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medpagetoday — (MedPage Today) -- Heart failure appears to be associated with a greater risk of major osteoporotic fractures, independent of bone mineral density, a Canadian study showed.

medicalnewstoday — A recent study by Zumin Shi, Discipline of Medicine at the University of Adelaide and team, published in Respirology, suggests soda intake can raise the risk of respiratory problems, including Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) Between 2008 and 2010, around 16,000 people, over the age of 16 (average...

medicalnewstoday — Your "healthy" weight cannot simply be calculated from a general source - people's healthy weight, or ideal weight, depends on several factors, including their age, sex, body type, bone density, muscle-fat-ratio, overall general health, and height. Over the last few decades, using BMI (body mass index) was seen as an...

webmd — Is your doctor always telling you the truth? Maybe not, according to a survey on doctor honesty. More than 1,800 doctors nationwide answered anonymously.

webmd — Why does activity matter for a healthy lifestyle? The choices you make about exercising affect your eating, emotions, and energy, too.

runningahospital.blogspot — Putting aside my occasionally snarky attitude about its slow-to-innovate health care market, one of the pleasures of living in Boston is casually running into some of the intellectual greats in the field.  These are extremely well-intentioned and thoughtful people who have done some of the seminal work in health care...

medicalnewstoday — In order to avoid leaving surgical items, such as needles, sponges, retractors, blades and other items used during operations, in the body, surgical teams have relied on counting and recounting the items for decades. However, a new system using innovative technologies has been developed by the University of Michigan Health...

blogs.wsj — A star of MTV’s reality show “Teen Mom” with her son in footage from 2009. It seems like every time we turn on MTV we see teenage moms, thanks to the success of the network’s “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom” shows. Outside of reality TV, however, the teenage pregnancy rate has...

medpagetoday — (MedPage Today) -- The risk of intussusception was not elevated in U.S. infants who received the current pentavalent rotavirus vaccine, easing concerns raised by earlier studies, researchers found.

medicalnewstoday — After a year of promising a new "front of the pack" label that will help customers distinguish between healthy and unhealthy foods, Walmart, the nation's largest super-market chain, has followed through with an easy way for shoppers to find healthier, more nutritious options - the 'Great For You' icon. ...

medpagetoday — NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- CT angiography should be included with brain CT for early detection of severe arterial stenosis in those presenting with transient ischemic attack or minor stroke, researchers suggested.

medicalnewstoday — Millions of football fans will experience withdrawal symptoms now that the Super Bowl and football season is over. When an individual experiences pleasurable activity, such as watching a football game, dopamine is released in the nucleus accumbens region of the brain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter (brain chemical) related to the...

runningahospital.blogspot — The Social Imperative to Demonstrate That Better Care = Lower Costs February 9, 2012, 2:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern Time Guests:Donald Berwick, MD, MPP, Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Former President and CEO,...

abcnews.go — The growing popularity of an inhalable caffeine product has some worried.

abcnews.go — A mother sued New York City after the city took custody of her children.

cbc.ca — Bilingual children score higher on some cognitive tests than children who speak only English, a new Toronto study found.

cbsnews — Chun Chun may be largest newborn on record since China was founded in 1949

abcnews.go — Married at 17 and a mother at 19, Deborah Feldman writes about every aspect of her life being controlled living in the Satmar community in Brooklyn.

cbsnews — Overall, 13.3 percent of participants with asthma and 15.6 percent of those with COPD drank more than two cups of soda each day, study found

webmd — Why does eating matter for a healthy lifestyle and weight control? The choices you make about what you eat affect your exercising, emotions, and energy, too.

weightymatters.ca — If you don't feel like reading the rest of this review I'll summarize it by saying, Tim Caulfield's The Cure for Everything is the perfect antidote to the idiotic glossy paged world we're stuck with and is a definite must read.In fact I enjoyed reading it so much, that a...

fit.webmd — Being bullied hurts you both physically and emotionally. Experts offer advice and tips for overweight teens on what to do about bullying.

reuters — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three consumer groups petitioned the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to subject a new genetically engineered salmon to a more rigorous review process than is now in place before the fish can be approved as safe to eat.

webmd — Eating, exercise, emotions, and energy link together in a healthy, fit lifestyle.

webmd — Living a fit life is about more than just exercise. Food, mood, exercise, and rest all play a role in fitness and a healthy weight. The FIT Platform explains.