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JRR Tolkien’s son Christopher hailed as a ‘titan’ following his death aged 95
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Parents Can Help Their Sleep-Deprived Teens
Title: Parents Can Help Their Sleep-Deprived TeensCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/15/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/16/2020 12:00:00 AM SOURCE: MedicineNet Daily News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
15 percent of people in the US are physically inactive, CDC report says
The new year may have motivated people to jot down their fitness goals, but a new country-wide map of inactivity in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), may show that this might not be feasible unless people start to become more ... [Continue Reading]
New HIV infections among gay and bisexual men in the UK fall by 71 percent
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a highly contagious infection usually transmitted through body fluids during sexual contact, blood transfusion, during pregnancy, delivery, and breastfeeding through breast milk. Worldwide, there were about ... [Continue Reading]
In cases of cardiac arrest, time is everything. Community responders can save lives
Cardiac arrest can occur with little or no warning in people who were previously healthy, including young people. From shutterstock.comEach year more than 24,000 Australians experience a sudden cardiac arrest. This means their heart unexpectedly ... [Continue Reading]
Listen: How High-Deductible Plans Hurt Rural America
KHN senior correspondent Markian Hawryluk joined Colorado Public Radio’s Avery Lill on “Colorado Matters” to discuss his recent story on how high-deductible health plans are especially hurting rural America. (His segment begins at 11 minutes and 40 ... [Continue Reading]
7 Signs You Have an Infected Tattoo
How to know if something isn't right. SOURCE: Latest Content - Men's Health - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
New vulnerability in kidney cancer
Medical researchers have identified a possible way to treat tumors while sparing nearby healthy tissue. SOURCE: Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Air pollution plus early life stress may lead to cognitive difficulties in children
Children with elevated exposure to early life stress in the home and elevated prenatal exposure to air pollution exhibited heightened symptoms of attention and thought problems, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public ... [Continue Reading]
Can Home-Based Physical Therapy Benefit Older Adults with Dementia?
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary Dementia is the leading cause of disability for more than 5 million people aged 65 and older in this country. By 2050, that number is predicted to quadruple. Dementia can cause memory, ... [Continue Reading]
Screening for Small Molecules that Reduce Age-Related Decline in Mitochondrial Function in Neurons
The materials here report on efforts to screen for small molecule compounds that can reduce the age-related decline of mitochondrial function observed in neurons - and indeed throughout the body. Screening the contents of compound libraries is a ... [Continue Reading]
Edible ‘security tag’ to protect drugs from counterfeit
Researchers are aiming to stump drug counterfeiters with an edible 'security tag' embedded into medicine. To imitate the drug, a counterfeiter would have to uncrack a complicated puzzle of patterns not fully visible to the naked eye. SOURCE: ... [Continue Reading]
Mix of stress and air pollution may lead to cognitive difficulties in children
Children with elevated exposure to early life stress in the home and elevated prenatal exposure to air pollution exhibited heightened symptoms of attention and thought problems, according to researchers. Early life stress is common in youth from ... [Continue Reading]
‘PigeonBot’ Brings Robots Closer To Birdlike Flight
Birds change the shape of their wings far more than planes. The complexities of bird flight have posed a major design challenge for scientists trying to translate the way birds fly into robots.(Image credit: Lentink Lab/Stanford University) SOURCE: ... [Continue Reading]
Stage is set to develop clinically relevant, senescence-based biomarkers of aging
Senescent cells, which stop dividing under stress, are long- recognized drivers of multiple diseases of aging. Mouse studies have shown that targeted removal of these cells and the inflammatory factors they secrete, known as the senescence-associated ... [Continue Reading]
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Trump Takes Credit Where It Isn’t Due
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Sepsis Deaths May Be Twice Previous Estimates : Shots – Health News – NPR
Sepsis Deaths May Be Twice Previous Estimates : Shots - Health News NPR SOURCE: "health news" - Google News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Intermittent Fasting: How It Works, Reasons to Try It & Considerations for Athletes
It’s curious how not eating can spark so many questions and debates. A practice born out of necessity for our ancestors, fasting for long stretches happened when weather or circumstance hampered hunting and gathering, or for shorter periods while on ... [Continue Reading]
Patients with newly diagnosed musculoskeletal pain are prescribed opioids more often than recommended
NIH study shows treatment recommendations impacted by patient and physician factors. SOURCE: NIH News Release - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Tech to support aging in place: Help on the horizon?
By Barbara Greenwood Dufour More than 90 per cent of Canadians aged 65 and older are currently living in private residences. And most, if not all, of them want to remain there as long as possible. To support this desire to “age in place,” there are ... [Continue Reading]
Plymouth’s NHS dental waiting list is continuing to grow
In October 2019, there were 14,000 people on Plymouth’s NHS dental waiting list, with this number set to rise. Electoral Ward released a map of Plymouth (Figure 1) showing the rate of population per 10,000 people on the waiting ... [Continue Reading]
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