Category: Health Newsfeed
August 13, 2014 – A Little Run
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Anchor lead: Just five minutes of running most days provides big health benefits, Elizabeth Tracey reports Are you willing to spend five minutes most days of the week in exercise to substantially reduce your risk of mortality? A recently published …
August 12, 2014 – Fewer Pelvic Exams
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Anchor lead: Most women can give routine pelvic exams a miss, Elizabeth Tracey reports Most women don’t need routine screening pelvic examinations, the American College of Physicians has advised. Does this mean women may miss opportunities for things like ovarian …
August 11, 2014 – Genetics et al.
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Anchor lead: How are genetics, epigenetics and related fields related? Elizabeth Tracey reports Epigenetics, or changes to genetic material that don’t actually reorder DNA, have been implicated in a range of diseases and conditions, many recent studies show, but are …
August 8, 2014 – Gene Function
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Anchor lead: How does a newly identified gene associated with suicide risk work? Elizabeth Tracey reports How can a gene called SKA2 be associated with suicide risk, as shown recently by Johns Hopkins investigators? Zachary Kaminsky, principal investigator, explains. Kaminsky: …
August 7, 2014 – Suicide Gene
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Anchor lead: Can we identify those at risk for suicide by their genes? Elizabeth Tracey reports Suicide claims the lives of thousands each year, leaving in its wake incomprehension and pain for many survivors, and in some populations more and …
August 6, 2014 – Not More Risk
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Anchor lead: People who are on medicines to prevent HIV infection don’t engage in more risky behavior, Elizabeth Tracey reports When people are given medicines to prevent HIV infection, known as PrEP, they don’t take more risks than they did …