Month: May 2012

FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to loud music at a rock concert often results in temporary hearing loss for teenagers, researchers say.

FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) — Pregnant women who received a flu shot to protect them against the H1N1 swine flu virus had a significantly reduced risk of stillbirth, preterm birth and of having a baby small for gestational age, according to a new study.

FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have long known that some kids suffering severe emotional turmoil find relief in physical pain — cutting or burning or sticking themselves with pins to achieve a form of release.

FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients’ primary goal in talking with their doctors about information they’ve found on the Internet is to get more insight and advice on the online information, new research indicates.

FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) — Investigating indigenous Amazonian or African peoples who still follow a hunter-gatherer or forager-horticulturist lifestyle is giving new insights into how diet and lifestyle affect the heart as humans age.

THURSDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) — One in five people suffers from tinnitus, the annoying and sometimes severely debilitating condition often referred to as “ringing in the ears,” and new research may offer some hope for relief for these patients.

The World Health Organization announced on Friday it was set to approve a new target to reduce premature deaths from chronic illnesses such as heart disease by a quarter by 2025.