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Military service members and veterans face some different health issues than civilians. During combat, the main health concerns are life-threatening injuries... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - November 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
November Issue of NIH News in Health Now Available
The November issue of NIH News in Health is now available.
Featured stories include "A Look at Epilepsy: Electrical Outbursts in the Brain" and "Keep Your Skin Healthy: Protecting Your Outer Self". Also, check out the health capsules and the featured Web site. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - November 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: New autism genetic diagnostic tests
Listen to the To Your Health: NLM update on New autism genetic diagnostic tests. The transcript is also available.
Genetic testing technologies could help identify genetic mutations related to autism spectrum disorder (or ASD) in children, suggest a pioneering study and editorial recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - November 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Lifestyle and senior cognitive health
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While two comprehensive studies suggest moderate exercise and recommended diet supplements do not impact cognitive levels for seniors, lifestyle decisions remain important for older Americans, suggests an interesting editorial recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - November 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Explaining health risks in drug advertising
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The risks of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications should be explained with the same dexterity as promoting its benefits by direct-to-consumer advertisers, suggests an interesting perspective recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - October 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Ebola vaccine's initial success
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A vaccine to prevent Ebola was successful in an initial clinical trial within the West African nation of Guinea, reports a pioneering study and editorial recently published in The Lancet. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - October 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Reassessing research
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A reassessment of a medication intended to treat teen depression is the first example of a new effort by BMJ to reevaluate selected prior research findings to improve their overall accuracy, reproducibility, and transparency. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - October 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Is more health information always better?
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Providing additional health information is not always the best approach for physicians to assist patients, caregivers, and families, suggests an interesting perspective recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - October 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Preventing campus sexual assaults
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The increased prevention of sexual assaults on college campuses depends on improving student access to health care services and providing more support to encourage the reporting and adjudication of claims, finds a viewpoint, and news story recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - October 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Pneumonia's causes
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Although the germ that causes pneumonia often is difficult to detect, respiratory viruses are more likely than bacteria to result in hospitalization to treat pneumonia, finds a study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine that updates previous information. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - September 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Encouraging hand washing
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Diverse efforts to encourage hand washing appear to improve hand hygiene within medical centers, finds a comprehensive study, editorial, and viewpoint recently published in BMJ. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - September 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
September Issue of NIH News in Health Now Available
The September issue of NIH News in Health is now available.
Featured stories include "Better Nutrition Every Day: How to Make Healthier Food Choices" and "Thinking About Your Thyroid: Get to Know This Small but Mighty Gland". Also, check out the health capsules and the featured Web site. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - September 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Homeopathy's equivocal evidence base
Listen to the To Your Health: NLM update on Homeopathy's equivocal evidence base. The transcript is also available.
While the evidence about homeopathy is easy to follow on two recommended NLM websites, a recent debate in BMJ suggests the weight of evidence regarding homeopathy's clinical efficacy remains equivocal and disputable. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - September 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: NIH MedlinePlus Magazine Summer 2015
Listen to the To Your Health: NLM update on NIH MedlinePlus Magazine Summer 2015. The transcript is also available.
The new edition of NIH MedlinePlus magazine covers anxiety, sleep disorders, as well as concussions and brain injuries... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - August 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Topic Page: Ischemic Stroke
Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Ischemic Stroke.
A stroke is a medical emergency. There are two types - ischemic and hemorrhagic. Ischemic stroke is the most common type. It is usually caused by a blood clot that blocks or plugs a blood vessel in the brain... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - August 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
