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On the third-floor hospital maternity ward at the University of Chicago Medical Center, Bionka Burkhalter had just given birth to her first child, a 7-pound, 4-ounce boy named Josiah. There was a knock on the door, and two women asked to give a presentation on how to build her baby’s brain. The 21-year-old single mother gave them her attention. In the next 15 minutes, she heard about the importance of talking a lot to Josiah,

The simple training exercise of catching a weighted medicine ball can improve balance and may help prevent falls in the elderly, according to research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Their results are reported in studies available online to subscribers in advance of print in two journals: Electromyography and Kinesiology, and Experimental Brain Research. When someone is jostled by a bump or a stumble, the brain uses two strategies to maintain balance and prevent

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Sao Paulo (AFP) – Brazil says it must stem the “epidemic” of Caesarean sections — now more than half of all births, or more than any other country in the world. Whether from a fear of pain or that a vaginal birth will leave permanent changes in their sex life — or based on the recommendation of doctors perhaps looking to bag higher fees associated with the surgery — more and more Brazilian women are

Taipei (AFP) – Taiwan on Sunday ordered the slaughter of 16,000 geese and ducks to try to curb a bird flu outbreak that has already led to the culling of 120,000 chickens. Authorities on Friday ordered the culling of the chickens at a farm in the southern county of Pingtung after samples tested positive for H5N2, one of the less virulent strains of avian flu. Officials Sunday ordered the slaughter of 7,500 ducks at a

Thought to be the world’s first smart pacifier, Pacif-i was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. It records the baby’s temperature by means of a sensor that’s built into the silicone teat and sends it to a corresponding smartphone app where parents can monitor it. Temperature readings are time-stamped and plotted into a graph for easy viewing. The gadget also contains a proximity sensor that alerts parents if their

Don’t let the language of health care get you down! Find out what’s behind the words. Their roots speak directly to you about how you think about your body– while putting a smile on your face. A little bit of sugar helps the medicine go down in this tongue-in-cheek series of educational comics by Larry Paros. Enjoy! Feel free to share your thoughts. Feedback and Pushback are encouraged. Follow Larry Paros @insomanywords.net Take words with

Nowadays we rarely pick up a pen and paper to communicate with one another, but it might not be wise for us to trade this long-standing, cultural practice entirely for the convenience of text messages and emails. Research has shown that the general act of writing by hand can promote quite a few physical and mental benefits, from improving learning abilities to fostering a more positive outlook on life. And when it comes to writing

It’s undeniable that there’s an irreconcilable conflict of interest in the alcohol industry being involved in developing health policy. And by participating in meetings involving industry representatives, scientists risk giving credibility to a fundamentally flawed process that’s unlikely to produce sound policy. Let me explain why this is with examples of two such meetings I have participated in. A direct conflict The more recent was the Intergovernmental Committee on Drug Policy (IGCD) National Stakeholder Meeting

By Arshad Mohammed GANDHINAGAR, India (Reuters) – There could be progress on U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation, solar power and climate change when U.S. President Barack Obama visits India in two weeks, U.S. officials said on Sunday. While stressing there were no guarantees that some of the most vexing economic issues between India and the United States would be resolved, the officials said some agreements were conceivable. “We are working on the civil nuclear liability issue,”

i i “Flavor is the most important ingredient at the core of what we are. It created us,” John McQuaid writes in his book Tasty: The Art and Science of What We Eat. Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Getty Images “Flavor is the most important ingredient at the core of what we are. It created us,” John McQuaid writes in his book Tasty: The Art and Science of What We Eat. Getty Images Our

You may do it standing in line, sitting at a red light or even in the middle of a conversation. Mark Zuckerberg himself estimates you spend 40 minutes of every day doing it. It’s Facebook. And research indicates the pervasive urge to see what’s been posted since the last time you checked could be cutting into your sleep, your relationships and your health. While using Facebook may seem like a harmless habit, some research points

Breast-feeding is no easy feat but for some moms, it can be downright miserable. The culprit? Tongue-tie, an often overlooked condition that affects breast milk supply and baby’s weight gain, and can make breast-feeding not only difficult, but painful. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Here, find out what tongue-tie is, the signs you should look for and what you can do to make sure you and your baby are healthy for a lifetime. What is tongue-tie? Ankyloglossia, or

Whether or not your New Year’s resolution was about slimming down, we can all take the opportunity for a fresh start when it comes to our approach to health. Here are a few easy changes you can make, from our new book, “The New Health Rules.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT 1. Make over your grocery list. Cross off bread and pasta, and each week buy: dark leafy greens, which are more nutritious, calorie for calorie, than any

