Tag: health
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Bill Cosby charged with felony sexual assault in Pennsylvania
By Daniel Kelley NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Comedian Bill Cosby was charged on Wednesday with sexually assaulting a woman in 2004 after plying her with drugs and alcohol, marking the only criminal case against a once-beloved performer whose father-figure persona was damaged by dozens of misconduct accusations. Cosby, 78, walking with a cane and accompanied…
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New equipment rules tied to fewer injuries for World Cup skiers
By Roxanne Nelson (Reuters Health) – New restrictions on “aggressive” design for Alpine skis appear to have reduced injuries among World Cup skiers in recent years, according to a new study. The International Ski Federation Alpine Skiing World Cup is the top international circuit of Alpine skiing competitions. Starting with the 2012-2013 season, organizers restricted…
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Why the Obsession With Getting By on Less Sleep Needs to End
A recent NPR article asked the question in its headline, “Is it Safe for Medical Residents to Work 30-Hour Shifts?” I immediately shook my head in disbelief. No. Absolutely not.Basically, the peg of the story was to delve into how longer work hours may or may not impact first-year medical residents. A year-long study is…
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How to tell your child that daddy was a sperm donor
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – There may be no simple way to explain sperm donor conception to children too young to understand “the birds and the bees,” but parents may still find these conversations flow more easily when they begin at an early age, a small Swedish study suggests. Sweden’s backdrop of mandatory donor…
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How to tell your child that daddy was a sperm donor
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – There may be no simple way to explain sperm donor conception to children too young to understand “the birds and the bees,” but parents may still find these conversations flow more easily when they begin at an early age, a small Swedish study suggests. Sweden’s backdrop of mandatory donor…
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APNewsBreak: EPA wants toxic Nevada mine on Superfund list
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Fifteen years after U.S. regulators started assessing damage and health risks at an abandoned Nevada copper mine, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving to designate the contaminated land a Superfund site, a step the state could still oppose.
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Nobel Laureate U.S. medical researcher Gilman dies at 74
Dr. Alfred Gilman, a Nobel Laureate medical researcher known for groundbreaking work on cells and diseases, has died at the age of 74 after a long illness, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School said. Gilman and Martin Rodbell won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of the G-protein, the…
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Home for the Holidays? Hold the sugar, please
In the month of December, retail sales of sugar typically account for almost double most other months of the year. Stew Leonard, Jr., chief executive of the Stew Leonard's chain of four supermarkets in New York and Connecticut, has begun paring back shelf space devoted to sugar as he braces for another year-over-year decline in…
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Fire sweeps through Saudi hospital, at least 24 dead
The fire broke out at the general hospital in the southwestern port city of Jazan, the capital of the Jizan region, one of Saudi Arabia's poorest areas. The civil defense agency said 25 people died but a later statement by Health Minister Khalid al-Falih put the death toll at 24. Photographs published on Twitter by…
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Heartburn drugs affect gut bacteria, which may promote infection
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Common drugs to reduce stomach acid and treat acid reflux also change the populations of microbes living in the intestines, which may help explain why they increase the risk of certain infections, according to a new study. Clostridium difficile, or “C. diff,” attacks the intestinal lining and causes severe…