Friday, April 12, 2013

[Health] Study Puts New Spin on 'Sound Sleep'

Study Puts New Spin on 'Sound Sleep'
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health-navigator/sounds-during-sleep-can-improve-memory/article11082670/
THURSDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) -- Playing a certain type of sound stimulation during sleep might help improve your memory, a small new study suggests.

Moderate Alcohol Consumption May Not Affect Mortality From Breast Cancer
http://www.hngn.com/articles/1841/20130410/moderate-alcohol-consumption-affect-mortality-breast-cancer.htm
According to a new study, alcohol consumption by women before or after being diagnosed of breast cancer has no impact on their survival from the disease, reports Medical Xpress.

Study Links Apple-Shaped Body to Increased Risk of Kidney Disease
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/6190/20130412/study-links-apple-shaped-body-increased-risk-kidney-disease.htm
People with apple shaped body are more inclined to suffer from renal diseases. (Photo : Reuters). Knowing the type of body you have is always good.

UN aims to end child deaths from pneumonia, severe diarrhea
http://www.bu.edu/today/2013/keeping-two-million-children-from-dying-each-year/
By Stephanie Nebehay. GENEVA | Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:32pm EDT. GENEVA (Reuters) - Child deaths from pneumonia and severe diarrhea, mainly among the poor in Africa and South Asia, could be virtually eliminated by 2025 under an "integrated" strategy ...

Implanted 'bracelet' helps treat chronic heartburn
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/11/3337503/implanted-bracelet-helps-treat.html
Surgeon Dr. John Lipham holds a sample Linx device. The small band of magnetic beads is used to treat chronic heartburn. The bracelet-like device is implanted around a weak muscle at the base of the throat that doesnÕt close as it should and helps prevent ...

Checks Find Unsafe Practices at Compounding Pharmacies
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/health/unsafe-practices-found-at-compounding-pharmacies.html
After a crash inspection program, federal regulators said Thursday that they had found numerous unsafe practices at about 30 compounding pharmacies, the same type of facility responsible for the tainted drug that caused a deadly meningitis outbreak last ...

Mandela art stays above the fray
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2013/04/mandela-ally-rejects-daughters-bid-to-oust-him/
Trade in former president Nelson Mandela's work is steady - despite the high prices and the ugly legal shenanigans. Some of Nelson Mandela's art in a Johannesburg gallery in 2005.

Senate slims, retools Mayo Clinic's $585 million bill
http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News/mayo-clinic-launches-spanish-language-outreach-campaign/story?id=18917154
The revised plan would trim clinic's $585M funding request. A House version would ask the Rochester community to pitch in more.



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