DailySource: Health

HEALTH: 1 in 5 Americans has untreated cavities

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:31:18 -0400

More than one in every five Americans has untreated cavities, a new government report shows.
(Story: HealthDay)

HEALTH: NY big soda ban

Thu, 31 May 2012 06:57:05 -0400

In the city’s fight against obesity, New Yorkers may soon have to say goodbye to the Big Gulp.
(Story: NY Daily News)

HEALTH: Health care’s worsening crisis

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:46:59 -0400

According to a groundbreaking study, the cost of employer-based health insurance, which covers a majority of the population, has risen at twice the rate of inflation during the Great Recession.
(Story: Salon)

HEALTH: Scientists unveil extensive child cancer research data

Wed, 30 May 2012 12:49:01 -0400

U.S. scientists have released the world’s largest collection of genetic data on childhood cancers in a bid to speed up treatment discoveries.
(Story: BBC)

HEALTH: 5 ways summer affects our sleep

Tue, 29 May 2012 18:38:25 -0400

(Slideshow: Huffington Post)

HEALTH: Better to receive smokers’ lungs than stay on wait list, UK study finds

Tue, 29 May 2012 17:21:50 -0400

A study provides strong evidence there is a net benefit to transplant patients receiving smokers’ lungs — even though recipients of such organs are less likely to live as long.
(Story: Toronto Star)

HEALTH: Men in nursing

Tue, 29 May 2012 16:33:03 -0400

(Video: Vimeo)

HEALTH: More men don pink collars

Tue, 29 May 2012 16:33:03 -0400

While women continue to make inroads into prestigious, high-wage professions dominated by men, more men are heading into female-dominated occupations that their fathers might never have considered.
(Story: Star Tribune)

HEALTH: Does darker skin wrinkle less than lighter toned skin?

Tue, 29 May 2012 12:17:16 -0400

Why having more pigment can help delay, but not fully stop, the telltale signs of aging skin.
(Story: BBC)

HEALTH: Feeling lackadaisical? Sleep apnea may be the thing to blame

Tue, 29 May 2012 10:47:52 -0400

Millions of Americans plod through each day exhausted. Not because they’re working too hard or not taking enough vitamins, but because they unknowingly have a sleep disorder.
(Story: HealthDay)