BOSTON (UPI) — Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults believe wounded
Iraq war veterans do not receive high quality medical care when they
come home, a survey indicates.
The survey by Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of
Public Health and Harris Interactive says 62 percent feel
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (UPI) — Teenage girls whose
boyfriends are gang members are nearly twice as likely to become
pregnant as girls not dating boys in gangs, U.S. researchers said.
Researchers at RTI International, the University of California San
Francisco and the University of North
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) — An experimental drug has blocked the
progression of prostate cancer in mice with an aggressive form of the
disease, Ohio State University researchers said.
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers developed
the agent, OSU-HDAC42, which belongs to a
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NEW YORK (UPI) — People with hypertension should routinely
monitor their blood pressure at home to help manage the disease, three
U.S. health non-profits recommend.
A joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association,
American Society of Hypertension and the Preventive
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The key to keeping kids of all ages at a healthy weight and overcoming childhood obesity is taking a whole-family approach. Make eating healthy and exercise a family affair.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) — U.S. researchers say knee injuries are
the leading cause of sports-related surgeries in high school.
Researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research
Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, used data
collected by certified
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LONDON (UPI) — Britain’s health secretary said he expects to
announce this week a ban on sales of cigarettes over the counter and by
vending machines.
Alan Johnson said Sunday he backed nationwide enforcement of Scotland’s
decision to force cigarette sales “under the counter.” Speaking on BBC
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DALLAS (UPI) — Swimsuit season is around the corner, but a U.S.
allergist suggests checking air conditions before heading outside to
work off winter’s pounds.
Dr. David Khan, an allergist at the University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center in Dallas, recommends exercising indoors on days
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CHICAGO (UPI) — Giving in to the urge to go barefoot in the
summer can result in injuries and even a loss of toes, U.S. foot
physicians say.
Members of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons say they
treat thousands of cuts, punctures wounds and burns that can lead to
infections and
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Everybody knows what a tragedy this is personally for obese kids - the social isolation, the shame of group exercise, the pain of bad knees, the constant doctor visits and being out of breath just by standing up. However, the public costs of childhood obesity are huge too.
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