In Hopeful Sign, Health Spending Is Flattening Out

The slowing of the growth rate is partly explained by the recession, but evidence suggests that changing behavior of health care providers and consumers also partly accounts for it.

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Sinus headaches are usually migraines

Sinus headaches — Comprehensive overview covers causes, treatment of this often misunderstood disorder. Credit - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sinus-headaches/DS00647/rss=1

In Congress, Stark of California Seeks Inquiry Into Accretive Health

The inquiry would focus on whether Accretive Health violated a federal law that requires hospitals to provide emergency care regardless of citizenship, legal status or the ability to pay.

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The New Old Age Blog: The Caregiver's Bookshelf: Essays on the End

Essays in a new anthology illuminate a hard truth about death in our culture.

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Mad Cow in U.S. Raises Food Safety Questions

The USDA tests too few cattle for mad cow disease, refuses to allow testing by industry, and doesn't do enough to prevent cattle from being fed beef-containing feed, critics charge. Source - http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20120425/mad-cow-in-us-raises-food-saf...

Teens Getting Drunk On Liquid Hand Sanitizers

Los Angeles emergency rooms are reporting a growing number of teenagers coming in drunk after drinking cheap liquid hand sanitizer. The hand sanitizers, which contain over 60% ethyl alcohol and can make a 120-proof liquid, are becoming an increasingly popular route for getting drunk... Via - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/244536.php

Economic Scene: Disability Insurance Causes Pain

Disability insurance takes too many workers out of the job market prematurely. It reduces their lifetime income and, to top it off, slows economic growth.

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Women Filmmakers Explore Sex and Beauty

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Stars Juliette Binoche as Anne, a Parisian journalist, wife and mother working on an article about prostitution, for which she interviews with two young women who have been plying their trade voluntarily for some time now.

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Measles Mortality Drops 74% Globally In Ten Years

The death rate from measles worldwide has dropped by 74% during the first decade of this century, an impressive figure, but less than the 90% target, researchers from WHO (World Health Organization), Penn State University, and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) reported in The Lancet today. The authors added that there is still serious concern for areas such as Africa and India... Credit - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/244523.php

In the U.S., 1 in 6 women report experiencing rape or attempted rape

In the U.S., 1 in 6 women report experiencing rape or attempted rape:

Find out how to stay safe or get help.

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Letters: For All the Fish in the Sea (2 Letters)

Letters to the editor.

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Q & A: Sunscreens and Vitamin D

Studies suggest that using sunscreens can affect vitamin D production, but it’s better to take a vitamin supplement than to risk sun damage to your skin.

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Vital Signs: Accidental Child Deaths Ebb; Poisoning and Suffocation Rise

Accidental deaths among children under age 20 declined 29 percent from 2000 to 2009, but deaths from poisoning and suffocation increased substantially.

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HPV Cancer Hits 8,000 Men, 18,000 Women a Year

CDC: HPV causes 8,000 cancers in men and 18,000 cancers in women each year. In women the most common HPV cancer is cervical cancer; in men it's mouth/throat cancer. Teen vaccination can prevent these cancers. Via - http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20120419/hpv-cancer-hits-8000-men-18000-wome...

Drug Addiction Is a Growing Problem in Punjab

A border state with a history of opium use, Punjab has a large and growing drug problem that many health officials complain government is not confronting.

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DealBook: Buffett Says He Has Prostate Cancer

Warren E. Buffett wrote in a letter that the disease is in stage I and that he has been told by doctors that it is "not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way."

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Exercise Helps Breast Cancer Patients, But How Much?

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A bright, breezy mood will keep you very busy, Cancer. You want to know the commonsense reasons for doing things and are irritated by workmates who rattle on about grand ideas and indulge in flights of fancy. Let a little of your own creative imagination get to work. If your feet are too firmly on the ground, you won't get very far.

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Essay: Endless Screenings Don’t Bring Everlasting Health

Many tests and procedures have been oversold, their benefits exaggerated and their harms ignored.

