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(HealthDay News) — Close friends have more influence on teens’ alcohol use than their general peer group does, a new study says. “We’ve known for ...
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Restroom Hand Dryers Spread More Germs Than Paper Towels
(HealthDay News) — Those air-blown hand dryers in public restrooms may spread far more germs than conventional paper towels, a new study suggests. British researchers ...
Read More »Republicans File Suit Against President Obama and Health Law
House Republicans, led by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), have sued President Barack Obama for what they claim was an abuse of executive authority when the president implemented the ...
Read More »Telephone Reminder Intervention Ups Cardiovascular Rx Adherence
(HealthDay News) — A low-cost telephone reminder intervention can improve adherence to cardiovascular disease medications, according to a study published online Nov. 16 in the American ...
Read More »Maybe the Crowd Can Finally Tell Us The Cost of a Mammogram
How much does it cost? That’s the big, unknown question in healthcare. The same medical procedures cost different amounts depending on too many variables. Patients ...
Read More »Giving Kidney Donors Priority When They Need a Kidney
THURSDAY, Nov. 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Kidney donation is one of the most selfless acts one person can do for another. And now a ...
Read More »FDA Approves ‘Abuse-Resistant’ Narcotic Painkiller
THURSDAY, Nov. 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Seeking to make it tougher for people to misuse prescription painkillers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on ...
Read More »Many People Who Drink a Lot Aren’t Alcoholics: CDC
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Nov. 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Most people who drink to excess or binge drink are not alcoholics, a new ...
Read More »Mastectomy Rates Rising Among Women Eligible for Lumpectomy
(HealthDay News) — When confronted with early stage breast cancer, surgical removal of the tumor alone (lumpectomy) — which conserves the breast — can be ...
Read More »Remember When We Trusted Our Doctors?
By Dr. Bill Miller I have been fortunate to practice medicine during an era of great scientific progress. The pace of this transformation remains exponentially greater ...
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