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New York TimesFamily of Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn Sues Tobacco Industry Over His Death
New York Times
Tony Gwynn in 1994. Gwynn, who died of salivary gland cancer in 2014, used one and a half to two cans of smokeless tobacco (usually Skoal) per day for 31 years. Credit Rich Pilling/MLB Photos, via Getty Images. The family of Tony Gwynn, a baseball Hall ...
Tony Gwynn's family files wrongful death suit against tobacco industryCBSSports.com
Family of Tony Gwynn sues tobacco industry over deathSports Illustrated
Tony Gwynn's Family Files Wrongful-Death Lawsuit Against Tobacco IndustryBleacher Report NBC 7 San Diego -fox5sandiego.com all 7 news articles » -
U.S. News & World ReportBP Swings Tied to Faster Decline in Mental Skills
WebMDQuoteAmong older patients, those whose systolic blood pressure -- the top number in a blood pressure reading -- varied between doctor's visits showed more rapid mental deterioration and loss of verbal memory than those whose blood pressure stayed within normal ranges, researchers found.
Higher fluctuations in blood pressure linked to brain function declineEurekAlert (press release) all 3 news articles » -
Pitt RB James Conner says he is cancer-free
Washington Post
Pittsburgh running back James Conner says he is cancer-free, less than six months after being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. Conner posted on his Twitter account Monday: “God is AMAZING. Just got the call that my body is clean of cancer!!!” Been a ...and more » -
CBS NewsExtremely premature babies may face lifelong challenges
CBS News
Premature babies born with extremely low birth weights are more likely to face lifelong challenges, including health problems and social and economic difficulties, new research suggests. The study, published today in JAMA Pediatrics, found that while ...
Extreme 'Preemies' Often Have Lifelong ChallengesU.S. News & World Report
The Latest Reason Preemies Might Be at a Big Disadvantage Later in LifePOPSUGAR
Adults born very prematurely may have lower incomes, fewer sexual encountersReuters Headlines & Global News -Newswise (press release) -CTV News -Medical News Today all 8 news articles » -
UPI.comJust 5% of Terminally-Ill Cancer Patients Fully Understand Prognosis, Study Finds
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According to a new study only 5% of terminally-ill cancer patients fully understand their prognoses. 0 Shares. Email. Just a fraction of terminally-ill cancer patients fully understood their prognosis according to a new small study published today in ...
Too Many Advanced Cancer Patients Lack Info About Their DiseaseU.S. News & World Report
Physician Communication Needed to Promote Informed Decision-Making for Patients with Advanced CancerCornell Chronicle all 3 news articles » -
U.S. News & World ReportBlood Pressure Swings Linked to Faster Decline in Mental Skills
U.S. News & World Report
MONDAY, May 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Fluctuations in blood pressure may be linked to faster declines in thinking skills among seniors, a new study suggests. Among older patients, those whose systolic blood pressure -- the top number in a blood ...and more » -
U.S. News & World ReportStool Transplant Soothes Tough-to-Treat Colitis in Study
U.S. News & World Report
MONDAY, May 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Stool transplants helped ease debilitating symptoms and heal the colons of tough-to-treat ulcerative colitis patients, new research shows. Australian scientists said the findings could pave the way for such ...
Transplanting healthy stool might be an answer to ulcerative colitisEurekAlert (press release)
Could poop transplants cure painful inflammatory bowel disease?Daily Mail
Extended Study Confirms Ulcerative Colitis Drug's SafetyMD Magazine all 4 news articles » -
NBCSports.comPitt RB James Conner tweets his 'body is clean of cancer'
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Late Monday afternoon, Pittsburgh running back James Conner tweeted out the words he's been waiting months to say: “Just got the call that my body is clean of cancer!!!” The news comes five months after Conner revealed that he had been diagnosed with ...
Pitt RB James Conner announces he is cancer freeSports Illustrated
Pitt RB James Conner Announces He's Cancer FreeCBS Local
Pittsburgh RB James Conner announces he is cancer-freeNFL.com Pittsburgh Post-Gazette all 6 news articles » -
CBS LocalPitt RB James Conner Announces He's Cancer Free
CBS Local
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pitt running back James Conner released some great news Monday, announcing that he is cancer free. God is AMAZING. Just got the call that my body is clean of cancer!!! Been a long road but God had my back. Thanks everyone ...and more » -
Wall Street JournalCan Adults Get a Different Kind of ADHD?
