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Shoulder Pain from Using your iPad? Don’t Use It on Your Lap
Recommendations for Tablet Computer Use Published in Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation
Most Kids in Loyola Burn Unit Arrive with Scalding Injuries
8-Year-Old Suffers Second- and Third-Degree Burns after Hot Tea Spill...Penn Research Study Identifies Why Some Young People Choose to Get Tested for STDs and Others Don’t
PHILADELPHIA – A recent study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland identified the reasons why college-age individuals would be tested for sexually transmitted diseases. ...Memorial University researchers say shivering can save lives in an Arctic ship disaster
With increased tourism and research in our oceans, what are the chances people can survive an accident like the recent Costa Concordia disaster? What if the air temperature is only 5°C? ...California Workplace Safety Program Can Reduce Injuries When Inspectors Enforce It
A longstanding California occupational safety program requiring all businesses to eliminate workplace hazards can help prevent injuries to workers, but only if it is adequately enforced, according to a new study by the RAND Corporation. ...Expert source: Smoke-free-air laws should include bars
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Exempting bars from a statewide smoking ban in Indiana would significantly reduce the health benefits of a smoke-free-air law. Including bars not only protects the health of employees, say Indiana University tobacco control experts, but would not negatively impact the hospitality industry financially. ...Study to find solutions to population decline
The world’s population recently reached seven billion but globally population growth is projected to end during the second half of this century, and in New Zealand, sometime before that. ...Benefits of aspirin more modest than previously believed
People without a history of cardiovascular disease (such as heart attack or stroke) are unlikely to benefit from a regular dose of aspirin, given the associated risk of internal bleeding. This is the finding of the largest study to date into the effects of aspirin in people without established cardiovascular conditions. ...UC Davis research finds newer radiation therapy technology improves patients' quality of life
Fewer permanent disabilities and other side effects from treatment reported ...Children’s National Study Shows How to Increase Immunization Compliance Rates
Washington, DC — A study released by Pediatrics in January 2012, showed that immunization rates at Children’s National’s Health Centers improved by 16 percent over a 20-month period as a result of systematic quality improvement interventions. ...
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Jon
on
12/10/2011 16:41:04
One reason people get the wrong idea: articles like yours that talk about "association with the risks of smoking"
Hello? Are you familiar with the ...
brigitte
on
07/10/2011 14:29:44
Those listed items are not going to make much impact. Smoking compromises babies, but doesn't result in prematurity anymore than any other imperfect practice prenatally. ...
admin
on
06/10/2011 18:47:06
Actually there is a great deal of published evidence of fluoride in drinking water severely harming the health of users.
Try examining the dozens of clinical ...
Richard Windsor
on
29/09/2011 05:25:07
Point to a single double-blind placebo controlled trial that meets modern standards of evidence based medicine and I might consider your argument.
lo chung yin
on
28/09/2011 04:57:08
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