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OBJECTIVE: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is high among children and youth with chronic illnesses. The objective of this study was to …
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — As a teenager growing up in Las Vegas, Tanya Angus strutted along fashion runways. She was 5 feet 8 inches tall.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The fight over federal aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy resumed on Tuesday with the House of Representatives set to vote on $50.7 billion in additional money that some Republicans want to reduce. The aid package has been caught up for months in congressional brawling over deficit reduction, tax rates and the U.S. government debt limit. House lawmakers will consider the aid in two parts – an initial $17 billion to cover immediate emergency funding needs for devastated East Coast communities and an amendment to add $33.7 billion in longer-term reconstruction funds. …
NEW YORK (AP) — Mental health experts say a new tougher New York state gun control law might interfere with treatment of potentially dangerous people and even discourage them from seeking help.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People prescribed high doses of powerful painkillers are more likely to be injured while driving than those taking very low doses, according to a new study from Canada. The drugs, known as opioids, include common painkillers like codeine and oxycodone. High rates of opioid prescribing have become more of a concern in recent years, as deaths from overdoses rise and more drugs end up in the hands of people taking them for non-medical purposes. Their effect on road safety may be one more reason to think carefully about high-dose opioids, researchers said. …
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The amount of caffeine that’s typically found in two cups of coffee may contribute to a man’s incontinence, according to a new study. “It’s something to consider… People who are having problems with urinary incontinence should modify their caffeine intake and I think that’s part of clinical practice,” said Dr. Alayne Markland, the study’s senior author, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – AARP, the powerful lobbying group for older Americans, urged political leaders on Tuesday to pursue so-called entitlement reform as part of a wide-ranging discussion about healthcare costs and retirement security rather than as a narrower deal on deficit reduction. Laying out their agenda in the run-up to an intensive new fiscal debate on Capitol Hill, AARP executives portrayed the leading U.S. social spending programs – Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid – as necessary supports for what the group described as a declining middle class. …
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study suggests that “e-visits” for sinus infections and urinary tract infections (UTIs) may be cheaper than in-person office visits and similarly effective. For e-visits, patients fill out online forms about their symptoms and a doctor or nurse gets back to them within a few hours with treatment advice. In the new study, the main difference between e-visits and office visits was that patients who received their care online were prescribed more antibiotics – a finding that could be concerning but is hard to interpret on its own, researchers said. …
Doctors need to ask — and parents need to tell. That's the upshot of a new study showing a distressing number of Canadians aren't telling their physician, or pharmacist, when treating their kids with both alternative and conventional medicines. That's …
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| A wide range of complementary and alternative medicine therapies are used today by children. A new study of Canadian children shows that a considerable number of families use CAM therapies to treat a health condition, so pediatricians are … See all stories on this topic » |
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HOUSTON—Many of you made your New Year's resolutions, but how are they working out for you? Hopefully, you haven't been sidelined with an injury, but emergency room doctors say that is exactly what's been happening. Doctors say there is a big …
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