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One in 16 youth play the "choking game:" study - Yahoo! News

news.yahoo.com — “From Yahoo! News: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a 2009 survey of eighth graders in Oregon, one in 16 said they had participated in the "choking game," according to research published Monday. The game -- a misnomer because of its risks, researchers say -- involves putting pressure on the neck with a towel or belt to cut off someone's oxygen supply, then releasing the pressure to give a "high" sensation. The one-in-16 figure is in line with research from elsewhere in the UniteView full resource at news.yahoo.com

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MLB honors Jackie Robinson with ballpark tributes - Yahoo! News

news.yahoo.com — “From Yahoo! News: NEW YORK (AP) LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball.View full resource at news.yahoo.com

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Beer makes men smarter: study - NY Daily News

nydailynews.com — “Beer makes men smarter. So say researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago. They found that men with a couple beers under their belts were actually better at solving brain-teasers than their sober counterparts.View full resource at nydailynews.com

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Giving Patients Choices in Colon Cancer Screening - NYTimes.com

well.blogs.nytimes.com — “A new study shows that patients are far less likely to undergo screening for colon cancer if their doctors recommend only colonoscopy, rather than offering other screening options.View full resource at well.blogs.nytimes.com

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The Ethics of Spending $25,000 on Pet Health Care - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com

nytimes.com — “Is it ethical to spend $25,000 at the vet? Is it O.K. to have a pet if you can't afford such treatments?View full resource at nytimes.com

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Immigrants may have higher risk of preeclampsia in pregnancy - Health - CBC News

cbc.ca — “Women from Hispanic, Sub-Saharan African or Caribbean countries are three times more likely than women from industrialized nations to develop a pregnancy complication called serious preeclampsia, a new study has foundView full resource at cbc.ca

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Spontaneous gene glitches linked to autism risk with older dads, April 4, 2012 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

nih.gov — “Researchers have turned up a new clue to the workings of a possible environmental factor in: fathers were four times more likely than mothers to transmit tiny, spontaneous mutations to their children with the disorders. Moreover, the number of such transmitted genetic glitches increased with paternal age. The discovery may help to explain earlier evidence linking autism risk to older fathers.View full resource at nih.gov

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Mayor Bloomberg, Nissan Unveil "Taxi Of Tomorrow" - NY1.com

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Advertisers Expected To Tap Mobile Health Apps To Market Products - iHealthBeat

ihealthbeat.org — “Mobile health applications likely will become a popular advertising platform as more U.S. residents use mobile devices to obtain health information. Experts note that the apps have a higher return on investment than many other advertising platforms. New York Times.View full resource at ihealthbeat.org

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Childbirth takes longer now than 50 years ago - Reproductive System News

empowher.com — “NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many tasks can be tackled more quickly now than 50 years ago, but delivering a baby is not one of them, a new U.S.View full resource at empowher.com

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Rethinking the Value of Pets - NYTimes.com

newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com — “For the elderly, it's not always clear that the benefits of pet ownership outweigh the risks.View full resource at newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com

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Postpartum depression tied to domestic violence - Yahoo! News

news.yahoo.com — “From Yahoo! News: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mothers with postpartum depression are more likely to be in a violent relationship than moms without depression, and new mothers in abusive relationships are more likely to suffer postpartum depression, according to a new survey of women with infants. "I think intuitively and clinically it's not surprising that there would be an overlap between depression and intimate partner violence," said Dr. Linda Chaudron, a psychiatry professor at theView full resource at news.yahoo.com

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Too much sitting linked to shortened lives | Reuters

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