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Health Tip: Partners Have a Role in Pregnancy

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(HealthDay News) — Partners play an important role in helping moms prepare for pregnancy, and in helping to ensure that the pregnancy goes smoothly.

Changes in Insurance Make ER Visits More Likely: Study

03/30/2012 majac Your Health Matters

FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — People who have experienced recent changes in their health insurance status are more likely to use hospital emergency departments, a new study finds.

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Diet, Smoking May Affect MS Progression

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FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — Dietary factors and cigarette smoking may alter the course of disease in patients with a milder form of multiple sclerosis, a new study finds.

Drugs Previously Thought to Be Toxic May Stop Spread of Cancer

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FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — Two drugs previously thought to be too toxic for human cancer treatment may stop the growth of cancer cells without killing healthy cells and damaging DNA when used in small doses, researchers have found.

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When Paramedics Suspect Stroke, They’re Usually Right

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FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — When paramedics say a patient’s symptoms indicate a stroke, they are usually right, a new study suggests.

Thyroid Surgery Riskier for Older Patients: Study

03/30/2012 majac Your Health Matters

FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — Seniors who have thyroid surgery are much more likely than younger patients to suffer serious heart, lung and infection-related complications, according to a new study.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea May Be Linked to Depression

03/30/2012 majac Your Health Matters

FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — There appears to be a link between the common sleep disorder known as obstructive sleep apnea and major depression, a new study suggests.

Two-Thirds of Kids With Autism Have Been Bullied: Study

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FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — Nearly two-thirds of American children with autism have been bullied at some point in their lives, and these kids are bullied three times more often than their siblings without autism, a new survey finds.

Health Highlights: March 30, 2012

03/30/2012 majac Your Health Matters

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

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Warm Weather Triggers Early Allergy Season

03/30/2012 majac Your Health Matters

FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — While unseasonably warm weather delights many people, those with allergies may not be as thrilled with the early arrival of spring.

New DASH Diet Refocuses the No. 1 Diet for Weight Loss

03/30/2012 majac Diets & Weight Loss

By Dani Stone The DASH Diet for Weight Loss: Lose Weight the Healthy Way – and Keep It Off – With America's Most Respected Diet is a new diet book written by Thomas J. Moore, MD and Megan C. Murphy, MPH with Mark Jenkins and slated for publication on …
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MPH, Weight Loss

Eat chocolate. Lose weight. Yeah, right.

03/30/2012 majac Diets & Weight Loss

And, no, sadly it's not that scientists have finally done that holy-grail study proving that eating chocolate by the truckload induces weight loss. But a group from San Diego did publish one this week that kind of, sort of suggested that possibility.
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