BMC Medical Ethics 2015, 16:2 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-16-2 Published: 11 January 2015

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Lonesome George was a celebrity tortoise. Millions of humans made the pilgrimage to see him while he lived, and his death was international news. Why? He wasn’t particularly large for a Galapagos giant tortoise — just 5 feet long with his neck stretched out, and only 200 pounds. He wasn’t particularly old either — about a century by some estimates — still in tortoise middle age. But Lonesome George was the “rarest animal on earth”

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1 Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala 2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Regional Office for Central America and Panama, Guatemala City, Guatemala 3 Global Disease Detection Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA 4 USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO, USA 5 Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indie 6 Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease

1 School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia 2 Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney 2031, NSW, Australia 3 School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia 4 Present address: Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney 2010, NSW, Australia For all author emails, please log on.

1 Rheumatology/AIR, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, SE-581 85, Sweden 2 Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden For all author emails, please log on.

Research Tim Colbourn1*, Anni-Maria Pulkki-Brännström15, Bejoy Nambiar1, Sungwook Kim1, Austin Bondo2, Lumbani Banda2, Charles Makwenda2, Neha Batura1, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli1, Rachael Hunter3, Anthony Costello1, Gianluca Baio4 and Jolene Skordis-Worrall1 * Corresponding author: Tim Colbourn [email protected] Author Affiliations 1 UCL Institute for Global Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK 2 Parent and Child Health Initiative (PACHI), Amina House, Western Wing – Second Floor, Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Malawi 3 Research Department of Primary Care Population

1 Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dongan Road, Shanghai 200032, China 2 Department of Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dongan Road, Shanghai 200032, China 3 Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, 270 Dongan Road, Shanghai 200032, China 4 Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, 4365 Kangxin Road, Shanghai 201321, China For all author emails, please log on.

1 Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health and Population Sciences, College of Dental and Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, West Midlands B15 2TT, UK 2 Warwick Centre for Applied Health Research and Delivery, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK 3 Ministry of Finance, Government of South Sudan, Juba, South Sudan 4 School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK For all author emails, please log on.

HOUSTON (Reuters) – A man distraught about his son’s condition at a hospital in the Houston suburb of Tomball on Saturday caused a commotion that led to an evacuation of part of the facility, in what was initially believed to be a hostage situation, police said. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement it did not know whether the man, who was with his son in the critical care unit at Tomball Regional

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2015, 13:3 doi:10.1186/1477-7827-13-3 Published: 11 January 2015

Nutrition Journal 2015, 14:7 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-14-7 Published: 11 January 2015

1 GH Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA 2 Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA 3 Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA 4 Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA 5 Program in Physical Therapy, Department of

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2015, 13:2 doi:10.1186/1477-7827-13-2 Published: 11 January 2015

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2015, 6:1 doi:10.1186/2049-1891-6-1 Published: 11 January 2015

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Strains of listeria bacteria found inside a California apple processing plant are believed to be the same ones associated with an outbreak that killed seven people and sickened dozens of others last year, federal officials said. Two strains of Listeria monocytogenes were confirmed in the Bidart Bros. apple processing plant near Bakersfield, California, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. “Those same strains were also found in Bidart Bros. apples collected from

Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger disorder (AD) or simply Asperger’s, is an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication. The syndrome is named after the Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger who, in 1944, studied and described children in his practice who lacked nonverbal communication skills, demonstrated limited empathy with their peers, and were physically clumsy. The modern conception of Asperger syndrome came into existence in

Nutrition Journal 2015, 14:6 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-14-6 Published: 10 January 2015

BMC Medical Ethics 2015, 16:1 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-16-1 Published: 10 January 2015

Strains of listeria found inside a California apple packing facility match listeria bacteria that have sickened 32 people across the country, including at least three deaths, the Food and Drug Administration said. The illnesses and deaths have been linked to consumption of caramel apples. Health officials warned consumers in December to avoid all prepackaged caramel apples after the deaths and illnesses in 11 states were reported. Earlier this week, California-based Bidart Bros. recalled all shipments

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Thousands of Haitians killed or sickened by a cholera epidemic that they blame on U.N. peacekeepers cannot sue the United Nations in a U.S. court because the U.N. has legal immunity that only it can waive, a judge has ruled. In a decision late on Friday, Judge J. Paul Oetken of U.S. District Court in Manhattan dismissed a lawsuit filed by human rights lawyers seeking compensation for the cholera victims. A

