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Smaller Plate Won’t Help Your Diet, Research Shows
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) — A smaller plate won’t help you eat less, says a new study that challenges a widely held belief.
“Smaller plates are often recommended as a way of controlling intake, but that simply isn’t an effective strategy,” senior researcher Meena Shah, a professor of kinesiology at Texas Christian University in Fort [...]
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Norovirus Top Cause of Hospital Infection Outbreaks, Says Study
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) — Norovirus was the most common culprit responsible for infection outbreaks in U.S. hospitals in 2008 and 2009, new research finds.
Researchers analyzed survey results from 822 hospitals regarding their infection outbreaks. About 35 percent reported at least one infectious outbreak over the 2-year period.
Four organisms triggered nearly 60 percent of [...]
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Deadly Bacteria in Las Vegas, Healthy Super Bowl Dip Recipes, and Ellen Vs. Michelle Obama: The Push-Up Edition
Some women may have received more than chocolates and roses this Valentine’s Day if Pfizer hadn’t caught their packaging error. The company recalled one million packs of birth control Wednesday, after discovering a mix-up with the pills. [CNN]
Super Bowl Sunday is just around the corner, and watching the game isn’t the only thing to be [...]
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Booze and Family History of Colon Cancer a Bad Mix: Study
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) — People who consume a few alcoholic drinks a day and have a family history of colorectal cancer are at increased risk for developing colon cancer, new research suggests.
For the study, researchers in Boston examined data from more than 87,000 women in the Nurses’ Health Study and 47,000 men in [...]
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Malaria’s Global Death Toll Much Higher Than Thought
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) — Malaria killed 1.2 million people worldwide in 2010, a figure nearly double other estimates, a new study says.
The researchers also said that although most malaria deaths occur in very young children, 42 percent of deaths occurred in children over age 5 and adults. The findings are published in the [...]
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Questionnaire Could Help Predict Alzheimer’s: Study
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) — A series of specific “yes” or “no” questions could help doctors distinguish between people who have normal memory loss that comes with age and those with a condition known as amnestic mild cognitive impairment, according to a new study.
Researchers from Banner Sun Health Research Institute in Arizona developed [...]
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Could a Blood Test Help Spot Depression?
By Randy DotingaHealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) — Depression can be a tough condition to diagnose accurately, but new research suggests that someday a blood test might help.
It’s not clear how much the test might cost, and it needs more stringent validation before it will be ready to be used in medical offices. Still, [...]
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‘People Pleasers’ More Prone to Overeating: Study
THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) — A warning to certain types as those Super Bowl parties approach: People with a need to please others are more likely to eat too much in social situations, a new study suggests.
“People pleasers feel more intense pressure to eat when they believe that their eating will help another [...]
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Too Few American Adults Getting Needed Vaccinations: CDC
By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) — Each year, some 45,000 Americans die from diseases that could have been prevented by vaccines, health officials said Thursday.
Despite this, the number of American adults who get needed vaccines remains low, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“There were some modest increases in [...]
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Pleasure in Scratching an Itch May Depend on Location
THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) — Sometimes, there’s nothing better than scratching an itch. And a new study suggests that where the itch resides is key to the pleasure derived from scratching.
The findings help improve understanding of itch and might even help folks battling itchy skin ailments, according to study author Dr. Gil Yosipovitch, a [...]
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