HEART DISEASE

System Failure: Countries Too Slow to Identify and Treat High Cholesterol

We know cardiovascular disease is a global killer but the numbers still have the power to shock. Heart and circulatory illnesses claim more than 17 million lives every year, almost half under the age of 60. READ MORE

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PREGNANCY40 mins ago

Doctor's Orders: Sex During Pregnancy Gets the Green Light

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Passion can be as much a part of pregnancy as an expanding waistline, according to a review of studies on sex and its effect on a woman’s womb. Read More

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NUMBERS14 hours ago

8%

Percent drop in birth rate among 15-to-19-year-old teens between 2007 and 2009, leading to a historic low: 39.1 births per 1,000 teens in 2009. [via The Washington Post]

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PREGNANCY16 hours ago

Blizzard Babies: Snow Can't Stop 'Em

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The cycle of life pays little heed to Mother Nature. Snowdrifts and icy roads? Babies don’t care. Across the country, they defied the massive snowstorm and kept coming, with the help of firetrucks, ambulances, Humvees and, in at least one case, good ole dad. Read More

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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH17 hours ago

The EPA Decides to Regulate Rocket Fuel — In Your Drinking Water

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When I was researching a piece last year on chemical regulation — and the lack of it in the U.S. — one of the facts I was most surprised to learn was the existence of perchlorate in the bloodstream of many Americans. That's perchlorate as in "the main ingredient of rocket fuel." Yes, the stuff that sends satellites into orbit had somehow found its way inside our bodies, along with 211 other trace chemicals, according to a biomonitoring survey by the Centers for Disease Control. Read More

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QUOTES18 hours ago

"At a time when there is virtually unanimous agreement that health care reform is needed...it is hard to...strike down a statute titled 'The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.'"

—ROGER VINSON, U.S. District Judge, on the difficulty of his Jan. 31 decision to rule the Obama administration's health care law unconstitutional for requiring Americans to purchase health insurance [via The Southeast Sun]

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BODY & MIND19 hours ago

Mind Reading: Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran on 'Unlearning' Pain

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Even before the discovery of "mirror neurons"— brain cells activated when we observe the actions of others that enable empathy — Dr. V.S. Ramachandran was using real mirrors to change the brain and relieve pain. Read More

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PARENTING21 hours ago

Dad Helping with the Kids? Moms: Expect Conflict, Not Cooperation

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We women talk a good game about wanting our partners to step up and parent alongside us — to change diapers, cut off crusts for pint-size picky eaters, handle the bedtime routine — but a new study has found that when dads do that, it doesn’t necessarily spark domestic bliss. Read More

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HEART DISEASE23 hours ago

System Failure: Countries Too Slow to Identify and Treat High Cholesterol

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We know cardiovascular disease is a global killer but the numbers still have the power to shock. Heart and circulatory illnesses claim more than 17 million lives every year, almost half under the age of 60. Read More

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HEART DISEASE24 hours ago

Millions of Americans Don't Control High Blood Pressure or Cholesterol

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ATLANTA (AP) — Only about half of U.S. adults with high levels of bad cholesterol get treatment for it. Worse, not all those treated are managing to control the problem, according to a new government report. Read More

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NUMBERS2 days ago

1 in 2

Number of Americans who have high blood pressure, but don't have their condition under control, despite the availability of lifestyle and drug treatments [via CDC]

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