WebMD answers questions about health risks posed by Japan’s damaged Fukushimi Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Continue reading …Parenting Mistakes With Grade-Schoolers: Overscheduling, Bullying, Weight, and More
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Are you guilty of these 7 common parenting mistakes? WebMD explains how to correct things like overscheduling your kids, ignoring weight gain, and much more.
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People who get too little sleep tend to overeat — and tend to overindulge in fatty foods, a Columbia University study suggests.
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Buyers of new homes plunged in February to the fewest on records dating back nearly half a century, and new home prices are now 30 percent higher than of those being resold _ twice the markup in healthy housing markets. (March 23)
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Actress Elizabeth Taylor died of congestive heart failure today in Los Angeles, with her children at her side. She was 79 years old and had been in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for several weeks before her death.
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A 12-year-old New Jersey boy had to put a health class lesson to good use. Ramin Eshaghi’s mother was choking, and the boy saved her with the Heimlich maneuver he learned just hours earlier. (March 23)
Continue reading …New research suggests that Gleevec has transformed CML, a previously fatal leukemia, into a manageable chronic disease for many patients who take it.
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new analysis finds that both physical and sexual activity may boost heart attack risk, but for most people, the increased risk is slight and fleeting. For regular exercisers, the risk is even lower.
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Exercise and sex can both boost the risk of heart attack and sudden cardiac death, according to a new report, although the increase in risk is small and transient, the researchers say.
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Obese teens don’t have enough fresh produce, dairy products, or fiber in their diets and may be more likely than normal-weight teens to develop heart and other health problems, new research indicates.
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