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September marks the start of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, a time for us to encourage America’s children to develop healthy habits that can last a lifetime.

Aspirin combined with the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel is no better than aspirin alone for stroke prevention in people with a history of lacunar strokes, and the combination carries a greater risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, according to results of a trial funded by the National Institutes of Health. Lacunar strokes occur due to chronic high blood pressure and typically produce small lesions deep within the brain.

Joseph A. Buckhalt, PhD, is the Wayne T. Smith distinguished professor at the College of Education at Auburn University. For the last three decades, Buckhalt has studied factors that increase risk for academic failure and poor social skills in school-age children. A former school psychology director, Buckhalt has focused his most recent work on how sleep relates to children’s development, academic performance and health. He works closely with his colleague and wife, Mona El-Sheikh, PhD, at Auburn University. Their research has been supported by numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation.

Despite uncertainty in the job market, the top reasons working Americans say they stay with their current employers are work-life fit and enjoying what they do, according to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association (APA). Fewer employees cited concrete reasons for remaining on the job, such as benefits, pay and a lack of other job opportunities.

Protect your baby from group B strep. If you're 35-37 weeks pregnant, ask your doctor or nurse about a group B strep test.

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A sharp increase in heart attacks, strokes and other heart events followed the devastating earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011, a new study finds.