Researchers from University College London in the UK assessed the drinking habits of 5,054 men and 2,099 women at three different times over a ten year period. When the participants turned 56, they took the first of three tests of their memory and executive function over the next 10 years.
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A new study published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics found that among parents of nearly 600 children between ages 2 and 5 with autism (453 kids) and developmental delays (125 kids), 40% reported using homeopathic remedies, mind-body medicine, melatonin and probiotics in an attempt to relieve some of their children’s symptoms and even prevent some of the condition’s behavioral problems from progressing.
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The cold is bad enough, but winter’s shorter days make the season a downer, to say the least. But how real is seasonal affective disorder (aptly known as SAD)?
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The move comes after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)–a government commissioned panel of experts who review all available research on health issues–stated that women who are at a high risk for breast cancer can benefit from taking drugs like tamoxifen and raloxifene to prevent the disease. Based on this conclusion, under the Affordable Care Act, which emphasizes preventive care, these drugs must be covered by insurance, with no extra cost to female patients.
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Para la confección de la guía, intervino un panel interdisciplinario que estuvo formado por especialistas como Alberto Cormillot, María Elena Torresani, Julio Montero y Mónica Katz, entre otros.
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On Jan. 11, 1964, Dr. Luther Terry, the U.S. surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service, released The Surgeon General’s report of 1964, the first such analysis that laid out the effects of tobacco and smoking, and spurred initiatives to lower tobacco use among Americans. Its conclusions were built on more than 7,000 studies on smoking and concluded for the first time that smoking caused lung cancer in men, and likely in women, and that lighting up was the most likely cause of chronic bronchitis.
Thank You, Surgeon General: Tobacco Control Has Saved 8 Million Lives Read More »
Another company, L’Occitane Inc., sold Almond Beautiful Shape and Almond Shaping Delight skin creams advertised as body slimming. The company will pay $450,000 to settle with the FTC. LeanSpa will also give $7.3 million to the FTC in its settlement over promoting acai berry and colon cleanse weight-loss supplements on fake news sites. And HCG Diet Direct, which marketed liquid drops with hormones advertised as helping users lose weight, will hand over $34 million to the FTC.
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“Regardless of where you get your health insurance from, there will be more of a focus on helping people improve their health and giving them more information,” says Amy Bergner, managing director, health care and benefits, at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She says consumers will have more access to information about different services and treatments, including cost, effectiveness and evaluations of different doctors and hospitals.
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El empresario Marcelo Figueiras, junto a su esposa, la senadora nacional María Laura Leguizamón, en el brindis por los 30 años de Democracia que organizó el diario El Cronista.
Marcelo Figueiras junto a su esposa en el brindis organizado por el diario El Cronista Read More »
Dirigentes de todas las tendencias y empresarios de varios sectores se hicieron presentes ayer al mediodía, en el el Sheraton Hotel, para la presentación del libro La Democracia Inconclusa, en el que 30 referentes de la generación democrática le tomaron examen a los logros, déficits y desafíos pendientes de las tres décadas de institucionalidad.
