Tag: research
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Common beliefs about obesity and weight loss found to be myths
Think going to gym class drives weight loss, or that breastfeeding protects a child from obesity? Think again, because these are among seven popular myths about obesity myths, according to an international team...
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Poor, rural mothers-to-be have high levels of stress, and few resources to help them handle it, small-scale study concludes
Low-income pregnant women in rural areas experience high levels of stress, but lack the appropriate means to manage their emotional well-being, according to a small-scale study at the University of Missouri....
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Poll shows depth of prescription drug abuse in Kentucky
By Molly Burchett and Al Cross Kentucky Health News One-third of Kentucky adults have friends or relatives who have experienced problems from abusing prescription pain relievers, and 8 percent have...
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Childhood obesity is linked to more immediate health problems than doctors formerly realized
While a plethora of research on childhood obesity has linked it to long-term health problems, a new UCLA study focuses on the condition’s more proximate consequences, showing that obese children...
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Report: Electronic health records haven’t cut health costs
The conversion to electronic health records isn’t producing savings in health-care costs predicted by a 2005 report, and it’s had mixed results in improving efficiency and patient care, according to...
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Painkiller epidemic was driven in part by drug makers’ financial relationships with researchers who discounted the risks
For almost a decade, medical officials and experts claimed OxyContin rarely posed problems of addiction for patients. The drug’s label, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration, said addiction...
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Deaths from drug overdoses in Kentucky hit new high in 2010; more than half involved prescription drugs
Deaths from drug overdoses in Kentucky jumped to a new high in 2010, and “rose a staggering 296 percent from 2000 to 2010,” Bill Estep of the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. “A...
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U.S. teens’ cigarette use drops to a new low, but use of alcohol goes up a bit and more 12th graders are smoking marijuana
Teenagers’ cigarette smoking dropped to a record low this year but alcohol use rose slightly after seven years of decline, according to a survey of 45,000 eighth-, 10th- and 12th-...
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Health care decisions by and for Medicare patients differ widely by place; Lexington big in back surgery, low in mastectomy
All medicine involves decisions and, according to a new series of nine reports published by the Dartmouth Atlas Project, those decisions differ drastically by location for Medicare patients. In the...
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Children with TVs in their bedrooms are twice as likely to have extra fat, three times greater risk of heart disease and diabetes
Kids who have TVs in their bedrooms are twice as likely to be fat and nearly three times as likely to be at risk for heart disease and diabetes as...