Monday, April 11, 2011

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Study: Older brains less nimble at multi-tasking
Reuters
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The elderly have a harder time multi-tasking than young adults because older people are far less nimble at switching neurological connections in their brains between activities, according to research released on ...
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Doctors don't always take their own advice: survey
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - When doctors step into their patients' shoes, their treatment decisions don't always line up with the advice they give in their clinics, a US survey says. Faced with hypothetical treatment scenarios, when they imagined ...
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Vitamin D Protects Against Age-Related Vision Loss
ABC News
By COURTNEY HUTCHISON, ABC News Medical Unit Warding off vision loss in old age may have more to do with what's in your kitchen than what's in your medicine cabinet. According to new research published Monday, women who consume high levels of vitamin D ...
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Teva MS drug reduces relapses in late stage trial
Reuters
By Bill Berkrot NEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters) - An experimental oral multiple sclerosis drug being developed by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA.TA) reduced the disease's relapse rate by 23 percent over a placebo in a late stage study, ...
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Parenting can take a toll on health, study shows
Minnesota Daily
By Luke Feuerherm As if childbirth and nights spent coddling a crying baby weren't enough, a new study from the University of Minnesota shows that new moms have worse diets and get less exercise than women without children. The mothers had higher body ...
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Kids' wrist size tied to heart health
USA Today
By Mary Brophy Marcus, USA TODAY A study in this week's Circulation found that overweight children with larger wrist bone measurements had higher insulin resistance, a risk factor for developing heart disease. It occurs when the body makes insulin but ...
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Easing spring-time allergies with natural remedies
Washington Post
By Carolyn Butler, Monday, April 11, 11:11 PM As I was cruising the chockablock allergy-medication aisle at our local pharmacy last week, it occurred to me that I really should be doing more for my hay fever than just popping a pill every morning and ...
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Black women's hair loss tied to braiding, weaving
msnbc.com
NEW YORK — Very tight braiding or weaving is linked to a permanent type of hair loss that affects many African American women, new research suggests. A sugar-packed diet can take its toll on your waistline, but now experts also believe it can make your ...
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Jason Brudereck: Help boost organ donation rate
Reading Eagle
Ken, 56, of Shillington felt he had been blessed in his life, so he wanted to make someone else feel blessed. When his friend told him he needed a kidney transplant, Ken stepped forward immediately. Unfortunately, the two men weren't a match, ...
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Relay has more to come
Lake Stevens Journal
Purple began popping up everywhere in Lake Stevens last week, the color craze seemed to take on a life of its own. It's meaning came together on Saturday when Relay for Life Lake Stevens held its first annual Paint the Town Purple event in North Cove ...
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Georgia girls robbed of $150 at lemonade stand
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By AP WARNER ROBINS — Three girls selling lemonade to raise money for a hospitalized toddler were robbed of about $150 at their stand in central Georgia, authorities said. A man and woman approached the girls Saturday afternoon and asked them about ...
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Why Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan is so flawed
Washington Post
By Ezra Klein, Monday, April 11, 7:24 PM Just over a year ago, I wrote a column praising Rep. Paul Ryan's Roadmap. I called its ambition "welcome, and all too rare." I said its dismissal of the status quo was "a point in its favor. ...
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Pitts: Education is key to healthy children
Fayette Observer
Eva Hansen wants people to start thinking outside the box when it comes to preventing child abuse. She is president of the Partnership for Children of Cumberland County, which focuses on early childhood education programs. But Hansen says people should ...
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