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(HealthDay News) — A lifetime of vigorous exercise may lower the risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — a form of cancer that affects the lymph nodes, ...
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Kids’ Eye Injuries From Paintball, Air Guns on the Rise
(HealthDay News) — Eye injuries in children from certain types of guns — such as air guns, BB guns and paintball guns — increased dramatically ...
Read More »Student With Rare Autoimmune Disease Pursues His Dreams (VIDEO)
TJ Henderson lives with a rare autoimmune disease called dermatomyositis, which causes skin and muscle inflammation. The disease affects fewer than 20,000 people worldwide and ...
Read More »Pregnant Women Think E-Cigarettes ‘Safer’ Than Regular Cigarettes
(HealthDay News) — More than 40 percent of pregnant women surveyed think electronic cigarettes are less harmful than tobacco cigarettes, according to a new study. ...
Read More »Two-Minute Walk Every Hour May Offset Effects of Sitting
(HealthDay News) — Getting up and walking for two minutes every hour could help reverse the negative health effects from prolonged sitting, new research suggests. ...
Read More »Do Wearable Devices in Hospitals Pose Security Threats?
Wearable tech has painted itself as the future of innovation for many different industries, but perhaps most notably for healthcare. Even now, wearable devices are ...
Read More »Higher Altitude States Have Fewer Kids With ADHD
By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay FRIDAY, April 17, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The thin air of America’s higher-elevation regions may reduce the risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a ...
Read More »E-Cigarette Use Triples Among U.S. Teens in 1 Year
Federal health officials say the nicotine-based products pose major health threat to kids THURSDAY, April 16, 2015 (HealthDay News) — E-cigarettes are booming among U.S. ...
Read More »Chemo for Breast Cancer Erases Woman’s Fingerprints
WEDNESDAY, April 15, 2015 (HealthDay News) — A 65-year-old breast cancer patient ran into an unexpected problem with her bank: She was denied a transaction ...
Read More »Physicians Beware: CMS May Deny or Revoke Medicare Provider Privileges
By Victoria H. Johnson and Edward J. Cyran On February 3, 2015, the authority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to deny ...
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