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Baseball pitch counts don’t predict injuries: study

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – It’s impossible to watch a Major League Baseball game nowadays – for example, the World Series now underway – without hearing about how many pitches a player has thrown. But a new study suggests that when it comes to preventing injuries, the obsession of many teams with those kinds of numbers may be misplaced. “I don’t necessarily think that pitch counts or innings pitched are the best way to measure the demands of pitching,” Thomas Karakolis, the lead author on the study, told Reuters Health. …

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Weight loss surgery tied to increase in drinking

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An "ultimate gin & tonic" is mixed at The Bazaar bar at the SLS hotel in Beverly HillsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who had weight loss surgery reported greater alcohol use two years after their procedures than in the weeks beforehand, in a new study. "This is perhaps a risk. I don't think it should deter people from having surgery, but you should be cautious to monitor (alcohol use) after surgery," Alexis Conason, who worked on the study at the New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, told Reuters Health. …

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Loneliness, living alone tied to shorter lifespan

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People with heart disease who live alone tend to die sooner than those sharing their home with others, a new study shows. Although the reasons for the gap are still murky, lead researcher Dr. Deepak Bhatt said access to regular medicine might be involved. “Patients living alone may have more difficulty getting their medications refilled and taking them regularly,” Bhatt told Reuters Health. “They also don’t have anyone at home to call the doctor’s office or emergency room if they are not looking well. …

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Kids on cow farms may have fewer allergies

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Kids who grow up on farms and have contact with cows and cow milk are less likely to have allergies and asthma than kids raised nearby but not on a farm, according to a new study from Europe. Researchers had previously noticed that kids raised on European farms have lower rates of asthma and allergies than other children (see Reuters Health story of June 1, 2010). But the new findings help identify, at least in part, what specifically may protect some farm-raised youngsters against developing asthma or allergies. “Nature can really teach us something here,” said Dr. …

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