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Smoking accelerates memory loss in men
The State Column
Researchers reported middle-aged male smokers experience more rapid cognitive decline, compared to non-smoking men. However over at least 10 years of no smoking, the male body can repair itself, lowering its risk of rapid decline in cognitive function.
Smoking Slows Memory, Reasoning in Middle-Aged MenABC News
Smoking Clouds Men's MindsMedPage Today
Smoking linked to faster cognitive decline among malesCTV.ca (blog)
Los Angeles Times -Daily News & Analysis -Reuters
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Blood Clot Guidelines Challenge Economy Class Risk
NPR
by AP CHICAGO (AP) � Good news for budget-minded travelers: There's no proof that flying economy-class increases your chances of dangerous blood clots, according to new guidelines from medical specialists. Travelers' blood clots have been nicknamed ...
Avoid Blood Clots, Choose Airplane Seats WiselyABC News (blog)
Flying economy class doesn't raise risk of blood clots, but watch out for ...MLive.com
Experts: Deep Vein Thrombosis Risk Increased by Window Seats, Not Economy ClassMyFox Houston

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A push for family input to detect dementia earlier
Bend Bulletin
Alexis McKenzie, executive director of The Methodist Home of the District of Columbia Forest Side, talks with residents at the Alzheimer's assisted-living facility. More than 5 million Americans are estimated to have Alzheimer's or similar forms of ...
Dementia should be detected by family earlier, experts sayCBS News
AGING AMERICA: Experts work to identify best screenings for detecting risk of ...Washington Post

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Mike: It's time to go outside and play
Messenger Index (blog)
Spring is just around the corner. When the weather gets warmer, it will be time once again for all of us to do more activities outside. It will also be time for us to get our kids off the couch away from the television and video games.
Obesity epidemic shows no hint of shrinking in the United StatesSoutheast Missourian

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Blurry line in diagnosing early Alzheimer's
Fox News
Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet The revised definition of a brain condition called mild cognitive impairment means that many people now considered to have mild or early Alzheimer's disease could easily be given that diagnosis instead, ...
Recommended: New Alzheimer's criteria would change diagnosis for millionsmsnbc.com
Is it Alzheimer's or mild cognitive impairment?Los Angeles Times
CORRECTION: Blurry line in diagnosing early Alzheimer's: studyHealthNews
French Tribune -The Ledger
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Your Brain May Be "Wired" For Addiction (But You Don't Have To Surrender)
Forbes
Addiction is one of the most common mental health problems there is: Drug use alone affects tens of millions of Americans, and that's only the illegal ones. Even more people deal with addictions to other things � alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, food, ...
Addicts' Vulnerability to Drugs Linked to Family Ties, |U.K. Study ShowsBloomberg
Inherited Vulnerability to Drug Addiction DiscoveredVoice of America
Addicts' Vulnerability to Drugs Linked to Family Ties in StudyBusinessWeek
TIME -Fox News
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Spanking No Help in Child-Rearing
MedPage Today
By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Explain that physical punishment of children, such as spanking, ...
Spanking children 'makes them more aggressive later in life'Daily Mail
Why Spanking Doesn't WorkTIME
Physical discipline linked to future aggressionCTV.ca
Times of India -CBC.ca -French Tribune
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Does Online Dating Make It Harder to Find 'the One'?
TIME
Why online dating is great for meeting lots of people, but not necessarily the one you want. By Alice Park | @aliceparkny | February 7, 2012 | + Everyone knows someone who met their spouse online. A friend of mine whom I hadn't seen in years told me ...
Internet Cupids often miss their markReuters
Online Dating Can Be ImprovedPsychCentral.com
Online dating has its pros and cons, meta-analysis saysWashington Post
Columbus Dispatch -CNN -WebMD
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Diet supplements recalled on unlabeled drug worries
Reuters
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthy People Co is recalling 15 lots of seven different dietary supplements because they contain appetite suppressants or a drug for male erectile dysfunction, the Long Beach, California, company said.
Diet Supplements RecalledTopNews United States
Dietary Supplements Extensively Regulated, Say Authors of New ArticleSacramento Bee
Healthy People Co Recalls Diet Supplement StockTopNews Arab Emirates
Natural Products INSIDER -Ivanhoe
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83-Year-Old Woman Gets the World's First 3D Printed Jaw Transplant
Popular Science
3-D Printed Jaw The 3-D printed lower jaw was coated with a biocompatible ceramic, and surgeons added a secondary structure to support false teeth. A European octogenarian is the recipient of the first-ever 3D printed jawbone, made of titanium powder ...
Another First For 3D Printing � Woman Receives Jaw ImplantSingularity Hub
3D-printed titanium jaw allows 83-year-old to bypass risky reconstructive surgeryDigitaltrends.com
Woman receives world's first 3D printed jawboneTG Daily
BBC News -CBS News -Outcome Magazine
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