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• Lack of Sleep Disrupts Genes

  

  Posted 7:01 PM 3/1/2013

  March 1, 2013 -- Sleeping fewer than six hours for several nights in a row affects hundreds of genes responsible for keeping us in good health, says a new study.

  Research led by the U.K.'s Surrey Sleep Research Centre found that people who were subjected to sleep deprivation for a week underwent changes at a molecular level that could affect their (More)
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• Q&A: Breast Cancer in Young Women

  

  Posted 9:22 PM 2/28/2013

  Feb. 28, 2013 -- Young women found the news surprising and more than a little scary: Cases of advanced breast cancer have been rising in women 25 to 39 over the past three decades, researchers reported this week.

  From 1976 to 2009, the number of cases of advanced breast (More)
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• Internet Addiction May Be as Hard to Kick as Drugs

  

  Posted 9:03 PM 2/26/2013

  Feb. 26, 2013 -- Between computers, tablets, smartphones, and 24-hour news, many of us may make light of it, saying we're technology addicts.

  But now, medical professionals are starting to take it seriously, with new research suggesting that so-called "Internet addiction" is associated with increased depression and even drug-like withdrawal symptoms.

  A study of (More)
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• Many Unregulated Tanning Salons Would Admit Kids

  

  Posted 9:52 PM 2/25/2013

  Feb. 25, 2013 -- Nearly two-thirds of Missouri tanning salons included in a new survey would allow children as young as 10 to use their tanning beds.

  There is clear evidence that ultraviolet radiation exposure from tanning beds is associated with a higher risk of skin cancer. Even so, 65% of 243 Missouri tanning salons said they would allow children as young (More)
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• FDA Approves New Silicone-Gel Breast Implant

  

  Posted 8:43 PM 2/21/2013

  Feb. 21, 2013 -- The FDA has approved a new silicone-gel breast implant from Allergan called Natrelle 410. It will be used to increase breast size in women 22 and older, and to rebuild breast tissue in women of all ages.

  The implant is designed to mimic the slope of the breast. The gel is intended to help the implant hold its shape over time while remaining soft to (More)
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• More Women Aware of Their Risk for Heart Disease

  

  Posted 8:39 PM 2/20/2013

  Feb. 20, 2013 -- More American women are aware of their risk for heart disease than ever before, but huge gaps in knowledge still remain.

  A new survey shows that the number of women who know that heart disease is their leading cause of death has nearly doubled since 1997: from 30% in 1997 to 56% today.

  Awareness has roughly doubled since 1997 among all of the (More)
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• Caffeine Linked to Low-Birth-Weight Babies

  

  Posted 6:01 PM 2/19/2013

  Feb. 19, 2013 -- New research suggests that caffeine is linked to low-birth-weight babies and that drinking coffee is linked to a longer pregnancy.

  The report suggests that drinking 200-300 milligrams of caffeine per day raised the risk of a (More)
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• Supercomputer Watson Takes on Cancer

  

  Posted 5:29 PM 2/15/2013

  Feb. 15, 2013 -- IBM's Watson, the supercomputer that grabbed headlines after beating the best contestants on Jeopardy!, now is setting its sights on cancer.

  Two years after Watson's victory on the game show, IBM is offering up the pizza-box-sized computer for health care. Its developers have chosen to debut it prominently in cancer care.

  Watson's first application is (More)
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• Watchdog Group Calls for Sugared Soda Regulation

  

  Posted 9:21 PM 2/14/2013

  Feb. 14, 2013 -- Added sugars in soft drinks are hazardous to health and need to be at lower levels, according to a new citizen petition from the watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).

  The petition, co-signed by prominent scientists, professional societies, health-advocacy organizations, and state and county public-health departments, calls for the FDA to set safe levels of sugars in sweetened beverages. The added sugars include (More)
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• Midlife Fitness Linked to Lower Dementia Risk

  

  Posted 8:24 PM 2/5/2013

  Feb. 5, 2013 -- Higher fitness levels in middle age are linked with a lower risk of dementia later in life, a new study suggests.

  "We already know exercise has cardiovascular and many other benefits, but this may give people more incentive to get moving," (More)
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• Baby Boomers' Health Worse Than Their Parents'

  

  Posted 6:12 PM 2/5/2013

  Feb. 5, 2012 -- Today's baby boomers may live longer than their parents, but they are less healthy overall, a new study finds.

  "U.S. baby boomers have higher rates of chronic disease, more disability, and lower self-rated health than members of the previous generation at the same age," write the authors of the study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

  Dana King, MD, of the West Virginia University School of Medicine, analyzed data from the (More)
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• Cancer as a Death Sentence & Other Myths Dispelled

  

  Posted 8:52 PM 2/4/2013

  Feb. 4, 2013 -- Today, on World Cancer Day, the organization behind this annual event is aiming to dispel several myths about cancer.

  The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) is trying to counteract the myths that cancer is a death sentence and a disease of the wealthy, the elderly, and developed countries.

  In fact, more than half of the deaths from cancer (55%) happen (More)
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