When it comes to changing health behaviors, it takes more than a far-flung network of friends on Facebook egging you on. It takes a jostling herd, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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
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Drugmaker Wyeth used ghostwriters to play up the benefits and downplay the harm of hormone replacement therapy in articles published in medical journals, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
Pneumococcal shots give space for new strains: study | Reuters
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Fighting pneumococcal disease with immunizations is like trying to hit a moving target because vaccines that zero in on certain strains also make space for new types to develop and dominate, Dutch scientists said on Tuesday.
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
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
Half of untreatable asthma cases may be treatable | Reuters
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Approximately one in every 10 kids in the U.S. has asthma. And about one in 20 has a severe form that doesn't respond to standard therapies.
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
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
No Cure For Morning Sickness Just Yet : Shots - Health News Blog : NPR
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Expectant moms in search of help with morning sickness will have to keep looking.
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 ...
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 ...
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