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Obese Kids 63% More Likely to Be Bullied than Average-Weight Classmates
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How Can a Doctor Choose Medications for Patients Without Data Comparing New Ones to Existing Ones? Half of the Time, They Don’t Have That
Sex Research Review: WSJ Columnist Tells You What’s What
Watch Out for Diet Used by Mother of Bride for Royal Wedding
Victims and Bullies Spend More Time with School Nurses, Study Says
Would You Spend All You Had to Buy Time If You Had Cancer? See Who Would or Wouldn’t
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Sex Research Review: WSJ Columnist Tells You What’s What
The newspaper’s Melinda Beck reviews a raft of new research about the health benefits of sex—what are they? How do you judge what’s healthy for you?
The Wall Street Journal
Source: Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2011
Topics: You, the Patient
Watch Out for Diet Used by Mother of Bride for Royal Wedding
One of our most reliable sources is a physicians’ website, Medpage Today. A blog post by a physician back in December, 2010, has popped up on the Most Popular list this week.
Why? Royal wedding. It seems that the bride’s mother followed a diet which is somewhat controversial—and there is one healthier one available. Other celebrities [...]
Topics: You, the Patient
Avandia Recommended by FDA Panel for Second Time But Not Without Controversy…
Although this story says this a second FDA advisory panel’s endorsement of the diabetes drug, Avandia, it remains one which is controversial among doctors. Avandia is associated with a higher heart disease risk.
Seventeen of 20 panel members wanted tougher labeling, warnings, for the drug.
Assess your risks with your doctor based on this latest discussion and [...]
Topics: You, the Patient
How Is Contraception Basic Preventive Care?
Is contraception basic preventive care? Women’s advocates say yes and argue that it should be among those preventive services the new health bill will require to be provided free.
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CDC Reports on Colorectal and Breast Cancer Screenings…Do You Need Testing?
CDC Vital Signs
Colorectal Cancer
Colon Cancer
22 million adults ages 50-75 still need to be tested
Colorectal cancer screening prevents cancer and saves lives.
Colorectal cancer is cancer of the colon or rectum, and is often called simply “colon cancer.” It is the #2 cause of cancer deaths in the United States and kills more [...]
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What Do Exercise Experts Really Know About Women?
What do exercise scientists know about women? Not that much, says an expert in the field, Dr. David Rowlands, a senior lecturer with the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health at Massey University in New Zealand.
Topics: You, the Patient
Vitamin D Is Known as “Sunshine” Vitamin … Study Shows Sunshine Is Not a Reliable Source
Get out in the sunshine! It’s summer. You need it so that your Vitamin D levels are right. Wait. This study looked at how much sunshine is enough sunshine for this purpose.
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Where You Live May Determine Where You Die If You Have Heart Attack
Your neighborhood or the neighborhood of your workplace may determine whether you survive a heart attack.
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Good Night..No? There Is Help for You If You Want It
The only issue not considered on the doctor sleep hygiene- problem list below is that some people don’t go to sleep at night because they are night owls. They don’t want to if they can keep their eyes open.
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FDA Panel to Consider A Medication for Women…the Pink Viagra?
WashPost: “A panel of federal advisers will soon wrestle with a question that has bedeviled poets, philosophers and generations of frustrated men: What do women want?”
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