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Denver Broncos' Shiloh Keo suspended for two games
The Sports Xchange Denver Broncos safety Shiloh Keo was suspended for the first two games of the regular season.
Nebraska football preview: Huskers start 2016 season with heavy hearts
The Sports Xchange Nebraska football's summer offseason featured the talk of confidence, excitement and hunger you normally hear, especially for a program beginning the second season of a new coaching...
US maternal mortality rates higher than reported, study finds
Despite the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of a 75 percent reduction in maternal deaths by 2015, the estimated maternal mortality rate for 48 US states and the District of...
Latin-American, Caribbean health systems need more investment as populations age
Though the health systems in Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico and Panama have considerable strengths, citizens still reported gaps in the way primary care is organized, financed and delivered...
San Francisco Giants' Bruce Bochy released from hospital, expected to manage vs. Miami Marlins
The Sports Xchange San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy was released from a Miami hospital on Tuesday and is expected to manage tonight's contest against the Miami Marlins.
Regular exercise: Antidote for deadly diseases
HealthDay News Getting lots of exercise may reduce your risk for five common diseases, a new report suggests.
In sync: Simultaneous prescription refills boosts medication adherence, study shows
A refill synchronization program -- in which patients were able to receive all refills at the same time -- increased medication adherence by more than 10 percent in some patient...
Warming climate linked to increase in food poisoning from oysters
Rising global temperatures are clearly linked to increasing waterborne food poisoning, particularly from eating raw oysters, along with other nasty infections, a new study shows.
Epilepsy drugs may induce some psychotic disorders, study says
Stephen FellerMELBOURNE, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Melbourne found patients on antiepileptic drugs were at greater risk for psychotic episodes.
For the first time in history, high blood pressure is more common in lower-income countries
Nearly one-third of the adult population worldwide had hypertension in 2010. For the first time in history, high blood pressure is more common in low- and middle-income countries than in...
Flint lead crisis adds up to $395 million in social costs
The social costs related to lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan, amount to $395 million from April 2014, when the city switched its water source from Lake Huron to the Flint...
Thyroid tumor: It takes two to tango
Autonomous adenomas are the most common benign tumors of the thyroid gland. Mutations in two genes account for around 70 percent of the cases. Scientists have now discovered another key...
Researchers turn to policy to tackle health disparities in an age of personalized medicine
Genetic research is a valuable tool in understanding diseases and their prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. However, significant obstacles limit the clinical use of this knowledge to all groups. Genetic applications...
New model recreates early spread of Parkinson's disease in the brain
They're two of the biggest mysteries in Parkinson's disease research -- where does the disease start? And how can it be stopped early in the process?
Study finds racial disparity in emergency department opioid prescriptions
A racial disparity has been found in opioid prescriptions for emergency department visits for non-definitive pain-related conditions, say authors of a new report.
Needle biopsies for noninvasive breast cancer: Routine analysis wastes millions
For patients with the most common type of noninvasive breast cancer, routine testing for estrogen and progesterone receptors in tissue taken at the first 'needle' biopsy is both unnecessary and...
Cleveland Browns activate CB Joe Haden from PUP list
The Sports Xchange Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden passed his physical on Monday and was activated from the physically unable to perform list.
Maternal high-fat diet during pregnancy can affect baby’s gut microbes
The community of microbes – the microbiome – living in a baby’s gut can be influenced by the mother’s diet during pregnancy. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that...
Why do children become stunted?
Stunting—a condition in which children’s physical growth is lower-than-normal for their age—afflicts approximately 160 million children under age five around the world. It can diminish children’s cognitive development and put them...
Dirt-track driver Bryan Clauson dies after midget car crash
The Sports Xchange Race driver Bryan Clauson died Sunday night from injuries suffered in a midget car crash in Kansas. He was 27.
Sugary, high-fat western diet tied to denser breast tissue
Steven Reinberg, HealthDay News Overweight women who eat a Western-style diet may develop more dense breast tissue, possibly increasing their risk for breast cancer, a new report said.
Books: Review: ‘A Spirit of Charity’ Probes Struggle of Public Hospitals
The health care journalist Mike King examines the increasingly precarious state of the nation’s public hospitals, and the stinginess that threatens them.
A Conversation With: A Brain Surgeon’s Legacy Through a Grandson’s Eyes
In a new book, Luke Dittrich looks at the relationship between Dr. William Scoville and a patient and finds a dark history of mental health experimentation.
An Alternative Form of Mental Health Care Gains a Foothold
A movement toward largely nonmedical approaches, focused on holistic recovery rather than symptom treatment, is growing in the United States.
Almost All Lice Are Now Resistant to Over-the-Counter Treatment
The vast majority of head lice in the United States are now resistant to most over-the-counter treatments, meaning that it's now especially difficult to vanquish the tiny blood-sucking parasites, a...
Giant pouched rats sniff out tuberculosis in Africa
At a time when tuberculosis-related death rates worldwide surpass those from AIDS, two African countries are trying a TB test that is faster, cheaper and unorthodox: giant pouched rats.
Drowsy driving causes 1 in 5 fatal crashes: Report
HealthDay News Drowsy driving was a factor in crashes that claimed about 5,000 lives last year, a new report shows.
Employees 'still in shock' after lion mauls worker at Granby Zoo
A worker at the Granby Zoo in Quebec is being treated for cuts and a cervical fracture after being mauled by a lion.