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Children With Over-controlling Parents May Be Less Able to Deal With The Demands of Growing Up, Study Finds.
Having Higher Concentrations of Vitamin D May Protect Against Colon Cancer, Study Finds.
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Compulsive gambling. Shopping until your money has run out. Eating until you've grown obese. Relentless sexual risk-taking.
Medications that restore normal movement in patients with Parkinson's disease can unlock their inn...
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Americans with severe mental illness are more than twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes, and the increased risk is highest among minorities, a new study suggests.
Researchers looked at more than 15,000 patients with ...
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Parents who take refuge in their smartphones when their kids throw a tantrum may, in the long run, make matters worse, a new study suggests.
The study, of 183 couples with young children, found that stressed-out parents of...
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- For women who have their breast removed while fighting cancer, using their own tissue for breast reconstruction is better than implants, a new study suggests.
More than 60 percent of women who undergo breast removal to tre...
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- A salmonella outbreak linked to melons and fruit salad mixes continues to expand, say officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
So far, 70 people have been sickened across seven states after eating ...
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Survivors of an opioid overdose may consider themselves lucky, but they remain at heightened risk of dying -- not just from drugs, but from a host of medical problems or suicide, a new study finds.
Compared with the genera...
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Anyone watching 2018 World Cup Soccer has to marvel at the referees' quick thinking. But slow-motion video playbacks may alter their ultimate decision, a new study suggests.
Researchers assessed 88 elite soccer referees' r...
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure is one of the biggest risk factors for heart disease and stroke, yet has no symptoms of its own. That's why having your blood pressure checked regularly is a must, as is controlling it if it's high.
But...
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- "Hidden" drug overdoses account for nearly 1 in 7 sudden cardiac deaths, a new study contends.
Researchers looked at more than 900 people in San Francisco who died of an apparent out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
T...
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is no picnic for those who struggle with it, but new research sheds some light on why so few ever find their way to a healthy weight.
It turns out that overweight and obese folks hold starkly different views on die...
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Bicycling or other regular exercise may help reduce harmful inflammation in obese people, a new study suggests.
Physical activity tames inflammation by changing blood characteristics, according to a team led by Dr. Michael...
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- The first confirmed human case of Keystone virus has been diagnosed in a Florida teen, but it's likely that infection with the mosquito-borne disease is common among state residents, researchers report.
The virus can cause...
TUESDAY, June 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Michael Wright was just 16 when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and although his friends supported him, he always felt different.
"I would do my injections and testing in private [in another room or even the bathroom]...
TUESDAY, June 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Young athletes with a history of concussions may be at increased risk for leg injuries, preliminary research suggests.
The study included boys and girls who played soccer at 52 U.S. high schools. Those who'd suffered a concu...
TUESDAY, June 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- People who have a few drinks a week tend to live a bit longer than teetotalers do -- but even moderate drinking may raise the risk of certain cancers, a large, new study finds.
The research is the latest to look at the quest...
TUESDAY, June 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Add protection from heart disease and stroke to the health benefits of marriage, a new study suggests.
Researchers analyzed data from 34 studies that were published between 1963 and 2015. They included more than 2 million p...
TUESDAY, June 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- The burgeoning field of "synthetic biology" research could lead to the creation of dangerous new bioweapons, and U.S. defense officials need to be alert to assess the potential threat.
So concludes a new report by the Nation...
TUESDAY, June 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Country folk are being hit harder by the U.S. obesity epidemic than city dwellers, two new government studies show.
Nearly 40 percent of rural American men and almost half of rural women are now statistically obese, U.S. Cen...
TUESDAY, June 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Letting any teen behind the wheel of a car is nerve-wracking for parents, but if your teen has autism, you may wonder if driving is even possible.
Well, a new study offers some comfort because it found that kids with autism ...
TUESDAY, June 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Trauma or intense stress may up your odds of developing an autoimmune disease, a new study suggests.
Comparing more than 106,000 people who had stress disorders with more than 1 million people without them, researchers found...