FREETOWN (Reuters) – Medical charity Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF) has opened the first care center in the current Ebola epidemic for pregnant women, whose survival rate from the virus is virtually zero, the charity said on Saturday. There is currently one patient in the clinic, which is perched on a hill in the compound of a disused Methodist boys high school in the Sierra Leone capital. More than 20,700 people have been infected with the

Reproductive Health 2015, 12:3 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-12-3 Published: 10 January 2015

In 1991, wildlife investigator J. A. Mills went to China to verify rumors about tiger farming. She worked undercover, for the World Wildlife Fund and an organization called Traffic. “I mainly pretended I was a student of traditional Chinese medicine to try to figure out not only what was being traded, but why it was being traded,” Mills tells NPR’s Arun Rath. She says she found China’s first tiger farm — complete with a hand-written

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A hairstylist’s job is to do whatever you want them to do to your locks—but that doesn’t mean that they necessarily agree with your game-plan. Sometimes, your requests make them cringe. And while they won’t necessarily say that to your face, they’ll say it to us. “I’m really picky about what I will and won’t do,” says Jo Blackwell-Preston, the owner of New York-based Dop Dop Salon. “Because the longer you’re in the business, the

By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) – At least 50 soccer leagues around the world would be adversely affected if the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was held in November and December, the official who originally warned against holding the World Cup there has told Reuters. The leagues would be slightly less disrupted if it was held in January and February but other complications make that difficult, says Harold Mayne-Nicholls, head of FIFA’s technical investigation into

By Mike Collett LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) – At least 50 football leagues around the world would be adversely affected if the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was held in November and December, the official who originally warned against holding the World Cup there has told Reuters. The leagues would be slightly less disrupted if it was held in January and February but other complications make that difficult, says Harold Mayne-Nicholls, head of FIFA’s technical

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A bomb explosion in a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday killed at least 16 people and injured more than 20, a security source and witnesses said on Saturday. Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, is often bombed as it lies in the heartland of an insurgency by Sunni Muslim militants Boko Haram to revive a medieval caliphate in Africa’s most populous country, also the continent’s biggest

Whether you’ve heard of it, read about it or maybe even tried it, Bulletproof coffee is all the rage lately. But why has adding butter to coffee become the new cream and sugar? Dave Asprey, the creator of the small company Bulletproof Coffee that popularized the concoction of coffee, butter and MCT oil, claims the high-fat diet can lead to weight loss. Other supporters say it gives you an extra energy boost, helps you avoid

Giving the Paleo diet a shot? That’s so 2014. This year, it’s all about ReWilding yourself. The “ReWilding” movement was founded by Daniel Vitalis, 36, who aims to help people celebrate their “natural selves” through presentations and workshops. “ReWilding is — in its essence — a celebration of our natural selves,” Vitalis told The Huffington Post. “It is about living a life aligned with our biology and experiencing the sheer pleasure of fulfilling our biological

This new technology is staying up all night, so you don’t have to. Among the new gadgetry on display at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are a number of solutions to a problem faced by many: a lack of sleep, or what experts call a lack of “quality” sleep that allows you to feel refreshed. Some new devices monitor nocturnal activity to get a better handle on the issue, while others offer

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Simulated imaging In the high-resolution X-ray imaging system, the detector consists of thin scintillator material, optical lens with magnification and low noise CCD camera (Figure 1). The thickness of the scintillator should be matched with the depth of focus of the objective lens, e.g., one objective with 20× magnification and resolution of 1?m, its DOF is about 5 ?m while the thickness of the scintillator would be 5 ?m or less. When the scintillator is

Environmental Health 2015, 14:4 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-14-4 Published: 9 January 2015

Flickr: Ernst Moeksis The highlight of this month’s workout music round-up is the balance it strikes between perennial favorites and relative newcomers. By veering between the two, the mix manages to send both familiar and fresh at the same time. Starting with the Top 40 regulars, you’ve got a pair of collaborations uniting Jessie J with 2 Chainz and Wyclef Jean with Avicii. Continuing with the new faces, you’ll find a song from Penguin Prison

Growing up, sleep was considered paramount in my family home. My siblings and I didn’t have many house rules — bedtimes were flexible, we had free reign over microwaved TV dinners (this was the 1980s) and video games. But one thing was always crystal clear: We couldn’t disturb an adult, or another kid, who was taking a nap. Read the whole story at BBC

What was your favorite memory of the holiday season? For me, one stood out. Last week, I attended a party thrown by an old high school friend. The party was fabulous — I spent the night catching up with high school friends I’d lost touch with over the years. One of the best parts was introducing my high school boyfriend to my husband. It was just a scream. On the way home, though, a strange

The Theory of Everything actor Eddie Redmayne tells NPR’s Linda Wertheimer about the challenges of portraying a genius. This story originally Nov. 8 on Weekend Edition Saturday.