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Well: Phys Ed: Does Exercise Make You Overeat?

Exercise may change your desire to eat, two recent studies show, by altering how certain parts of your brain respond to the sight of food.

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Is Your Child Playing the 'Choking Game'?

A new study, from a survey of nearly 5,400 Oregon 8th-graders, shows that 6.1% said they'd tried the choking game at least once. Via - http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20120416/is-your-child-playing-choking-ga...

Drug May Help Diagnose Alzheimer's Earlier

An experimental drug called florbetaben may help doctors diagnose Alzheimer's disease earlier in some people with memory problems. Original - http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20120415/drug-diagnoses-alzheimers-earli...

Mental Illness Linked To Chronic Physical Illness Risk

A study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reveals that individuals aged 18 and older who had any mental illness, major depressive episodes or serious mental illness in the past year, are more likely to develop diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, cardiovascular disease, or have a stroke, than those not experiencing mental illness. For example, 18... Credit - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/244064.php

Women Risk Metabolic Syndrome Through Lack Of Exercise

The results of a national US study suggest that women are at greater risk for developing metabolic syndrome than men because they are less likely to do at least 30 minutes of exercise a day. It found that although regular physical activity is linked to better health in both sexes, it appears to make a bigger difference for women... Source - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/243972.php

Observatory: Top Soccer Players Are Seen to Have Superior Brain Function

Soccer players have been shown to have superior executive functions, the brain processes responsible for planning and abstract thinking.

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Recipes for Health: Spinach and Onion Tart

Lighter than a quiche, this tart plays up the flavors of spring.

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Soy Supplements May Cool Hot Flashes: Study

Taking soy to relieve hot flashes has received mixed reviews over the years. Now, researchers who took another look at 19 published studies find that soy supplements may help, at least over time. Original - http://www.webmd.com/menopause/news/20120409/soy-supplements-can-cool-hot-fla...

Really?: Constant Stress Makes You Sick

Elevated levels of cortisol over time can lead to resistance and affect the body's immune response to infections like the common cold and influenza, heightening symptoms.

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The four food groups you may have learned about in school have changed

The four food groups you may have learned about in school have changed:

Learn more about what we know now.

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Well: Think Like a Doctor: A Crooked Walk Solved!

Well readers solve the medical mystery of a young woman with difficulty climbing stairs.

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Men respond more aggressively than women to stress

The difference in a single gene may help explain why men respond more aggressively to stress than women do. Credit - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/genes-and-stress/MY02060/rss=1

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Image description: It’s spring! The magnolias are in bloom on the Capitol grounds.

Photo by the Architect of the Capitol

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Really?: Really? The Claim: Climate Change Is Causing Longer Allergy Seasons

Along with the earlier arrival of spring, pollen is also making it into the air earlier, with more intensity, and sticking around for a longer period of time, studies show.

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Medical Marijuana Training School in Oakland Is Raided

The raid comes as federal prosecutors across California have been working for months to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries.

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F.T.C. Approves Merger of Express Scripts and Medco

Regulators said that though the deal between Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions would create the industry’s biggest company, the market was more competitive than it first appeared.

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Obama Says He’s Confident Health Care Law Will Stand

President Obama declared he was confident the Supreme Court would uphold the legislation, saying it would be an “unprecedented, extraordinary” step to overturn it.

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Global Update: Dengue Virus May Make Mosquitoes Thirstier for Human Blood

Dengue virus appears to make the insects’ antennae more sensitive to odors — making them better at hunting humans, the virus’s only known mammalian host.

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Observatory: How Immersion Helps to Learn a New Language

It is possible for adults to process a language the same way a native speaker does, and over time, the processing improves even when the skill goes unused.

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Some Americans Are Not Getting Essential Nutrients

Most Americans are getting recommended amounts of vitamins, iron, and other essential elements in their diets, but women and some racial and ethnic groups may be low in certain key nutrients, a new government report shows. Source - http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20120402/some-americans-not-getting-essential-...