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Disney's 'Incredibles 2' Could Pose Epilepsy Risk
The memo asks theaters showing the movie to flag customers to the scene, USA Today reported.
https://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/news/20180618/disneys-incredibles-2-could-pose-epilepsy-risk?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:31:46 ESTCongress May Soon Make CBD From Hemp Legal
Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate agree, but obstacles remain before hemp would be legalized.
https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/news/20180618/congress-may-soon-make-cbd-from-hemp-legal?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 14:36:27 ESTHow 'Helicopter' Parenting Impedes a Child's Development
While the researchers only found an association, rather than a cause-and-effect link, they determined that 2-year-olds exposed to this kind of parenting ended up less able to regulate their own emotions and behavior by age 5. That upped the risk for emotional problems at age 10.
https://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20180618/how-helicopter-parenting-impedes-a-childs-development?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:15:08 ESTYoung Marijuana Users Face Psychosis Risk
Finding out marijuana’s role in mental illness is especially important during adolescence, a period when both psychosis and marijuana use typically start.
https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180618/young-marijuana-users-face-psychosis-risk?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:09:11 ESTToday's Sleepy Teens Tomorrow's Heart Patients?
Average sleep duration for kids in the study was only a little over seven hours per day, researchers found.
https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/news/20180618/todays-sleepy-teens-tomorrows-heart-patients?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:15:14 ESTWhat If You Lose Your Child at an Amusement Park?
While most parents said they would report a ride operator who appeared impaired by alcohol or drugs, less than half said they would report a ride operator who used a cellphone while operating a ride.
https://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20180618/what-if-you-lose-your-child-at-an-amusement-park?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:15:12 ESTPediatricians Say No to Spanking
The survey revealed that 74 percent of respondents did not approve of spanking, and 78 percent said spanking never or rarely leads to better behavior.
https://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20180618/pediatricians-say-no-to-spanking?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:15:09 ESTVitamin D May Guard Against Colon Cancer
The chances of developing colon cancer decline about 19 percent in women and 7 percent in men for every incremental increase in blood vitamin D levels, the researchers found.
https://www.webmd.com/colorectal-cancer/news/20180615/vitamin-d-may-guard-against-colon-cancer?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Fri, 15 Jun 2018 15:15:06 ESTFirst Ketamine Guidelines for Pain Released
A driving force behind this is the growing effort to find a long-term replacement for opioids, an addictive painkiller that has plunged the country into an epidemic of death and addiction.
https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/news/20180615/first-ketamine-guidelines-for-pain-released?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:27:08 ESTObesity Drives Liver Cancer in Developed Nations
Liver cancer incidence is highest in the United Kingdom (9.6 per 100,000 people), followed by 9.2 in the United States, 7.4 in Australia and 6.0 in Canada. The rankings are the same for liver cancer deaths.
https://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20180615/obesity-drives-liver-cancer-in-developed-nations?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Fri, 15 Jun 2018 09:15:13 ESTSalmonella Risk Spurs Kellogg Honey Smacks Recall
According to the CDC, 73 illnesses potentially tied to contaminated cereal have been reported across 31 states. Twenty-four people have been hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported. Illnesses have been reported from May 3 through May 28.
https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/food-poisoning/news/20180615/salmonella-risk-spurs-kellogg-honey-smacks-recall?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Fri, 15 Jun 2018 09:15:10 ESTHuman Brain Hard-Wired to Love Fat-Carb Combo
These findings jibe with suggestions that snacks like nacho-flavored chips are foods perfectly engineered to push your buttons, containing "the right combo of fat, carb and salt," said Dr. Mitchell Roslin, chief of obesity surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
https://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20180614/human-brain-hard-wired-to-love-fat-carb-combo?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 17:15:11 ESTSex, Drugs Hold Less Allure for High Schoolers
Between 2007 and 2017, the percentage of high school students who said they had ever had sex fell from 48 percent to 39.5 percent, and the percentage who said they'd had four or more sexual partners decreased from 15 percent to just under 10 percent.
https://teens.webmd.com/news/20180614/sex-drugs-hold-less-allure-for-high-schoolers?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:22:16 ESTE-Cig Flavorings May Damage Blood Vessel Lining
These results provide further evidence that e-cigarettes are not necessarily a benign way to help quit smoking, said Dr. Benjamin Hirsh, director of preventive cardiology at Northwell Health's Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y.
https://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20180614/e-cig-flavorings-may-damage-blood-vessel-lining?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:15:14 ESTBinge Drinking: A Hazard for Teen Bones?
