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FRIDAY, March 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) — You’ll lose an hour’s sleep overnight Saturday when the clocks spring ahead. But there are a number of ...
Read More »Always Sleepy After the Change to Daylight Saving Time?
When One Spouse Exercises, the Other May Start, Too
FRIDAY, March 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) — If you start an exercise program, it might inspire your spouse to do the same, a new study ...
Read More »Digital Dilemma For Medicine: How To Share Patient Records
Technology entrepreneur Jonathan Bush says he was recently watching a patient move from a hospital to a nursing home. The patient’s information was in an ...
Read More »Be Wary of Websites Selling Genetic Cancer Tests
THURSDAY, March 5, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Websites that offer personalized genetic cancer tests tend to overstate their supposed benefits and downplay their limitations, a ...
Read More »Divorce May Be More Likely When Wives Get Sick
THURSDAY, March 5, 2015 (HealthDay News) — That part of the marriage vows where couples pledge to stay together “in sickness and in health” may ...
Read More »Many Transplant Surgeons Suffer Burnout
WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Many transplant surgeons in the United States suffer burnout, a new study reveals. Researchers at the Henry Ford ...
Read More »About 7 Percent of Kids Worldwide Have ADHD
About 7 percent of children worldwide have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new research concludes. This estimate — which differs significantly from other recent appraisals — is ...
Read More »Surgery Patients Might Not Need Sedative Before Anesthesia
TUESDAY, March 3, 2015 (HealthDay News) — A new French study questions the need for giving a sedative to surgical patients to calm them down ...
Read More »In Vitro Births Continue to Rise in U.S.
TUESDAY, March 3, 2015 (HealthDay News) — More babies in the United States are being conceived by in vitro fertilization, a new report shows. Nearly ...
Read More »Love Coffee? Your Heart May, Too
(HealthDay News) — Drinking three to five cups of coffee a day may reduce the risk of developing clogged arteries, which in turn might reduce ...
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