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Diabetes link to low sleep hormone levels: study
A decrease in levels of the sleep hormone melatonin has been linked to an increased risk of adult onset diabetes, according to a study published Tuesday. Research in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that 370 women with diabetes were compared with 370 women of the same race…
Doctors Must Speak Out Against Anti-Choice Laws that Require Physicians to Act Unethically
A recent article in USA Today asks a crucial question: When will doctors, the American Medical Association, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists speak out against the increasing erosion of doctors’ ethical responsibility vis-à-vis their pregnant patients? Many anti-choice bills nationwide require doctors to violate ethical commitments and breach fiduciary obligations owed to their…
Antibiotics don’t help sinusitis: U.S. researchers
WASHINGTON — Antibiotics provide little help to people with sinus infections, according to a study released Tuesday which suggested doctors are prescribing the drugs too often. The study appearing in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association found that using the common antibiotic amoxicillin for patients with acute uncomplicated rhinosinusitis…
One in five Americans has hearing loss: study
WASHINGTON — About one in five Americans age 12 and over suffers from hearing loss in at least one ear that is severe enough to interfere with daily communication, US researchers said Monday. The estimate is the first to cover the entire United States instead of select populations according to…
Yoga, stretching help lower back pain: study
WASHINGTON — People who suffer chronic lower back pain saw about the same improvement after taking yoga classes taught by highly trained teachers as they did from stretching classes, said a US study Monday. The findings, described by authors as the largest US randomized trial on yoga to date, appear…
U.S. to shed light on Guatemala syphilis experiment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. presidential commission will release on Monday its key findings on a government research project that deliberately infected Guatemalan prison inmates and mental patients with syphilis in the 1940s. The conclusions have consequences for U.S. diplomacy and will impact the ethical discussion surrounding how new drugs…
Cellphone use yields more ‘active’ brain scan: study
WASHINGTON – Cellphone use appeared to measurably increase brain activity in dozens of test subjects in a new study, though it failed to resolve a debate over whether the devices pose health risks. The study in Wednesday’s edition of The Journal of the American Medical Association, was carried out by…
Abstinence-only ed gets a boost from House Dem Dave Obey
Why do we need GOP elected fundnuts when we have the likes of Dave Obey (D-WI), who is promoting bogus, dangerous abstinence-only ed programs in schools by upping funding to the garbage?! What is wrong with Nancy Pelosi — why is she enabling Obey, who is House Appropriations Committee. Firedoglake‘s…
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