Wall Street Journal
Could adults diagnosed for the first time with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder have a condition distinct from what's diagnosed in children? That's the provocative question posed by two large studies published in May in JAMA Psychiatry. It's a ...
Can ADHD appear for the first time in adulthood?Reuters
Distraction, Restlessness In Adults: Is It Dementia Or Is It ADHD?CBS Local
ADHD Does Not Always Begin in ChildhoodMedicalResearch.com (blog) TheSequitur.com all 5 news articles » -
KCRA SacramentoCalifornia Toddler Declared Brain Dead Moved to New Hospital
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A California toddler whose family waged a court battle to keep him on life support after he was declared brain dead has been transferred to another hospital. Kevin Snider, an attorney for the family of 2-year-old Israel Stinson, said Monday the boy was ...
Braindead toddler moved from Kaiser Roseville, possibly abroadSacramento Bee
Toddler declared brain dead moved from Roseville hospitalKCRA Sacramento
Family: Brain-Dead Vacaville Toddler Moved Out of U.S. from RosevilleFOX40 ABC10.com -California Healthline -News Every day all 7 news articles » -
TeenVogue.com#MyDepressionLooksLike: Twitter Users Share Their Emotional Stories With Hashtag
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Depression is one of the most common forms of mental disorder, yet many people mask their symptoms or isolate themselves rather than confront their depression to seek treatment. 0 Shares. Email. Depression is one of the most common mental disorders, ...
This Viral Hashtag Reveals the Face of Depression That We Don't KnowATTN
Twitter Users Share What #MyDepressionLooksLike to Raise Mental Health AwarenessNew York Magazine
Depression Symptoms Highlighted by Social Movement #MyDepressionLooksLikeTeenVogue.com Kicker all 6 news articles » -
Washington TimesFraternity members immune to alcohol intervention: Report
Washington Times
A young woman talks on a cellular telephone as she stands on the steps of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity dorm on the campus of Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J., on March 30, 2007. A freshman died after excessive drinking ... more >. By Andrew ...
Can frat brothers be taught to drink less? Not so easily, study says.Washington Post
You Literally Can't Keep Frat Guys From DrinkingNew York Magazine
SCIENCE: Efforts To Stop Frats And Sororities From Drinking, Having Fun Are PointlessDaily Caller Daily Mail -Complex all 6 news articles » -
U.S. News & World ReportAt Least 1 Full-Time Nurse Per School, Pediatric Group Recommends
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MONDAY, May 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Every school should have at least one full-time registered nurse, a new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement says. "School nursing is one of the most effective ways to keep children healthy and ...and more » -
U.S. News & World ReportAt Least 1 Full-Time Nurse Per School, Pediatric Group Recommends
U.S. News & World Report
MONDAY, May 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Every school should have at least one full-time registered nurse, a new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement says. "School nursing is one of the most effective ways to keep children healthy and ...
AAP: Every School Needs a Registered NurseMedPage Today
New recommendations from leading pediatricians on school nursesWITN
More nurses needed in schools, according to pediatriciansPress Release Rocket all 9 news articles » -
Huffington PostStudy Finds Moderate Exercise May Reduce Cancer Risk
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A new study published in JAMA has found that moderate daily exercise can help reduce cancer risk with 26 different types of cancers, including the deadliest forms. The study noted that even moderate exercise consisting of just a few hours per week is ...
An Anti-Cancer Diet for Young Women?Newsmax
Exercise Could Lower Cervical Cancer RiskCancer Network
Metabolomic Biomarkers of Prostate Cancer: Prediction, Diagnosis, Progression, Prognosis, and Recurrence.UroToday Detroit Free Press -BenefitsPro -Gisborne Herald -Bay Net all 21 news articles » -
UPI.comAliskiren does not benefit heart failure patients with diabetes
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The drug was no more effective than an ACE inhibitor, and in some cases increased risk for side effects and death. By Stephen Feller | May 23, 2016 at 12:31 PM. Follow @upi. Comments. share with facebook. share with twitter. After the hypertension drug ...