Adjusting medications before someone gets sick enough to visit the doctor. Updating outside specialists so one doctor’s prescription doesn’t interfere with another’s. Starting this month, Medicare will pay primary care doctors a monthly fee to better coordinate care for the most vulnerable seniors—those with multiple chronic illnesses—even if they don’t have a face-to-face exam. The goal is to help patients stay healthier between doctor visits, and avoid pricey hospitals and nursing homes. “We all need

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A bomb worn by a girl aged about 10 exploded in a busy market place in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 20, security sources said. “The explosive devices were wrapped around her body and the girl looked no more than 10 years old,” a police source said. Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, lies in the heartland of an insurgency

MADRID (AP) — Thousands of people affected by hepatitis C have marched in several Spanish cities to press for easier access to latest-generation medicines for the deadly liver disease. The Platform of People Affected by Hepatitis C, which organized the protests, says the government is applying a “confused and selective” approach to treatment by not providing expensive drugs to all patients equally. It claims the latest drugs, that have up to a 95 percent cure

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2015, 7:2 doi:10.1186/2052-1847-7-2 Published: 10 January 2015

i i Bill Gates takes a sip of water that came out of the new Janicki Omniprocessor, which turns human waste into clean drinking water in minutes. Courtesy of the Gates Foundation hide caption itoggle caption Courtesy of the Gates Foundation Bill Gates takes a sip of water that came out of the new Janicki Omniprocessor, which turns human waste into clean drinking water in minutes. Courtesy of the Gates Foundation In places where fresh

The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday. John Raoux/AP hide caption itoggle caption John Raoux/AP SpaceX has successfully launched another resupply mission to the International Space Station months after a competitor in the private space-launch business suffered a catastrophic lift off that resulted in the unmanned rocket’s destruction. The Falcon 9 lifted off from a pad at

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian health authorities have found 212 villagers infected with HIV in a district where an unlicensed medic has been charged with murder on suspicion of spreading the virus with contaminated equipment. Prosecutors charged the medic with murder last month after the spread of the virus that causes AIDS among scores of people came to light. The 212 people with HIV were discovered after authorities tested a total of 1,940 people in

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – An explosion in a market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri killed at least 12 people and injured more than 20 people, a security source and witnesses said on Saturday. (Reporting By Isaac Abrak in Kaduna and Lanre Ola in Maiduguri, Writing by Julia Payne, editing by Louise Heavens) Nigeria Maiduguri

January 10, 2015, 7:37 AM|CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook and CBS News medical contributor Dr. Holly Phillips weigh in on a new diet pill and the best diet plans for 2015.

Each week HuffPost Gay Voices, in a partnership with blogger Scout, LGBT HealthLink and researcher Michael G. Bare, brings you a round up of some of the biggest LGBT wellness stories from the past seven days. For more LGBT Wellness visit our page dedicated to the topic here. 1 Bob Elam via Getty Images 2 3 Jovanmandic via Getty Images 4 5 tetmc via Getty Images 6 anton petukhov via Getty Images

An experimental rocket launched by SpaceX Saturday was a partial success. A cargo capsule will reach the International Space Station, but the spent rocket failed to land on a barge in the Atlantic.

A bowl of chicken noodle soup. Focus is on the front of the spoon. (2006 Uyen Le) Your immune system plays a key role in overall health and wellness. Unfortunately, your immune health can be compromised by destructive free radicals and oxidative stress from environmental and lifestyle factors. Eating foods rich in immune-boosting nutrients is essential to supporting your overall health. To help keep your immune system strong, include these immune boosting foods in you diet.

Beans may get a bad rap for making people gassy, but that’s no reason to cut them out of your diet. Experts recommend you consume up to three cups of the legumes a week—because they are so good for your health. And the more you eat, the less likely you are to have tummy trouble. “People who eat beans on a consistent basis experience less gas and bloating than people who consume them less often,”

The makers of Breeze — a connected take on the traditional gadget that lets you know if it’s a good idea to get behind the wheel or not should your recent consumption of alcohol leave you wondering — have now set out to patrol stinky breath. Called Mint, it looks like Breeze and works similarly, for all it takes is a puff in the pipe of the droplet-shaped gadget and the corresponding app lets you