http://pligg.ncnm.edu Your Source for Social News and Networking Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:37:29 PDT en http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=no-cure-for-morning-sickness-just-yet-shots-health-news-blog-npr http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=no-cure-for-morning-sickness-just-yet-shots-health-news-blog-npr Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:37:29 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=no-cure-for-morning-sickness-just-yet-shots-health-news-blog-npr
There's still no reliable treatment to relieve vomiting and feelings of nausea in early-term pregnant women, according to a review of 27 clinical trials ...

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=half-of-untreatable-asthma-cases-may-be-treatable-%7C-reuters http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=half-of-untreatable-asthma-cases-may-be-treatable-%7C-reuters Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:36:36 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=half-of-untreatable-asthma-cases-may-be-treatable-%7C-reuters
But after thoroughly evaluating the evidence to date, Drs. Andrew Bush and Sejal Saglani of the Imperial School of Medicine, in London, think that the true number of problematic asthma cases may be far lower. A lot of children, they say, carry a misdiagno

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=pneumococcal-shots-give-space-for-new-strains-study-%7C-reuters http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=pneumococcal-shots-give-space-for-new-strains-study-%7C-reuters Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:14:06 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=pneumococcal-shots-give-space-for-new-strains-study-%7C-reuters
Experts say there are as many as 90 different types of Streptococcus pneumonia bacteria, or pneumococcus, which can cause serious illnesses such as pneumonia and meningiti

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=wyeth-paid-writers-to-promote-hormone-therapy-study-%7C-reuters http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=wyeth-paid-writers-to-promote-hormone-therapy-study-%7C-reuters Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:47:49 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=wyeth-paid-writers-to-promote-hormone-therapy-study-%7C-reuters

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=groups-of-friends-key-to-changing-health-behaviors-%7C-reuters http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=groups-of-friends-key-to-changing-health-behaviors-%7C-reuters Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:10:21 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=groups-of-friends-key-to-changing-health-behaviors-%7C-reuters
Social scientists have assumed that changing behavior would spread like the flu, which transmits best via individuals with lots of long-distance contacts.

But to change behavior, you need to be surrounded by the

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=is-lower-thyroid-activity-linked-to-longevity-%7C-reuters http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=is-lower-thyroid-activity-linked-to-longevity-%7C-reuters Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:17:06 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=is-lower-thyroid-activity-linked-to-longevity-%7C-reuters
1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=monkeypox-rising-in-wake-of-smallpox-eradication-%7C-reuters http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=monkeypox-rising-in-wake-of-smallpox-eradication-%7C-reuters Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:03:51 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=monkeypox-rising-in-wake-of-smallpox-eradication-%7C-reuters
A new study suggests that the monkeypox virus, which the smallpox vaccine also grants immunity against, is now at least 20 times as common as it was shortly after victory over smallpox had been declared.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=future-of-primary-care-some-say-medical-home-npr http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=future-of-primary-care-some-say-medical-home-npr Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:59:50 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=future-of-primary-care-some-say-medical-home-npr
In a nutshell, that's the idea behind what's called the "patient-centered medical home." It's an idea that's spreading around the nation.

"I don't mean to sound in

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=series-overview-primary-care-under-pressure-npr http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=series-overview-primary-care-under-pressure-npr Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:59:02 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=series-overview-primary-care-under-pressure-npr
A major reason is the graying of the massive baby boom generation: By 2030, 70 million Americans - 1 of every 5 - will be over age 65. And seniors need and use more medical care.

The new health law will also add to the demand for one-on-one care. By 2019, an estimated 32 million more Americans will

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=nigeria-warns-of-nationwide-cholera-risk-as-352-die-%7C-reuters http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=nigeria-warns-of-nationwide-cholera-risk-as-352-die-%7C-reuters Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:13:44 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=nigeria-warns-of-nationwide-cholera-risk-as-352-die-%7C-reuters
The health ministry said 6,437 cases had been reported across 11 of the country's 36 states since June. It said heavy rains and flooding in rural areas where safe drinking water and sanitary facilities are sca

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=fda-gets-tougher-with-certain-drug-trials-%7C-reuters http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=fda-gets-tougher-with-certain-drug-trials-%7C-reuters Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:13:02 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=fda-gets-tougher-with-certain-drug-trials-%7C-reuters
Such trials, known as non-inferiority trials, are used when drugmakers want to compare their experimental product to another one that is already FDA-approved. By showing that their new

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=bbc-news-broccoli-boosts-healthy-gut http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=bbc-news-broccoli-boosts-healthy-gut Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:44:00 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=bbc-news-broccoli-boosts-healthy-gut
Laboratory studies show fibres from the vegetables may boost the body's natural defences against stomach infections.

Trials are under way to see if they could be used as a medical food for patients with Crohn's disease.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=bucking-the-trend-primary-care-doc-practices-solo-npr http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=bucking-the-trend-primary-care-doc-practices-solo-npr Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:30:49 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=bucking-the-trend-primary-care-doc-practices-solo-npr
But Cathy Crute wants to get one thing straight from the get-go: She is not a dinosaur ...

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=digital-overload-your-brain-on-gadgets-npr http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=digital-overload-your-brain-on-gadgets-npr Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:08:54 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=digital-overload-your-brain-on-gadgets-npr ...
It's an onslaught of information coming in today,"
...
Richtel has spent the past several months researching the toll technology and "information juggling" is taking on our lives - and our brains. His series

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=bbc-news-is-multi-tasking-a-myth http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=bbc-news-is-multi-tasking-a-myth Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:05:24 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=bbc-news-is-multi-tasking-a-myth
1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=common-acne-treatments-linked-to-bowel-problems-%7C-reuters http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=common-acne-treatments-linked-to-bowel-problems-%7C-reuters Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:04:21 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=common-acne-treatments-linked-to-bowel-problems-%7C-reuters
1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=radiologists-call-for-curbs-on-overuse-of-imaging-%7C-reuters http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=radiologists-call-for-curbs-on-overuse-of-imaging-%7C-reuters Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:01:36 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=radiologists-call-for-curbs-on-overuse-of-imaging-%7C-reuters
1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=healing-rural-patients-with-a-dose-of-broadband-npr http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=healing-rural-patients-with-a-dose-of-broadband-npr Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:47:21 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=healing-rural-patients-with-a-dose-of-broadband-npr
As part of its National Broadband Plan, the Federal Communications Commission has pledged $400 million a year to connect nearly 10,

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=hearing-loss-on-the-increase-among-u-s-teens-%7C-reuters http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=hearing-loss-on-the-increase-among-u-s-teens-%7C-reuters Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:28:30 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=hearing-loss-on-the-increase-among-u-s-teens-%7C-reuters
"Teenagers really underestimate how much noise they are exposed to," Dr. Josef Shargorodsky of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston told Reuters Health.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=fish-oil-may-curb-depression-among-teen-boys-%7C-reuters-1 http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=fish-oil-may-curb-depression-among-teen-boys-%7C-reuters-1 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:16:08 PDT http://pligg.ncnm.edu/story.php?title=fish-oil-may-curb-depression-among-teen-boys-%7C-reuters-1
The same does not appear to hold for teen girls, however.

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