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Teen Pregnancy Report Reveals Nearly 1,700 US Teens Turn Mothers Per Week

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Rate of pregnancies in younger teens aged between 15 and 17 have declined over the past 20 years in the US, but teen births in this age group still account for about a quarter of teen births, or nearly 1,700 births a week, a report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed. Younger moms are "of particular concern" as they are not yet legally recognised as adults. They are at greatest risk for poor medical, social, and economic outcomes, ...

Is Life Better Staying Single or Getting Married?

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The stigma linked to staying single is gradually disappearing. More people opt to stay single and many even claim to be happier. But there are both advantages and disadvantages to staying single.

Increase in Stay-At-Home Moms in US: Study

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A study published Tuesday suggested increase in the number of stay-at-home moms, but this increase is linked more to unemployment and demographic changes rather than to choice. In 2012, nearly one in three mothers, or 29 percent, did not work outside the home, up from 23 percent in 1999, said the study from the Washington-based Pew Research Center. Most of the homemakers, 85 percent, indicated they stayed at home to look after their children. However, ...

Men Delay Getting Help for Eating Disorders as They Think It is Women's Problem

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Eating disorders are thought to be found only in women and this perception is preventing men with the disorder from getting the help and support they need, as shown in a small study published in the online journal iBMJ Open/i. Estimates suggest that around 1 in 250 women and 1 in 2000 men in the UK have anorexia nervosa, one of the four recognised types of eating disorder - the others being bulimia nervosa; binge eating disorder; and eating disorder not otherwise ...

Rates of Hepatitis B Vaccination Among Injecting Drug Users Improves With Small Cash Incentives

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A dramatic increase in likelihood of people who inject drugs completing a course of hepatitis B virus vaccination was seen with small cash incentives, totaling as little as 30, found in a new research published in iThe Lancet/i. Researchers in the UK found that people undergoing treatment for heroin addiction who received a maximum total of 30 supermarket vouchers in equal or graduated installments in return for full compliance with a regimen of three HBV ...

Depression Boosts Risk of Heart Failure

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Severe depression ups heart failure risk by 40 percent, say researchers. The findings come from a study of nearly 63 000 Norwegians. Ms Lise Tuset Gustad, first author of the study and an intensive care nurse at Levanger Hospital in Norway, said that they found a dose response relationship between depressive symptoms and the risk of developing heart failure. That means that the more depressed you feel, the more you are at risk. Data were ...

Same-Sex Marriage Rejected by Church of Norway

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The proposal for religious same-sex marriage was rejected by the protestant Church of Norway, even though it had the support of most of the country's bishops. Norway was among the first countries in Europe to grant homosexuals full rights, including marriage and adoption in 2009, but the Church does not marry same-sex couples. Eight of Norway's 12 bishops said in October they favoured such a move, but on Tuesday the Church's highest decision-making body ...

Opening of International Design Fair in Milan

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About 300,000 visitors from 160 countries are expected to participate in the Salone del Mobile international furniture and interior design fair, with over 1,400 items on show. Claudio Luti, the director of the Salone, said the six-day event was an important global showcase for Italian creativity and innovation in the country's business hub and was becoming "more successful every year". "I like to say that our know-how is Italy's crude oil," Luti told ...

Senegal Plans to Stop Ebola With a 'Well-Oiled System'

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As the suspected death toll of Ebola cases in Guinea and Liberia rises to 111, Senegal vowed on Tuesday that it is prepared for any spread of the deadly virus. Government officials gave the verdict after testing defences against the killer tropical bug behind what the World Health Organisation described as one of the "most challenging" ever to strike since the disease emerged four decades ago. "We have everything in place to take measures against Ebola. ...

Study Says Kids are Getting Heavier in the US

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US researchers say America's children are still struggling with obesity and there has been no decline in the epidemic among young people. In fact, the problem is getting worse in a small subset of the heaviest children, among whom the trend has about doubled, said the findings in JAMA Pediatrics, a journal of the American Medical Association. Childhood obesity is of particular concern because it can lead to lifelong health problems, including ...

Longer Life Found in Mice Linked to Taking Human Dietary Supplement

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The lifespan of lab mice was prolonged by nearly a tenth with an over-the-counter supplement designed to ease osteoarthritis, said scientists on Tuesday. This would translate into an average eight-year longevity gain if the result could be repeated in humans, Swiss researchers reported in the journal Nature Communications. A team led by Michael Ristow at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich used a common dietary supplement called ...

