Health

Expert Tips to Get Rid of Head Lice

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Fitness Experts Dispel Common Exercise Myths

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World Bank Group releases 22-country study of universal health coverage

As a growing number of countries tackle the fiscal challenge of providing universal health coverage (UHC) for their citizens, the World Bank released a set of 22 case studies of countries that have significantly expanded access to health care in the...

Threat Bias Interacts with Combat, Gene to Boost PTSD Risk

Soldiers preoccupied with threat at the time of enlistment or with avoiding it just before deployment were more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in a study of Israeli infantrymen. Such pre-deployment threat vigilance and...

NIH study shows big improvement in diabetes control over past decades

More people are meeting recommended goals in the three key markers of diabetes control, according to a study conducted and funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Smoking among U.S. adults with mental illness 70 percent higher than for adults with no mental illness

Adults with some form of mental illness have a smoking rate 70 percent higher than adults with no mental illness, according to a Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with the Substance...

Reports show fewer adolescents getting substance abuse prevention messaging

New reports by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) find that overall, from 2002 to 2011, the percentage of adolescents receiving substance abuse prevention messages in the past year from media fell significantly from...

U.S. National Institutes of Health study finds increases in risk of certain leukemias related to treatment

A new study describes the pattern of risk for one form of cancer, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), that has risen over the past three decades for adults who have previously been treated with chemotherapy for other forms of cancer, notably non-Hodgkin’s...

Ukraine: Breakthrough for Cancer Pain

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Vlad Zhukovsky, a cancer patient, in his bed.

Untreated Depression May Cut Shingles Vaccine Effectiveness

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