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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

No Health Risk When Jehovah's Witnesses Refuse Blood: Study

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Dangerous Rage May Be Common Among U.S. Teens

HealthDay – 8 mins ago MONDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Almost two-thirds of U.S. teens have had an anger attack so severe they have destroyed property, or threatened or attacked another person, a new study finds.

When these attacks persist, the syndrome can be considered intermittent explosive disorder. One in 12 U.S. teens may have the condition, which usually surfaces in late childhood, the researchers say.

"This is one of the most common adolescent disorders in America, and the most important ignored disorder among youth in America," said lead researcher Ronald Kessler, a professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

"For reasons that are unclear to me,

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More Than 1 in 4 Teens Have 'Sexted': Study

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Medicare Coverage Gap May Cause Seniors to Forgo Antidepressants

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Kids Born Even a Little Early Have Lower School Scores: Study

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Health Tip: Signs of a Herniated Disk

HealthDay – 8 mins ago (HealthDay News) -- Disks in the spinal column are soft, rubbery pads wedged between the bones of the spine. They help the spine bend and flex.

When a disk ruptures (herniates), the contents can press against or irritate nearby nerves, causing pain and discomfort. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons says symptoms of a herniated disk include:

Weakness that affects one leg or one arm.A numb or tingling sensation in one arm, one leg or one side of the buttocks.In less frequent cases, loss of bowel or bladder control.A burning pain in the neck, an arm or a shoulder.

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Spanking Batters Kids' Mental Health: Study

'Virtual' Colonoscopy Safe, Effective for Medicare Patients: Study

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Health Tip: Preventing Headaches

HealthDay – 7 mins ago (HealthDay News) -- The intense, throbbing pain of a migraine isn't always avoidable, but there are things you can do to help minimize your risk.

The Womenshealth.gov website says these practices may help reduce your chances of getting a migraine:

Eat a balanced diet with plenty of healthy foods.Lead a physically active lifestyle, making sure to get at least 30 minutes of exercise each day.Practice relaxation exercises to help reduce stress.Get plenty of sleep.Minimize things that cause stress in your life.

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Poor Sleep Affects Immune System Much Like Physical Stress

HealthDay – 7 mins ago MONDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Severe sleep deprivation has the same effect on the immune system as physical stress, according to a new study.

Researchers in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom found sleep loss triggers the production of white blood cells, known as granulocytes, particularly at night.

"The granulocytes reacted immediately to the physical stress of sleep loss and directly mirrored the body's stress response," explained the study's lead author, Katrin Ackermann, a postdoctoral researcher at the Eramus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam in the Netherlands, in a news release from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

In conducting the study, the researchers tracked the white blood cell count of 15 healthy young men who followed a strict schedule of eight hours of sleep every day for a week, then compared that with their white blood cell counts during 29 hours of sleep deprivation.

The investigators found that the white blood cells showed a loss of day-night rhythmicity and also increased during the sleep deprivation.

The research was published in the July issue of the journal Sleep.

Previous studies have shown sleep deprivation is linked to the development of diseases, including obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure. Prior research has also suggested that chronic sleep loss is a risk factor for impairment of the immune system.

Looking ahead, the study authors concluded that future research should examine exactly how sleep loss contributes to the development of certain diseases.

"Future research will reveal the molecular mechanisms behind this immediate stress response and elucidate its role in the development of diseases associated with chronic sleep loss," said Ackermann in the news release. "If confirmed with more data, this will have implications for clinical practice and for professions associated with long-term sleep loss, such as rotating shift work."

More information

The American Psychological Association has more about the importance of sleep.

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Health Highlights: July 2, 2012

HealthDay – 7 mins ago Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

Drug Giant GlaxoSmithKline Fined $3 Billion for Fraud

In what government officials say is the largest health-care fraud settlement in U.S. history, drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has been fined $3 billion for falsely promoting two drugs and failing to report important safety data on a third medicine.

The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday that the drug giant promoted the use of the antidepressant Paxil for children, even though it was not approved for people under the age of 18, the Associated Press reported.

Justice officials also said the company encouraged Wellbutrin for purposes other than depression, the only condition for which it has received approval.

The government also charges that between 2001 and 2007, GlaxoSmithKline failed to report on two trials assessing the heart safety of its diabetes drug Avandia, the AP said.

The penalties include $1 billion for criminal fines and forfeitures and $2 billion for civil settlements with federal and state governments.

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Woman With Flesh-Eating Bacteria Leaves Hospital

Aimee Copeland, the young woman from Georgia who has waged a two-month-long battle against a flesh-eating bacteria, left the hospital Monday, CNN reported.

Copeland was discharged Monday morning from Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Ga., according to a hospital spokesman.

Copeland, 24, contracted the infection May 1 in a zip-lining accident in which she tore a gash in her left calf. Three days later she was admitted to the emergency department and was diagnosed as having been infected with necrotizing fasciitis caused by the Aeromonas hydrophilia bacteria.

Copeland had to have most of her hands, one leg and her remaining foot amputated as part of her ordeal and has had multiple skin grafts due to tissue being removed from her abdomen.

She is to be transferred to a rehabilitation facility prior to a return home.

According to her father, Andy Copeland, "Aimee is very excited, like a kid going off to college," CNN reported Monday. "But she also realizes that rehab will be arduous. But she says she will handle it."

Last week he told CNN that his daughter, "needs to be able to develop the autonomy to be able to transfer from her bed to a wheelchair to the shower to the bathroom or anywhere else in the house. And she can do it."

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