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By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — A potentially deadly bacteria is responsible for one in five sore throats in young adults, a new study suggests. Patients ...
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Antibiotics May Lead to Digestive Complication in Infants
By Tara Haelle, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — Using certain antibiotics early in infancy may raise the risk of a serious gastrointestinal condition called pyloric stenosis, a new ...
Read More »Considerable Variation by Surgeons in Radical Prostatectomy
MONDAY, Feb. 16, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Considerable practice variation exists among surgeons at a high-volume academic center when selecting patients with prostate cancer to ...
Read More »Graphic Images on Cigarette Labels Affect Smokers’ Brains
MONDAY, Feb. 16, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Disturbing images on cigarette warning labels have a significant effect on smokers’ brains, according to a new study. ...
Read More »Teenagers Do Not Get Enough Sleep
By Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay MONDAY, Feb. 16, 2015 (HealthDay News) — American teens don’t get enough sleep, and the problem has only gotten worse since the 1990s, new ...
Read More »Dentists Offer Tips to Keep Young Children Cavity-Free
SUNDAY, Feb. 15, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Good dental habits begin at an early age, but many parents fall short when it comes to the ...
Read More »Play Time More Stressful for Kids With Autism
By Tara Haelle, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — Children with autism appear to approach play differently than typically developing children, a recent study contends. “Children with autism lack ...
Read More »Teens Narcolepsy May Come From All That Marijuana
(HealthDay News) — Teens who are being assessed for the sleep disorder narcolepsy should also be screened for marijuana use because the drug can cause ...
Read More »Latino Physician Shortage Has Worsened Since 1980
(HealthDay News) — From 1980 to 2010 the Latino physician shortage worsened, according to a study published online Jan. 27 in Academic Medicine. Gloria Sánchez, M.D., ...
Read More »Beware the Bitter Cold: How to avoid hypothermia
(HealthDay News) — As frigid temperatures send much of the northern half of the United States into a deep freeze, doctors say people need to ...
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