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(HealthDay News) — Doctors in the United States are seeing more infants born addicted to narcotic painkillers — a problem highlighted by a new Florida-based ...
Read More »Painkiller-Addicted Babies a Growing U.S. Concern, Especially in Florida
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 »Medical Marijuana: What No One is Talking About
On Feb. 25, the Senate State Government Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 3, which would legalize marijuana for medical use in Pennsylvania. As ...
Read More »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 »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 ...
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 »Kids May Be More Likely to Exercise When Friends Do
Friends play a major role in youngsters’ levels of physical activity, new research indicates. “Clinically, much of the focus on increasing physical activity involves engaging ...
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 ...
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