><br/> State Watch for 2 Percent of Doctors 2008-05-08 06:01 - More than 2 percent of all doctors practicing in New York last year landed on the state medical board’s watch list because of problems including substance abuse or their professional conduct.<br/><br/> Global Update: Blood Pressure Is Most Lethal in Poor and Middle-Income... 2008-05-07 06:01 - A new study has found that about 80 percent of the world’s deaths from high blood pressure occur in poor and middle-income countries. Vital Signs: Patterns: Serious Message in a Seductive Voice 2008-05-07 06:01 - A come-hither sound in a woman’s voice may carry a message about her readiness to conceive. Really?: The Claim: Running Outdoors Burns More Calories 2008-05-07 04:52 - Most avid runners have a strong preference for either pavement or treadmills, but how do the two differ in producing results? Personal Health: The Growing Wave of Teenage Self-Injury 2008-05-07 04:51 - Self-injury is a disturbing and hard-to-treat phenomenon that experts say is increasing among adolescents and young adults. Vital Signs: Prognosis: Kidney Decline Difficult to Stop 2008-05-07 04:51 - A new study indicates how challenging it remains to treat kidney disease, and suggests that other factors besides high blood pressure need to be addressed. Some Diabetics Don?t Have What They Thought They Had 2008-05-07 04:51 - Research is changing doctors? understanding of diabetes. Vital Signs: Perceptions: Whom to Believe? Children Find Out Early 2008-05-07 04:51 - A challenge for children is figuring out whom to believe, and a new study suggests that this process starts early and without prompting by adults. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 |
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