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Watch Your Step with Flip-FlopsMany people consider them an essential accessory of summer, but the simple sandals known as flip-flops simply aren’t a good fit for every activity. |
Released: 5/22/2013 6:00 PM EDT
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center |
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Depression Linked to Telomere Enzyme, Aging, Chronic Disease
The first symptoms of major depression may be behavioral, but the common mental illness is based in biology — and not limited to the brain. |
Released: 5/22/2013 5:10 PM EDT
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) |
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5/23/2013 12:00 PM EDT
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Jersey Shore Sports Medicine Cares for Kids at Annual Manalapan Memorial Day Soccer TournamentExperts in pediatric sports medicine and concussion to provide free care for young athletes. |
Released: 5/22/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Meridian Health |
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NLST: CT Detects Twice as Many Lung Cancers as X-RayCT scans detected twice as many early-stage lung cancers as chest X-ray on initial screening exam, according to additional National Lung Screening Trial results. Investigators say the 20 percent lung cancer mortality reduction previously reported in the NLST is achievable at screening centers in the U.S. |
Embargo expired: 5/22/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/22/2013 11:45 AM EDT
American College of Radiology (ACR) |
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Baby’s Life Saved with Groundbreaking 3D Printed Device That Restored His BreathingBioresorbable splint created, used for first time at University of Michigan, successfully stopped life-threatening tracheobronchomalacia, case featured in New England Journal of Medicine. |
Embargo expired: 5/22/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/17/2013 11:30 AM EDT
University of Michigan Health System |
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Laws To Lower Alcohol Limits Mean Lower Fatalities Says Loyola Trauma Chief
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing that the legal limit for a driver’s blood-alcohol content be reduced from 0.08 to 0.05, but and that may not be far enough says Thomas Esposito, MD, MPH, chief of the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Burns in the Department of Surgery at Loyola University Medical Center. |
Released: 5/22/2013 3:30 PM EDT
Loyola University Health System |
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Calcium Supplements Linked to Longer Lifespans in WomenCalcium-rich diet and supplements provide similar benefits. |
Released: 5/22/2013 2:40 PM EDT
McGill University |
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National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention Helps Consumers Understand New Sunscreen LabelsAs millions of Americans prepare to enjoy the great outdoors this Memorial Day weekend, the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention has designated the Friday before Memorial Day, May 24, 2013, as “Don’t Fry Day” to raise awareness of the importance of practicing sun-safe behaviors. |
Released: 5/22/2013 2:25 PM EDT
American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) |
