Rural Americans are more likely to kill themselves than urban Americans, and men are more likely to kill themselves than women — though women are more likely to consider suicide.
These patterns and more are part of the rich culture of suicide, discussed today in a panel at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological …
MRSA infections may be on the decline, but today scientists announced the apparent emergence of a new superbug. It seems to be spreading to Britain via patients who traveled from India and Pakistan.
The new superbug bacteria — members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, the family that includes salmonella and E. coli — carry a gene …
AFP reports today that thousands of Beijing workers are, once again, performing twice-daily calisthenics routines to music from the state radio. The group exercise program — which, it seems, will be mandatory for all state-company employees starting next year — originally began in 1951. But it was then ditched three years ago in the …
It’s a common myth that the more sugar you eat, the more likely you are to get cavities. But it’s not always so, says Tufts University professor of nutrition and oral health Carole Palmer. Writing with colleagues in the July/August issue of Nutrition Today, she explains that it’s not in fact the amount of sugar you ingest that matters, …
Three biomarkers in spinal fluid may be enough to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease — or to give warning of developing Alzheimer’s pathology before symptoms appear.
In a study of more than 400 older adults, released yesterday by the medical journal Archives of Neurology, a telltale protein signature was present in 90% of patients already …
Researchers from Harvard, UC San Diego and UC Irvine report that they’ve found a way to regenerate crucial nerve connections following an injury to the spinal cord – at least in mice.
Until now there’s never been a good way to treat paralysis. Once an axon — the long thread-like fiber of a nerve cell — has been damaged, the …
Imagine you’d spent your whole life in therapy. Daphne Merkin, writing in yesterday’s New York Times Magazine, paints a fascinating view of exactly that life. Merkin saw her first shrink as a kid, and then spent the next 45-odd years visiting a series of psychoanalysts, building intense but one-sided relationships over and over again, …
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An undercover investigation conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that take-home genetic test kits yield inconsistent results and provide little useful guidance for health decisions. This past May Walgreens pharmacy halted plans to sell over-the-counter genetic test kits after the U.S. Food and Drug
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In the quest for a fitness regime that can just fold into your regular routine, “toning” sneakers may seem like an excellent fit — just don a pair of the curved-sole shoes and while “you go about your busy day” you can “burn more calories, tone muscles and more.” In fact, some of the manufacturers of such fitness footwear even point to
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A new study published in the International Journal of Clinical Practice adds to research suggesting that, when it comes to measuring children’s medicine, a “spoonful” is seldom the right dose. The findings highlighted by the BBC are based on an analysis of teaspoons taken from 25 households in Greece, as well as an experiment in which
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that Nestlé will withdraw unsubstantiated advertising claims about the health benefits of a boxed drink for children. In the first case to challenge marketing claims made about probiotics — also known as “friendly bacteria” — the FTC questioned the validity of Nestlé ads which
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