2012

October

• Background TV a threat to U.S. kids, researchers say

• Serious child abuse injuries creep up, Yale study shows

• Should aspirin be used to prevent cancer?

September

• WHO: New virus “not very contagious”

• Kids Injured, Dying From Dangerous Stunts

• Eating Cherries Lowers Your Gout Attack Risk

• More Children Ill From Food Malady

• Therapy over the phone as effective as face-to-face

• General surgeons like to help patients but frustrated by lack of control over resources and work-life balance: study

• When your eyes tell your hands what to think

• Penn Immunologists Find a Molecule That Puts the Brakes on Inflammation

• Study points to potential for improvement in the care, quality of life of epilepsy patients

• Quick Study: Smoking in Movies is On the Rise

• Animals suspected in spread of new virus

• New virus not spreading easily between people: WHO

• This year’s flu vaccine guards against new strains

• Eating cherries lowers risk of gout attacks by 35%

• Gout guidelines arm patients and physicians with tools to fight painful disease

• BMI and shuttle run among techniques IOM Report recommends for youth fitness testing

• Men on the mind: Study finds male DNA in women’s brains

• African-American youth exposed to more alcohol advertising than youth in general

• Warnings to at-risk drivers reduce vehicle crashes

• Czechs ease alcohol ban, hunt for deadly booze goes on

• Several ill in Canada after eating possibly contaminated steaks

• Looking for a good doctor? Good luck

• Exposure to Snot-Nosed Kids Ups Severity of Cold Infections

• Women twice as likely to suffer infection with kidney stones and other urinary blockages

• Chocolate makes snails smarter

• Are Antibiotics Overprescribed In The South?

• First Successful Treatment for Progeria, Rare Childhood Disease

• Moffitt Cancer Center researchers say smoking relapse prevention a healthy step for mothers, babies

• Learning requires rhythmical activity of neurons

• Child obesity: Why do parents let their kids get fat?

• Exercise Does a Body - and a Mind - Good

• Lebanon smoking ban takes effect, sparking anger

• Can Personal Technology Stop the Obesity Epidemic?

• Cancer Deaths Expected To Drop 17% By 2030

• Military leaders point to schools in U.S. fat fight

• Kids’ prescriptions often going unfilled

• New SARS-like virus found, man critically ill in UK

• Long-Term Study of Cigarette and Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Shows Knowledge Gap in Perceived Health Risks

• Could viruses be used to treat acne?

• Study examines delayed, misdiagnosis of sporadic Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease

• Study links active video gaming with higher energy expenditure in children

• Pacific Islanders have high obesity, smoking rates

• Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of heart disease

• New back pain gene identified

• New ‘Sars-like’ coronavirus identified in the UK

• Swiss reject full ban on smoking in public spaces

• Studies expand on soda’s role in growing obesity

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