The study of college women included some who reported regularly binge drinking during high school and in the first year of college. That means downing four or more alcoholic drinks in a two-hour period.
https://www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/news/20180614/binge-drinking-a-hazard-for-teen-bones?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 13:15:11 ESTUnvaccinated Kids Create Risk of U.S. 'Hot Spots'
The researchers found that among children enrolling in kindergarten, the number of those with nonmedical exemptions has increased since 2009 in 12 states, resulting in lower rates of vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella.
https://www.webmd.com/children/vaccines/news/20180614/unvaccinated-kids-create-risk-of-us-hot-spots?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 11:14:15 ESTChild in Idaho Has Plague
The department said the child recently returned from a trip to Oregon, but it's not known whether the youngster contracted the plague in that state or in Idaho, the Journal reported.
https://www.webmd.com/children/news/20180614/child-in-idaho-has-plague?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 11:03:05 ESTWho Will and Who Won't Get the Flu?
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine say they've identified a "biomarker" that indicates a person's susceptibility to flu viruses.
https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20180614/who-will-and-who-wont-get-the-flu?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 09:15:19 EST'Acute' Insomnia Hits 1 in 4 in U.S., most recover
Tracking more than 1,400 adults nationwide for a year, researchers found that about 75 percent of those who dealt with acute insomnia recovered good sleep within 12 months.
https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/news/20180614/acute-insomnia-hits-1-in-4-in-us-most-recover?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 09:15:08 ESTFor Many, Prescription Meds Linked to Depression
About 15 percent of adults are thought to use five or more prescription medications simultaneously, the researchers said in background notes.
https://www.webmd.com/depression/news/20180613/for-many-prescription-meds-linked-to-depression?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 15:43:53 ESTHigh BP in Your 50s May Set Stage for Dementia
The researchers found that people at age 50 had an increased risk of dementia later in life if their systolic pressure was higher than 130.
https://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20180613/high-bp-in-your-50s-may-set-stage-for-dementia?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:15:17 ESTPlastic Surgery for Men Surges
Over the past five years, there was a 23 percent increase in liposuction and a 12 percent increase in tummy tucks among men, and a 30 percent increase in male breast reductions, according to the society.
https://www.webmd.com/men/news/20180613/plastic-surgery-for-men-surges?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:15:16 ESTHoney Helps When Kids Swallow Button Batteries
When a swallowed button battery reacts with saliva and tissue of the esophagus, it creates a solution that dissolves tissue and can cause severe damage to the esophagus, airway, vocal cords and major blood vessels, the researchers explained.
https://www.webmd.com/children/news/20180612/honey-helps-when-kids-swallow-button-batteries?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:15:12 ESTThe ‘Dry Drowning’ Debate: What You Need to Know
Days after playing in the water, some children are struck by what is sometimes called "dry drowning." It's rare, but scary when it happens.
https://www.webmd.com/first-aid/news/20180612/the-dry-drowning-debate-what-you-need-to-know?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:56:48 EST5-Year-Old Girl Paralyzed by Tick
Her mom saw she was acting strange. She had poor balance and slurred speech. Then she spotted it: A tick. The creature's bite was quickly paralyzing her daughter.
https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/news/20180612/5-year-old-girl-paralyzed-by-tick?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:53:46 ESTU.S. Obesity Rates Rising Again
Among U.S. men, for example, the rising rates of overweight and obesity seen since 1999 leveled off between 2009 and 2012. But they took off again in 2015-2016, when 75 percent of men were overweight or obese.
