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Many Young Americans Unaware They're Infected With HIV
Title: Many Young Americans Unaware They're Infected With HIV
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM
MedicineNet Daily News, Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:07 GMT

Junk Food Ads May Help Drive Obesity in Hispanic Kids, Study Suggests
Title: Junk Food Ads May Help Drive Obesity in Hispanic Kids, Study Suggests
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM
MedicineNet Daily News, Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:07 GMT

Kids With Autism May Find Human Voice Unpleasant
Title: Kids With Autism May Find Human Voice Unpleasant
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM
MedicineNet Daily News, Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:07 GMT

NHS watchdog faces 'cover-up' claim
England's healthcare regulator may have covered up knowledge of its own failings after a series of baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital, a report says.
BBC News - Health, Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:07 GMT

Food labels system to be rolled out
A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says.
BBC News - Health, Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:07 GMT

Coroner urges resuscitation clarity
Five organisations receive coroner's letters highlighting the "disturbing" death of a woman after paramedics were called to a care home.
BBC News - Health, Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:07 GMT

Chemical probe confirms that body makes its own rotten egg gas, H2S, to benefit health
A new study confirms directly what scientists previously knew only indirectly -- that poisonous "rotten egg" gas hydrogen sulfide is generated by the body's blood vessel cells. Researchers made the confirmation by developing a chemical probe that lights up in reaction to rotten egg gas. The scientists observed the process in real-time through a microscope.
ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News, Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:11:48 GMT

Fiber-optic pen helps see inside brains of children with learning disabilities
For less than $100, researchers have designed a computer-interfaced drawing pad that helps scientists see inside the brains of children with learning disabilities while they read and write.
ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News, Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:11:48 GMT

Getting enough sleep could help prevent type 2 diabetes
Getting more sleep increases insulin sensitivity and reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes.
ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News, Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:11:48 GMT

Bullying and suicide among youth is a public health problem
(Elsevier Health Sciences) Recent studies linking bullying and depression, coupled with extensive media coverage of bullying-related suicide among young people, led to a CDC-assembled expert panel to synthesize the latest research about the complex relationship between youth involvement in bullying and suicide-related behaviors: 1) Bullying among youth is a significant public health problem, with widespread and often harmful results; 2) There is a strong association between bullying and suicide-related behaviors; and 3) Public health strategies can be applied to prevent bullying and suicide.
EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health, Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:11:48 GMT

Immunity mechanism discovered
(University of Calgary) Scientists at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine have discovered a mechanism that is used to protect the body from harmful bacteria. Platelets, a component of blood typically associated with clotting, were discovered to actively search for specific bacteria, and upon detection, seal it off from the rest of the body. The findings, which were published in Nature Immunology this week, provide the science community with a greater understanding of immunity.
EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health, Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:11:48 GMT

Scientists find new biomarker to measure sugar consumption
(University of Alaska Fairbanks) Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks identified a new tool that can dramatically improve the notoriously inaccurate surveys of what and how much an individual eats and drinks. Their research is published in the June 2013 issue of the Journal of Nutrition.
EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health, Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:11:48 GMT

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