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Created on:Wednesday, September 08 2010
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Some 17 percent of all visits to U.S. hospital emergency room could be treated at retail medical clinics or urgent care centers, U.S. researchers say.
 
Created on:Wednesday, September 08 2010
LONDON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- One-third of mothers and one-fifth of fathers in Britain appear to experience some depression between their child's birth and age 12, researchers found.
 
Created on:Wednesday, September 08 2010
MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Chemicals used in the production of non-stick cookware and waterproof fabrics appear more likely to have elevated cholesterol levels, U.S. researchers say.
 
Created on:Wednesday, September 08 2010
CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The risk of psychosis is higher in cities than in rural areas and that may be a reflection of increased social fragmentation in cities, Welsh researchers said.
 
Created on:Wednesday, September 08 2010
KINGSTON, Ontario, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- One contact is all a 7-year-old child needs before deciding whom to trust for information, Canadian researchers say.
 
Created on:Wednesday, September 08 2010
KINGSTON, Ontario, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- One contact is all a 7-year-old child needs before deciding whom to trust for information, Canadian researchers say.
 
Created on:Tuesday, September 07 2010
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say some errant puffs cause some smokers to give up too soon on smoking cessation efforts.
 
Created on:Tuesday, September 07 2010
HOUSTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say screening for breast cancer needs to begin sooner for women of Mexican-ancestry than for other women.
 
Created on:Tuesday, September 07 2010
EDMONTON, Alberta, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- People with diabetes and high blood pressure who walk slowly or lose balance or say they're in bad health may have cognition issues, Canadian researchers say.
 
Created on:Tuesday, September 07 2010
ATLANTA, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- More than 1,000 U.S. babies die each year because of the effects of maternal smoking, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
 
Created on:Tuesday, September 07 2010
GHENT, Belgium, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A significant number of new HIV infections occur through high-risk behavior between young white homosexual men, researchers in Belgium say.
 
Created on:Tuesday, September 07 2010
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Farmers and foresters lead all occupations in healthy behaviors such as eating healthy and exercising, a U.S. survey indicates.
 
Created on:Tuesday, September 07 2010
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- California hospitals and clinics failed to diagnose whooping cough in eight babies until it was too late to save their lives, state health officials say.
 
Created on:Tuesday, September 07 2010
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Money can indeed buy happiness and it costs $75,000 a year for U.S. adults, researchers found.
 
Created on:Tuesday, September 07 2010
MAYWOOD, Ill., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Current screening for embolisms -- blood clots -- may not be enough to prevent them after brain surgery, U.S. researchers say.
 
Created on:Tuesday, September 07 2010
ATHENS, Ohio, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- About 17 million Americans, including 1.1 million children, experienced very low food security, and about 49 million have some food insecurity, researchers say.
 
Created on:Tuesday, September 07 2010
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Preventative mastectomies do reduce cancer risks for some women, U.S. researchers say.
 
Created on:Tuesday, September 07 2010
MANHATTAN, Kan., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- People use superstition to deal with uncertainty and decrease feelings of helplessness because it's easier than using coping strategies, U.S. researchers say.
 
Created on:Tuesday, September 07 2010
DURHAM, N.H., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Many students may assume the parent-teacher conference may be about their performance, but U.S. researchers say it's more about teacher/parent performance.
 
Created on:Monday, September 06 2010
HERSHEY, Pa., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- About one out of six Americans struggles with weight loss and few maintain weight loss, U.S. researchers say.

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