Some Pregnant Women can Take Aspirin, Recommends US

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Low-dose aspirin can benefit a small subset of pregnant women to prevent the potentially life-threatening complication called pre-eclampsia, said US health authorities on Tuesday. Women with diabetes, chronic hypertension, those carrying multiple fetuses or who have a history of pre-eclampsia in prior pregnancies could benefit from starting a regimen of low-dose aspirin after their first trimester, said the US Preventive Services Task Force. "Low-dose ...

ER Closure at Saudi Hospital After MERS Fears

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Emergency Room was closed in the main public hospital in the Saudi city of Jeddah after a rise in cases of the MERS virus among medical staff, said health ministry on Tuesday. A Jeddah paramedic was among two more people Saudi health authorities reported on Sunday had died from the SARS-like disease, bringing the nationwide death toll to 66. On Monday, the health ministry reported four more MERS cases in Jeddah, two of them among health workers, prompting ...

WHO Says West Africa Ebola Outbreak Among 'Most Chilling' Ever

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Legumes Like Beans, Chickpeas, Lentils and Peas Lower Cholesterol Levels

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If you have been advised to reduce your cholesterol levels, here is one more suggestion that you can adopt - eat a serving of legumes like beans, chickpeas, lentils and peas every day. A new study from the iCanadian Medical Association Journal /istudied the effect of taking non-oil-seed legumes in reducing a href="http:www.medindia.net/glossary/Low_density_lipoprotein.htm" target="_blank" class="vcontentshlink"LDL - cholesterol/a or bad cholesterol ...

Health Care Plan Will Work in Spite of the Opposition Obama Faces

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Many of the politicians from Washington and in fact many states in USA have shown strong opposition to the president Obama. Despite the resentment that Obama has faced - he has gone ahead to improve the lot of the citizens of America. He did the same on the issue of the economy of the country. Now he wants all the people of America to be covered by health insurance. His detractors have done everything possible to show their disapproval against The Affordable Care ...

Link Between Painkillers and Irregular Heartbeat Risk Identified

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Among older adults, painkillers or anti-inflammatory drugs may be linked to a higher risk of an irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation), says study published in BMJ Open. Atrial fibrillation has itself been linked to stroke, heart failure, and reduced life expectancy, while previously published research has linked the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, to a heightened risk of cardiovascular problems, including heart attack. The ...

Tunisia Women Fake Virginity For Wedding Night Under Social Pressure

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Premarital sex is common in Tunisia, a conservative Muslim country, but just before marriage, Tunisian brides-to-be rush to doctors begging for a reconstructive surgery so they don't present themselves as used women. It happens every April ahead of the summer marriage season, says Tunisian gynaecologist Faouzi Hajri - desperate brides-to-be beg for surgery to make them "virgins" again for their wedding night. Fearing rejection as "used" women in a conservative ...

Elevated Risk for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning With Snowstorms and Power Outages

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Carbon monoxide poisoning is a serious and often fatal condition, but the good news is that it can be prevented. Large weather events, such as snowstorms and heavy storms that cause power outages, can lead to an increase in the number of reported carbon monoxide exposures. Researchers from Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut explored the link between these major storms and the rise in carbon monoxide exposure cases. They found that portable generators were ...

Voluntary Movement of Legs Possible in 4 Paraplegic Men With Breakthrough Therapy

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Four paralyzed young men have made a groundbreaking progress, moving their legs, as a result of epidural electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, reported an international team of life scientists today in the medical journal iBrain/i. The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Louisville, UCLA and the Pavlov Institute of Physiology, was funded in part by the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. All ...

Secrets of Breast Tissue Unlocked

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Recent research work has shed light on how the microbes in the female breast contribute to health and disease. The study titled "Microbiota of human breast tissue," is now published online, in advance of the May issue of iApplied and Environmental Microbiology/i. The human body is home to a large and diverse population of bacteria with properties that are both harmful and beneficial to our health. Studies are revealing the presence of bacteria in unexpected ...

Movies Make Brains Think Similarly: Study

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Researchers from Aalto University in Finland have revealed that movies can unite brains, which means that when watching a movie, human brains respond in a way similar to other viewers' brains. The researchers found that the brain developed similar patterns among all viewers, even at the time scale of fractions of seconds. "Despite the apparent complexity of movies, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has revealed notable synchronisation of brain activity ...

Britons Need More Physical Activity to Prevent 1 in 5 Premature Deaths: Report

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In the UK, both adults and children are not devoting enough time to physical activity which is a prime cause of one out of five premature deaths, says a UK parliamentary report. The report said that exercise should become a habit in childhood itself, but it has been found that 50 per cent of seven-year-olds do not do any exercise regularly. The report also said that in the past 50 years, the amount of physical activity taken up by Britons has come down by ...