Loneliness May Take a Physical Toll
MONDAY, Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Being lonely does more than just make a person feel sad -- loneliness can affect a person's physical health, researchers report.In a study of 200 breast cancer...
View ArticleGive Away Your Money, Feel Happier?
MONDAY, Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Having pots of money doesn't necessarily make you happy, study after study has found. But giving away money -- even if you're not rich -- is likely to make you feel...
View ArticleFlu-conomics: The next pandemic could trigger global recession
(Reuters) - A high body count is not the only meaningful number attached to a pandemic. The potential cost of a global outbreak of the flu or some other highly contagious disease, however ghoulish to...
View ArticleADHD diagnosis rates up 24 percent over decade
White and black children mostly likely to be diagnosed, with rates of 5.6 and 4.1 percent of their racial groups in 2010 respectively ...
View ArticleGoogling your diagnosis: Can the Internet save your life?
Can the Internet save your life? I’m going to say, ‘Yes.’ However, before you go diagnosing your latest medical issue, let me make it clear that I’m talking about accurate information on the World...
View ArticleWell: Have a Health Question? Ask Well
If you have a question about fitness, nutrition, illness or family health, the staff of The New York Times Health section is ready to help you find the answer with its new Ask Well feature....
View ArticleMelamine in soup bowls may seep into our bodies: Is it safe?
Chemical has been linked to increased risk for kidney and bladder stones in animal studies ...
View ArticleMany Suffer Chronic Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery, Study Finds
TUESDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- About one-quarter of women who've had breast cancer surgery have significant and persistent breast pain six months after the procedure, a new study finds.Women with...
View ArticleHospital Readmissions All Too Common, U.S. Studies Find
TUESDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- As many as one in five people who have been hospitalized may end up back in the hospital -- either in the emergency room or readmitted as an inpatient, according to...
View ArticlePoor U.S. hospitals likeliest to pay readmission fine
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Large teaching hospitals and hospitals that primarily provide care to poor and uninsured patients are most likely to lose federal money under the U.S. government's plan to...
View ArticleLong-term aspirin use linked with increased risk of blindness
New research from the University of Sydney, Australia has found that people who take aspirin for a long-term period of time may be at increased risk for neovascular age-related macular degeneration...
View ArticleHearing loss may be linked to dementia
Study of elderly adults showed that those with hearing loss were 24 percent more likely to develop mental impairment ...
View ArticlePlatelets, steroids may not aid tennis elbow
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Over a few months, neither steroids nor platelet injections are any better than injections of inactive salt water when it comes to treating tennis elbow, according to new...
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