https://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/news/20180612/us-obesity-rates-rising-again?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:15:24 ESTKitchen Towels Laden With Bacteria
Specifically, the researchers found that towels used for a variety of tasks -- such as wiping utensils, drying hands, holding hot utensils or cleaning surfaces -- had more bacteria than towels used for one task. In addition, damp towels had more bacteria than dry ones, the investigators found.
https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/food-poisoning/news/20180611/kitchen-towels-laden-with-bacteria?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:15:07 ESTStrict Gun Laws Lower Gun-Murder Rates in Cities
Prior research has linked such laws to fewer deaths statewide, but the new research looked at urban areas, where nearly two-thirds of all U.S. gun deaths occur.
https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180611/strict-gun-laws-lower-gun-murder-rates-in-cities?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:15:09 ESTImpotent? Maybe You Should See a Heart Doctor
Experts have long observed that impotence is associated with poor cardiovascular health, but it was thought that obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes were some of the reasons why.This study found that impotence on its own is a significant risk factor.
https://www.webmd.com/erectile-dysfunction/news/20180611/impotent-maybe-you-should-see-a-heart-doctor?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:15:07 ESTWalkable Neighborhoods May Lower Kids' Asthma Risk
Previous research has examined neighborhood walkability and chronic diseases such as diabetes in adults, but this study is believed to be the first to look at walkability and childhood asthma.
https://www.webmd.com/asthma/news/20180611/walkable-neighborhoods-may-lower-kids-asthma-risk?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:15:24 ESTIs Your Workplace Making You Fat?
A new federal government survey found that about one-quarter of Americans "acquire" nearly 1,300 calories at work every week. Even worse, the survey only included foods people didn't bring to work themselves, and food they didn't purchase from outside vendors.
https://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/news/20180611/is-your-workplace-making-you-fat?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:15:21 ESTCoffee May Do Your Liver Good
The study drew on data from a major national heart disease study. Participants filled out food questionnaires that included a question on coffee intake, and their medical records were followed over 26 years.
https://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/news/20180611/coffee-may-do-your-liver-good?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:15:11 ESTAmericans' Obsession With Sugar Starts in Infancy
Just over 60 percent of those ages 6 to 11 months averaged just under 1 teaspoon of added sugar a day. That rose to 98 percent among those babies 12 to 18 months, who averaged 5.5 teaspoons of added sugar a day.
https://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/news/20180610/americans-obsession-with-sugar-starts-in-infancy?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Sun, 10 Jun 2018 17:15:10 EST'It's Not a Choice:' Trying to Understand Suicide
Grief over a suicide can lead people to consider suicide themselves. The National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 800-273-8255.
https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180608/its-not-a-choice-trying-to-understand-suicide?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:08:19 ESTOutbreaks in 36 States Linked to Backyard Poultry
People who became ill said they got live chicks and ducklings from relatives and from businesses such as feed supply stores, websites and hatcheries, according to the CDC.
https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/food-poisoning/news/20180608/outbreaks-in-36-states-linked-to-backyard-poultry?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:04:16 ESTWhy Women Struggle to Get The Right Diagnosis
Many women say they struggle to get a correct diagnosis from health care professionals, sometimes with serious consequences.
https://www.webmd.com/women/news/20180607/why-women-are-getting-misdiagnosed?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 15:16:47 ESTAllergies More Common in Kids With Autism
After the researchers controlled the data to account for other factors that might link these conditions, such as education, income and location, the odds that someone with an ASD would have a food allergy were more than twice that of someone without an ASD
https://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/news/20180608/allergies-more-common-in-kids-with-autism?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:15:19 ESTNo Safety Concerns With Kids' DTaP Combo Vaccine
The shot protects against three potentially serious infectious diseases of childhood, including whooping cough (pertussis). In recent years, the "anti-vaxxer" movement -- a small minority of parents -- has raised concerns that routine childhood immunizations might carry long-term health risks for kids.
