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MONDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) — Cases of children rushed to the emergency room after accidentally swallowing coin-sized batteries found in many household gadgets have doubled over the past two decades, new research reveals. Serious complications — including fatalities — can arise when so-called “button batteries,” found in items ranging from remote-control devices to children’s [...]
Researchers at Harvard have gotten to the bottom of why so many of us are compelled to share our every thought, movement, like and want through mediums like Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram and Pinterest. In a series of experiments, the researchers found that the act of disclosing information about oneself activates the same sensation of pleasure in [...]
ATLANTA (AP) – Half of U.S. adults under 30 say they have had a sunburn at least once in the past year, a government survey found — a sign young people aren’t heeding the warnings about skin cancer. The rate of sunburn is about the same as it was 10 years earlier, reversing progress reported just [...]
(CBS News) The kids and staff at Seattle Children’s Hospital’s hematology oncology unit are proving that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Using Kelly Clarkson’s song “Stronger,” the group has created a music video to show that they won’t be brought down, despite being diagnosed with cancer. The video showcases many of the patients’ [...]
(CBS News) Treatable infections lead to two million cancer cases each year worldwide, a new study suggests. Out of 7.5 million people who died of cancer across the world in 2008, about 1.5 million were due to preventable and treatable infections such as human papillomavirus (HPV) and hepatitis C (HCV). “Infections with certain viruses, bacteria, [...]
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