By Emily Willingham, HealthDay Don’t panic if your doctor worked into the wee hours of the night before he operates on you, new research suggests. The risk ...
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The beginning of a new school year is usually a big transition, as lazy summer mornings are quickly replaced by mad dashes to the bus ...
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The rate of eye injuries among girls playing high school field hockey dropped dramatically after a national requirement for protective eyewear was passed, a new ...
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U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are at increased risk for skin cancer because of long hours spent in the desert sun, ...
Read More »More American Children Diagnosed With ADHD
The number of American children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is rising, U.S. government experts say. And it’s important for the disorder to be recognized and ...
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The rising popularity of bicycling among adult men for pleasure or as a means of commuting may have a downside: More fatal bike-related accidents, according ...
Read More »Tuning into your favorite music may boost post-op recovery
Mozart, Madonna or Eminem: Whatever your taste, music may help you recover from a surgery, according to a new review of data on the subject. ...
Read More »Vaccine combo shows promise against common, dangerous infection
Researchers report they are closer to finding a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common illness that few recognize by name but one that’s ...
Read More »‘Scoring System’ May Spot Those in Greatest Need of Colonoscopy
Colonoscopy can save lives, but experts agree that testing rates remain too low. Now, researchers say a special scoring system might point to those people ...
Read More »Music therapy might one day help people with epilepsy
Music therapy might someday help people with epilepsy, a new study suggests. About 80 percent of epilepsy patients have temporal lobe epilepsy, in which seizures ...
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