https://www.webmd.com/children/news/20180608/no-safety-concerns-with-kids-dtap-combo-vaccine?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:15:16 ESTTrump Seeks End to Pre-existing Condition Mandate
The Justice Department's decision was announced Thursday in a filing in federal court in Texas. Typically, the department defends federal laws in court.
https://www.webmd.com/health-insurance/news/20180608/trump-seeks-end-to-pre-existing-condition-mandate?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:01:44 ESTTravel Host and Author Anthony Bourdain Dead at 61
Bourdain's death comes just days after fashion designer Kate Spade also reportedly died by suicide.
https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180608/travel-host-and-author-anthony-bourdain-dead-at-61?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 11:43:50 ESTFish Oil May Protect the Youngest Hearts
When they were 5 years old, researchers found that the children who had been given fish oil had smaller waists than the youngsters who were given a placebo.
https://www.webmd.com/children/news/20180608/fish-oil-may-protect-the-youngest-hearts?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 09:15:08 ESTPediatricians Back Flu Shot, Over Nasal Spray
The recommendation follows a review of existing data on the effectiveness of the flu shot -- compared with the nasal spray -- that was carried out by the AAP Board of Directors.
https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20180607/pediatricians-back-flu-shot-over-nasal-spray?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 17:15:13 ESTCDC: Suicide Rates Rising Across U.S.
Firearms were found as the most common method of suicide, again used by those both with and without mental health issues. They were the source of about half of all suicides.
https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180607/cdc-suicide-rates-rising-across-us?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 16:37:26 ESTReport: Kate Spade Depressed; No Sign of Suicide
Andy Spade said the couple had lived apart for the last 10 months, but there were no plans to divorce. Their daughter, Frances Beatrix, was with her father the night of her mother's death, The Times reported.
https://www.webmd.com/depression/news/20180607/report-kate-spade-depressed-no-sign-of-suicide?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 16:29:17 ESTBlood Test Might Predict Preterm Birth
Quake's team found that, in women at increased risk of preterm delivery, the blood test predicted premature labor with 75 to 80 percent accuracy. According to Quake, that level of accuracy is good enough to be used in routine practice -- but more work is needed to see whether that performance holds up in larger studies.
https://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20180607/blood-test-might-predict-preterm-birth?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 15:15:12 ESTSnubbed on Social Media? Your Depression Risk May Rise
The researchers found that for every 10 percent increase in unpleasant social media experiences, the risk of developing symptoms of depression rose by 20 percent.
https://www.webmd.com/depression/news/20180607/snubbed-on-social-media-depression-risk-may-rise?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 15:15:11 ESTThink Twice About Tonsil, Adenoid Removal
For the study, the researchers examined Danish health records, following more than 60,000 children who had tonsils removed, adenoids removed or both ("adenotonsillectomy") before age 10. The investigators compared the medical records with data on 1.2 million peers born between 1979 and 1999.
https://www.webmd.com/oral-health/news/20180607/think-twice-about-tonsil-adenoid-removal?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 13:16:45 ESTDrug Combo Could Help Women Through Miscarriage
Each year, about one million women in the United States have miscarriages, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. In the final part of a miscarriage, the body should expel the pregnancy tissue. However, sometimes this does not occur and the patient is given the drug misoprostol.
https://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20180607/drug-combo-could-help-women-through-miscarriage?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 13:15:19 ESTNew BP Rules Could Prevent Many 2nd Strokes: Study
Under the old blood pressure target of 140/90, the researchers estimated, treatment would be recommended for about 30 percent of U.S. stroke survivors. That translates to a little more than 1.4 million Americans.
https://www.webmd.com/stroke/news/20180606/new-bp-rules-could-prevent-many-2nd-strokes-study?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Wed, 06 Jun 2018 19:15:06 ESTWeight Loss Balloons Linked to 12 Deaths, FDA Says
Twelve people have died from complications related to weight-loss balloons. While the total number of deaths is small compared to the number of procedures, it is high enough for the FDA to issue a warning.
https://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/news/20180606/weight-loss-balloons-linked-to-12-deaths-fda-says?src=RSS_PUBLIC
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