Exercise associated with longer life in patients with heart failureEurekAlert (press release)
US and European Heart Failure Guidelines Advocate Use of Two New TherapiesTCTMD
End of the road for aliskiren in heart failureMedical Xpress Monthly Prescribing Reference (registration) -Doctors Lounge all 6 news articles » -
U.S. News & World ReportAdults born very prematurely may have lower incomes, fewer sexual encounters
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(Reuters Health) - By early adulthood, adults who were born prematurely at low birth weights are less likely to be employed and to have children, and more likely to have lower incomes, be single and have chronic health conditions than those born at a ...
Extreme 'Preemies' Often Have Lifelong ChallengesU.S. News & World Report all 2 news articles » -
BBC NewsZika outbreak fuelled by mosquito control failure, says WHO boss
BBC News
The spread of Zika is the price being paid for a massive policy failure on mosquito control, says World Health Organization leader Margaret Chan. Speaking at the agency's annual World Health Assembly, Dr Chan said experts had "dropped the ball" in the ...
Zika virus threat in Arizona puts focus on mosquito controlazcentral.com
Virginia ramping up efforts to prevent spread of Zika virusThe Bellingham Herald
US states on Zika's frontline see big gaps in funding, expertiseReuters The Denver Post -WTSP.com -Washington Times -WWNO all 106 news articles » -
UPI.comBlood test detects undiagnosed diabetes in hospital patients
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Patients with high blood sugar and no known history of diabetes were five times more likely to leave the hospital with a diagnosis if given a standard test. By Stephen Feller | May 23, 2016 at 11:16 AM. Follow @upi. Comments. share with facebook. share ...
Blood Test Uncovers Undiagnosed Diabetes in Hospital Patients with High Blood SugarPR Newswire (press release)
Insurance type, family composition affect glycemic control in type 1 diabetesHealio
I Have Diabetes, Therefore I Am?MD Magazine all 6 news articles » -
NewsweekHow To Save Antibiotics
Newsweek
Recent years have seen Europe grapple with a series of interrelated crises, from continuing economic malaise and widening socioeconomic inequalities, to the mass influx of refugees fleeing conflict, growing xenophobia, terrorism and most recently the ...
Protecting the world form deadly superbugsWPTZ
Antimicrobial resistance could claim 10 million lives annually, cost $100 trillion by 2050Healio
No ready cure for our overdependence on antibioticsIrish Independent AllAfrica.com -The Star Online -Intellectual Property Watch -Financial Express all 18 news articles » -
WMBFCould 'Star Trek'-like 'tricorder' for health be near?
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Most neighborhood parks in the United States are geared toward younger people, which limits their use, a new study suggests. More. Most neighborhood parks in the United States are geared toward younger people, which limits their use, a new study ...and more » -
WMBFCould 'Star Trek'-like 'tricorder' for health be near?
WMBF
Most neighborhood parks in the United States are geared toward younger people, which limits their use, a new study suggests. More. Most neighborhood parks in the United States are geared toward younger people, which limits their use, a new study ...
Star Trek tricorder-style device can monitor body signals in during exerciseDaily Mail all 2 news articles » -
Huffington PostThe Link Between Work and Mental Health
Huffington Post
Michael Morris Executive Director of National Disability Institute, working to improve the financial health of people with disabilities. 2016-05-23-1464029478-8103831-jobapplication.jpg. Working age people with disabilities are less likely to be ...
Tuesday's Letter: If you think Obama acts like a tyrant, wait until you see Trump as president!Florida Times-Union
Connecticut Cuts Stir Worries on Mental-Health FundingWall Street Journal
It depends on how you define 'mental illness'Washington Post WTXL ABC 27 -Jackson Sun -The Good Men Project -Huffington Post UK all 42 news articles »
Conroe man walks 628 miles for Post Traumatic Stress awareness - Your Houston News
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Conroe resident Ken Meyer is walking 628 miles around Texas, in what he calls the “Never Quit March,” to raise awareness for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – minus the “D.” Advertisement. Posted: Monday, May 23, 2016 5:36 pm. Conroe man walks ...
Battling PTSD On The Front End
Hearth failure can be linked to PTSD
PTSD army veteran: 'My dog stopped me from taking my life'
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