New rules intended to create a more level playing field for those awaiting kidney transplants in the United States go into effect Thursday. The changes are designed to lengthen the time younger patients will have working transplants, increase kidney availability and improve the odds for patients with hard-to-match donors, said Dr. Richard Formica, who chairs […]

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By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter Dutch researchers have developed a device that may reduce the discomfort many women feel during a mammogram while preserving the quality of the image. Breast compression is necessary in mammography for imaging purposes, but it can be painful. The new device displays the average pressure during compression, so the pressure can […]

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MONDAY, Nov. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans bought health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act in the past year. Now, several shortcomings in the system have been discovered. In some markets, doctors are reluctant to take on patients who bought health insurance plans through the state and federal exchanges that were […]

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(HealthDay News) — Close friends have more influence on teens’ alcohol use than their general peer group does, a new study says. “We’ve known for a long time that friends and peers have an influence on individual alcohol use, but there are no common studies that distinguished between the broader peer group and the friend […]

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(HealthDay News) — Running more than 15 miles a week may reduce the risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. Walking can help, too, if the amount of energy expended is equivalent to running more than 15 miles weekly, the study found. “Exercise seems to prevent the shrinkage [in the brain] that occurs […]

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By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter Eating a serving a day of yogurt may lower your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, new research suggests. “The data we have gathered show that yogurt consumption can have significant benefit in reducing the risk of diabetes,” said senior study author Dr. Frank Hu, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology […]

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(HealthDay News) — A low-cost telephone reminder intervention can improve adherence to cardiovascular disease medications, according to a study published online Nov. 16 in the American Journal of Managed Care. William M. Vollmer, Ph.D., from the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore., and colleagues conducted a pragmatic clinical trial using a low-cost, electronic […]

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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Cancer-related imaging use is lower in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system than in fee-for-service Medicare, and use is not associated with geographic variation, according to research published in the Dec. 2 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. J. Michael McWilliams, M.D., Ph.D., from Harvard […]

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By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter Part two of a two-part series TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) — A nationwide trial of an experimental vaccine using school children as virtual guinea pigs would be unthinkable in the United States today. But that’s exactly what happened in 1954 when frantic American parents — looking for anything that […]

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“You want fries with that?” How many times have you heard the enticing offer of more food but hesitated at the unknown cost of added calories? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today released new rules requiring all chain restaurants and vending machines with more than 20 locations to post calorie information on menus or menu […]

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