Friday, February 10, 2017

Hearing Loss Could Be The Cause of Anemia and other top stories.

  • Hearing Loss Could Be The Cause of Anemia

    Hearing Loss Could Be The Cause of Anemia
    Jan 03, 2017 05:28 AM EST An exhibitor wears a hearing aid device at a trade fair at the “Seniorentag 2012” senior citizens convention on May 3, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo : Getty Images/Joern Pollex) The study was published on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.  The researchers looked at data from the medical records of more than 300,000 U.S. adults in Hershey, Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2015 are suffering from hearing loss, ages ranged fr..
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  • Two sets of twins born in different years in U.S.

    Two sets of twins born in different years in U.S.
    (Reuters) - Two sets of twins were born in different years over the weekend, with parents in Arizona and California getting double doses of joy in 2016 and 2017, local media reported. Twin girls were born at San Diego's Sharp Mary Birch Hospital when Scarlett Annie arrived at 11:56 p.m. on New Year's Eve and sister Virginia Rose was born right at midnight, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported, citing a hospital spokeswoman. The spokeswoman withheld the children's last name..
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  • 10 strategies to save money on the gym

    10 strategies to save money on the gym
    By Elisabeth Leamy January 3 at 7:00 AM (chrisbrignell/Getty Images/iStockphoto) When pollsters interrupt people’s dinners to ask about their New Year’s resolutions, very often the top three responses are “get in shape,” “lose weight” and “save money.” Find a deal on a gym membership, and you can do all three. Here’s how. Basic strategies: • Time it right: The end of the year is a great time to join a gym at a discount, as people spend more time lifting a glass than lifting weights. A..
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  • Ten-month-old revived twice after being exposed to fentanyl

    Ten-month-old revived twice after being exposed to fentanyl
    METHUEN — A 10-month-old girl who narrowly survived after ingesting fentanyl is the latest victim of an opioid epidemic that has been blamed for hundreds of deaths in Massachusetts.Police were called to the baby’s home shortly before 12:30 p.m. Saturday when the girl was having trouble breathing. She was rushed to Lawrence General Hospital, where she stopped breathing twice and had to be resuscitated. She was later flown by helicopter to Tufts Medical Center in Boston and was listed Monday in s..
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  • The Perfect New Year's Resolution

    The Perfect New Year's Resolution
    Only eight percent of New Year's resolutions are resolved. To be blunt, people choose one, two or even three areas of their lifestyle to resolve and they end up breaking 92% of those resolutions. They want to lose weight, save money, become more health conscious, get rid of debt, spend more time with family and of course, live a more stress-free life. They want. They want. They want. In 2017, I am going to stray from wanting to change certain aspects of my life and I challenge you do the same...
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  • CDC urging people to get a flu shot for the new year

    CDC urging people to get a flu shot for the new year
    STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The new year also ushers in a new flu season, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is encouraging people to get their flu shots if they haven't already. The agency is concerned that many people might skip vaccination this time, just like what happened last year, when more than 50 percent of Americans failed to get a flu shot. According to the CDC, the majority of flu-related deaths involve people 65 and older. The flu season usually peaks from January ..
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  • Parent obesity may affect child development, study says - Channel3000.com - WISC

    Parent obesity may affect child development, study says - Channel3000.com - WISC
    Ferre' Dollar/CNN Related content (CNN) - Being overweight may affect not only your health but your future child's development as well, a new study suggests.Children of obese parents may be at risk for developmental delays, says the study, published in the Journal of Pediatrics.In the United States, an estimated one in five women is obese when they get pregnant, registering a body mass index above 30. The healthy average is between 18.5 and 24.9.But few studies have looked at th..
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  • Diet res-illusions: Tips from the pros on how to lose weight

    Diet res-illusions: Tips from the pros on how to lose weight
    We make 'em, we break 'em. New Year's diet resolutions fall like needles on Christmas trees as January goes on. Genes can work against us. Metabolism, too. But a food behavior researcher has tested a bunch of little ways to tip the scale toward success. His advice: Put it on autopilot. Make small changes in the kitchen, at the grocery store and in restaurants to help you make good choices without thinking. "As much as we all want to believe that we're master and commander of all our food decisi..
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  • New drug approvals fall to 6-year low in 2016

    New drug approvals fall to 6-year low in 2016
    LONDON –  Last year turned out to be a disappointing one for new drug approvals with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearing just 22 new medicines for sale, the lowest number since 2010 and sharply down on 2015's tally of 45. Across the Atlantic, the European Medicines Agency recommended 81 new prescription products against a 2015 total of 93. Unlike the FDA, the EMA includes generic drugs in its list. The slowdown suggests the pharmaceuticals industry may be returning to more normal pro..
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  • Trump administration has marijuana legalization advocates regrouping

    Trump administration has marijuana legalization advocates regrouping
    WASHINGTON, D.C. - A group of the top political supporters of legalizing marijuana gathered in July at a cocktail reception to toast what they were certain was upcoming national recognition of their cause that would lead to success on Capitol Hill.“This is the year that this issue crests,” Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., a long-time proponent of marijuana reform, said at the time — a time when national polls showed Hillary Clinton leading the race for the White House and Democrats in a position t..
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