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Americans Still Making Unhealthy Choices: CDC

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Tweet Americans Still Making Unhealthy Choices: CDC By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) — The overall health of Americans isn’t improving much, with about six in 10 people either overweight or obese and large numbers engaging in unhealthy behaviors like smoking, heavy drinking or not exercising, a new government report shows. Released Tuesday by the...
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COPD Patients May Do Fine With Shorter Course of Steroids

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Tweet COPD Steroid Treatment: Less May Be More By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) — Less is more when it comes to steroid therapy for patients having severe bouts of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to Swiss investigators. Five days of glucocorticoid treatment with prednisone to treat COPD flare-ups was as good as the standard 14 days,...
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COPD May Be Over-Diagnosed Among Uninsured

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Tweet COPD May Be Over-Diagnosed Among Uninsured By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Roughly four in 10 uninsured patients who have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) actually do not have the lung disease, a small new study suggests. At issue: Faulty diagnoses were made based on an evaluation of symptoms, rather than by means of...
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Fish Oil Pills Might Cut Diabetes Risk, Researchers Say

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Tweet Fish Oil Pills Might Cut Diabetes Risk By Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Fish oil supplements could help reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes, new research suggests. The supplements, also known as omega-3 fatty acids, increase levels of a hormone called adiponectin that’s linked to insulin sensitivity, Harvard researchers found. Higher...
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CT Scans Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths, Study Confirms

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Tweet CT Scans Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths, Study Confirms By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Physicians weighing the benefits and risks of CT scans for detecting lung cancer now have more information to help with the decision. A new analysis of a 2010 U.S. study finds that low-dose CT scans pick up significantly more lung tumors than chest X-rays do. People...
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Too Few Kids Use Fast-Food Calorie Info, Study Finds

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Tweet Too Few Kids Use Fast-Food Calorie Info: Study By Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) — While some fast-food chains are required to provide calorie and other nutritional information to help customers make informed choices, kids who eat fast food at least twice a week are 50 percent less likely to use this information than kids who eat fast food...
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Migraine, Chronic Back Pain Tied to Higher Suicide Risk

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Tweet Migraine, Chronic Back Pain Tied to Suicide Risk By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — People who endure chronic migraines or back pain are more likely to attempt suicide, whether or not they also suffer from depression or another psychiatric condition, according to a new study. “Clinicians who are seeing patients with certain pain conditions...
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Having Both Migraines, Depression May Mean Smaller Brain

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Tweet Migraine-Depression Combo Linked to Smaller Brain By Maureen Salamon HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Migraines and depression can each cause a great deal of suffering, but new research indicates the combination of the two may be linked to something else entirely — a smaller brain. Already aware that people with migraines face double the risk of depression,...
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Your Pooch Could Raise Your Home’s Bacteria Count

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Tweet Your Pooch Could Raise Your Home’s Bacteria Count By Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Man’s best friend may bring millions more microscopic pals into the average human home, a new study suggests. Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado found that homes with dogs have more bacteria than other...
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Study Supports Using Low-Dose CT Scans to Spot Early Lung Cancer

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Tweet Low-Dose CT Scans May Help Spot Early Lung Cancer By Barbara Bronson Gray HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) — Finding early signs of lung cancer was once next to impossible, but a new study adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that screening with low-dose CT scans may help spot the beginnings of disease in high-risk patients. Among patients considered at the...
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