Fear of stigma and damage to their relationships keeps many bisexual men in the closet, report researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, in New York City. “Our results clearly identify the need for public education campaigns to dispel myths about bisexual men — that bisexual men are not gay, do not have […]
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WEDNESDAY, June 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) — A short-lived optical sensation can lead some smartphone users to mistakenly believe they’ve lost sight in one eye, British doctors report. The temporary vision loss can affect people who read their smartphone in the dark while lying on their side, explained Dr. Gordon Plant, an ophthalmologist with Moorfields […]
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WEDNESDAY, June 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) — U.S. laws designed to curb abuse of opioid painkillers haven’t reduced misuse or overdoses by disabled Medicare beneficiaries, a new study suggests. Between 2006 and 2012, states enacted 81 laws to control use of powerful opioids such as Oxycontin and Vicodin. But even with these new prescription-drug monitoring […]
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THURSDAY, June 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) — A certain type of medical scan can be used to help spare some Hodgkin lymphoma patients from the severe side effects of chemotherapy, a new study suggests. Researchers found that PET imaging can identify patients whose Hodgkin lymphoma will likely respond better to treatment, and therefore require less […]
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THURSDAY, June 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Americans may have to do without the easier, nasal spray form of flu vaccine next flu season, a panel of experts decided Wednesday. That’s because the medicine, called FluMist, has been largely ineffective in children in recent years and should not be used in the United States during […]
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Sprained Ankle May Have Longer-Term Health Effects
by WebMD June 27, 2016THURSDAY, June 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Many Americans have suffered through an ankle break or sprain, but new research suggests these injuries might have a larger effect on health. The study, based on a survey of thousands of adults, found that people with injured ankles tend to have higher rates of disability and arthritis, […]
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THURSDAY, June 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) — A healthy lifestyle that includes regular exercise and eating nutritiously can lower your risk of developing cancer by as much as 45 percent, a new evidence review concludes. The review also found that people who followed cancer prevention guidelines for diet and activity were up to 61 percent […]
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THURSDAY, June 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Smokers in southern states can still find plenty of places to spread secondhand smoke to others, a new report finds. In fact, no states in the U.S. Southeast have comprehensive smoke-free laws to protect nonsmokers from tobacco fumes, a federal government report says. This type of law bans […]