Category: Health Newsfeed
September 22, 2015 – Why Sleep?
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Anchor lead: Why does shortened sleep result in more susceptibility to infection? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who sleep shorter periods of time are more likely to get colds, a recent study concludes, but why? Redonda Miller, an internal medicine expert …
September 21, 2015 – Sleep and Infection
September 18, 2015 – Doc Support
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Anchor lead: Physician assistance in weight loss efforts really does help, Elizabeth Tracey reports Patients enrolled in a weight loss program who were happy their primary care docs were involved with the program and regularly reviewed weight loss reports with …
September 17, 2015 – Docs and Weight Loss
September 16, 2015 – Concussion?
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Anchor lead: Could a protein tied to traumatic brain injury help manage concussion? Elizabeth Tracey reports Concussions among athletes of all levels are much in the news, as they may be tied to long term cognition issues, depression and perhaps …
September 15, 2015 – BDNF
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Anchor lead: Clearly identifying severity of traumatic brain injury is important in both management and prognosis, Elizabeth Tracey reports Brain derived neurotrophic factor, or BDNF, may help assess the severity of brain injury when people are brought to the emergency …