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Read More »Violent Video Games Have No Effect on Kids’ Behavior: Study
By Randy Dotinga, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — A small study offers a mixed view on whether video games may make kids more aggressive. Those children who spend ...
Read More »Hospitals Update The Hated Hospital Gown
Whether a patient is in the hospital for an organ transplant, an appendectomy or to have a baby, one complaint is common: the gown. You ...
Read More »Diet Sodas Linked to Widening Waistlines in Seniors
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 »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 »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 ...
Read More »Always Sleepy After the Change to Daylight Saving Time?
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 »Teen Suicides by Hanging on the Rise; Docs Urged to Seek Signs
(HealthDay News) — Doctors and parents should be aware of the increased use of hanging as a means of teen suicide and take preventive measures, U.S. ...
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 ...
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