By Randy Dotinga, HealthDay TUESDAY, March 17, 2015 (HealthDay News) — A new study has linked drinking diet sodas to increasing waistlines in seniors. What’s more, the ...
Read More »Experimental Drug Shows Promise in Lowering Cholesterol, Heart Attack Risk
(HealthDay News) — Adding an experimental new biologic drug to conventional cholesterol-lowering drugs may result in better cholesterol control and reduced risks of heart attack ...
Read More »Is Congress Ready To Fix Medicare Pay For Doctors?
By Mary Agnes Carey With a deadline fast approaching, bipartisan negotiations are heating up in the House to find a permanent replacement for Medicare’s physician payment formula. But the tentative ...
Read More »Diabetics Can Use Apple Watch Instead of Annoying Finger-Pricks
(HealthDay News) — A lot of excitement surrounded the announcement from Apple that its new watch will be able to monitor blood sugar levels. Has ...
Read More »Teens’ Heavy Pot Smoking Tied to Memory Problems
THURSDAY, March 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Teenagers who smoke marijuana daily may have lingering memory problems and structural abnormalities in the brain, even after ...
Read More »IOM Says U.S. Should Raise Legal Smoking Age to 21
THURSDAY, March 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Raising the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 would save hundreds of thousands of ...
Read More »Significant Shortfall of Physicians Projected for 2025
(HealthDay News) — The expected shortfall of physicians is projected to reach about 46,000 to 90,000 by 2025, according to a study conducted by IHS ...
Read More »Statins May Help Improve Prostate Cancer Survival
MONDAY, March 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may slow down prostate cancer in men who are also taking medication to reduce their ...
Read More »The Lower His IQ, the More a Young Guy Drinks
TUESDAY, March 10, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Caricatures of the not-too-swift, drunken fratboy may have some basis in science, with a new study finding that ...
Read More »Overindulgent Parents Breed Narcissistic Children
MONDAY, March 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Kids who think too highly of themselves likely developed their narcissism because their parents put them on a ...
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