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Why do kids smoke electronic cigarettes? Is it because they are more health conscious than their combustable cigarette predecessors? Or are they more rebellious and ...
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Constant Email Checks Can Leave You Stressed
(HealthDay News) — Looking for a way to help reduce your stress? Try checking your emails less often, researchers suggest. The new study featured 124 ...
Read More »Mom, Put Down That Smartphone at Dinner
FRIDAY, Dec. 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Harried mothers who want to stay close with their kids should put aside their smartphones and tablets at ...
Read More »Millions of U.S. Kids Still Can Buy ‘Harmful’ E-Cigarettes
THURSDAY, Dec. 11, 2014 (HealthDay News) — More than 16 million children in the United States can buy electronic cigarettes legally, even though the devices ...
Read More »Nearly 9 Percent Of Medicaid Births Delivered Early For No Medical Reason
Nearly 9 percent of the births covered by Medicaid — or about 160,000 each year — were elective deliveries before 39 weeks of gestation, which ...
Read More »Routine Ultrasound for Dense Breasts May Not Be Worth Cost
TUESDAY, Dec. 9, 2014 (HealthDay News) — New research questions the value of ultrasound screening for women with dense breasts who’ve had a normal mammogram. ...
Read More »Too Much TV Time May Lower Colorectal CA Survival Odds
TUESDAY, Dec. 9, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Watching too much television may lower odds of survival after colorectal cancer, new research suggests. The findings were ...
Read More »Cigarettes Cause One-Third of U.S. Cancer Deaths: Report
TUESDAY, Dec. 9, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Despite large declines in smoking rates, cigarettes still cause about one-third of cancer deaths in the United States, ...
Read More »Medical Residents Work Less But Get Same Results: Study
In 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) set new restrictions on work hours for medical residents to satisfy a call to reduce possible ...
Read More »Male Breast Cancer Is Different
TUESDAY, Dec. 9, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Men’s breast cancer differs in some ways from women’s, new research finds. One important difference is in the ...
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