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Drugmakers pour $40 million into healthcare reform debate

July 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
Statistics show that the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), a lobbying group that represents 32 brandname drug companies, and its member companies have spent $40 million lobbying Congress as the lawmakers work to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system. Tags:

Doctors judge patients by their looks, studies show

July 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
Several studies have found that doctors treat patients differently depending on their race and body weight. Tags:

Floral Scent Soothes Stress

July 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
Title: Floral Scent Soothes Stress
Category: Health News
Created: 7/27/2009
Last Editorial Review: 7/27/2009 Tags:

Stress, Bad Bedtime Habits Cause Insomnia

July 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
Title: Stress, Bad Bedtime Habits Cause Insomnia
Category: Health News
Created: 7/25/2009 7:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/27/2009 Tags:

Snoozing May Help Women Shed Baby Weight

July 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
Title: Snoozing May Help Women Shed Baby Weight
Category: Health News
Created: 7/25/2009 7:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/27/2009 Tags:

Every Daytime Sedentary Hour Adds Three Minutes To Time Children Take To Fall Asleep

July 24th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Pediatrics / Children's Health
Every hour of the day children are inactive adds three minutes to the time it takes them to fall asleep, finds research published ahead of print in Archives of Disease in Childhood. Children who fall asleep faster also sleep for longer, the study shows, even though one is not the direct consequence of the other. Research indicates that around 16% of parents of school aged children say that their child finds it difficult to get to sleep. Tags:

Reid: No healthcare vote until after August recess

July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says there will be no vote on healthcare reform before Congress takes its August break, a move that would go against President Obama's announced timetable for its vote. Tags:

Active Kids Fall Asleep Faster

July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
Title: Active Kids Fall Asleep Faster
Category: Health News
Created: 7/23/2009
Last Editorial Review: 7/23/2009 Tags:

Physical Activity In Children Improves Their Sleeping Patterns

July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Pediatrics / Children's Health
A research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood reports that every hour of the day children are inactive adds three minutes to the time it takes them to fall asleep. The study indicates that children who fall asleep faster also sleep for longer. Although, it appears one is not the direct consequence of the other. Tags:

Researchers Find First Potential Pathogenic Mutation For Restless Legs Syndrome

July 22nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Neurology / Neuroscience
An international team of researchers led by scientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found what they believe is the first mutated gene linked to restless legs syndrome, a common neurologic disorder. The researchers, who reported the findings in the July 21 issue of Neurology, doubt that a large proportion of the millions of people who suffer from the syndrome have this mutated MEIS1 gene. Tags:
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