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• Decriminalizing pot may land more kids in the ER
• Divergent U.S. job-tenure patterns: Greater job continuity for married moms masks general trend toward shorter-term employment
• How to tell when bubbly goes bad before popping the cork
• Fewer than half of women attend recommended doctors visits after childbirth
• People who know their 'heart age' make greater improvements to their heart health
• Meal times could have a significant effect on the levels of triglycerides in the liver
• When cats bite: One in three patients bitten in hand hospitalized, infections common
• Nerve block eases troublesome hot flashes for menopausal women
• Dramatic rise in skin cancer among middle-aged adults, study shows
• With training, friends and family can help loved ones quit tobacco
• Thousands of unvaccinated adults die each year from preventable diseases in the U.S.
• Teens who consume energy drinks more likely to use alcohol, drugs
• 'Not my child:' Most parents fail to recognize if their child is overweight
• Happy people, safer sex: Good moods lead to safer sexual behavior in gay men
• Time to stub out misguided e-cigarette regulation, experts say
• What does 'whole grain' really mean? European definition published
• Stopping liver failure from common painkiller overdose
• Hispanic women opt for labor pain relief less often than others
• When it comes to memory, quality matters more than quantity
• For athletes, there's no place like home: 'Home field advantage' appears to be valid

Decriminalizing pot may land more kids in the ER Posted: 05 Feb 2014 09:55 AM PST States that decriminalized marijuana saw dramatic increases in children requiring medical intervention, although the overall number of unintentional marijuana exposures among children remained low. Researchers studied call volume to US poison centers from January 2005 through December 2011.

Divergent U.S. job-tenure patterns: Greater job continuity for married moms masks general trend toward shorter-term employment Posted: 05 Feb 2014 09:53 AM PST Have American jobs become less stable? Do workers change employers more frequently than in the past? Many Americans would probably say the answer to these questions is an obvious yes. Yet, for the past few decades researchers looking at the data haven't been so sure: average job tenure (the number of years working for the same employer) has been surprisingly stable over time. In a new study, sociologists solve this puzzle.

How to tell when bubbly goes bad before popping the cork Posted: 05 Feb 2014 08:34 AM PST In the rare case that New Year's revelers have a bottle of leftover bubbly, they have no way to tell if it'll stay good until they pop the cork and taste it at the next celebration. But now scientists are reporting a precise new way for wineries -- and their customers -- to predict how long their sparkling wines will last.

Fewer than half of women attend recommended doctors visits after childbirth Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:36 AM PST Medical associations widely recommend that women visit their obstetricians and primary care doctors shortly after giving birth, but slightly fewer than half make or keep those postpartum appointments, according to a study.

People who know their 'heart age' make greater improvements to their heart health Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:35 AM PST New research suggests that talking to patients about their heart health using the "Heart Age" concept, a simple way of estimating and expressing cardiovascular risk, promotes behavioral changes that result in a reduction in their CVD risk, leading to improved health outcomes.

Meal times could have a significant effect on the levels of triglycerides in the liver Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:35 AM PST New findings in mice suggest that merely changing meal times could have a significant effect on the levels of triglycerides in the liver. The results of this study not only have important implications for the potential treatment of metabolic diseases, they may also have broader implications for most research areas in the life sciences.

When cats bite: One in three patients bitten in hand hospitalized, infections common Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:31 AM PST Dogs aren't the only pets who sometimes bite the hands that feed them. Cats do too, and when they strike a hand, can inject bacteria deep into joints and tissue, perfect breeding grounds for infection. Cat bites to the hand are so dangerous, one in three patients with such wounds had to be hospitalized, a study covering three years showed. Of those hospitalized, two-thirds needed surgery. Middle-aged women were the most common bite victims, according to the research.

Nerve block eases troublesome hot flashes for menopausal women Posted: 05 Feb 2014 05:00 AM PST Injecting a little anesthetic near a nerve bundle in the neck cut troublesome hot flashes significantly, shows a new randomized, controlled trial. The technique could give women who cannot or prefer not to take hormones or other medications an effective treatment alternative.

Dramatic rise in skin cancer among middle-aged adults, study shows Posted: 04 Feb 2014 12:44 PM PST A new study found that among middle-aged men and women, 40 to 60 years old, the overall incidence of skin cancer increased nearly eightfold between 1970 and 2009, according to a study published.

With training, friends and family can help loved ones quit tobacco Posted: 04 Feb 2014 12:43 PM PST A new study finds that teaching people about smoking cessation -- even those without a medical background -- can motivate them to encourage their friends, family and acquaintances to stop smoking.

Thousands of unvaccinated adults die each year from preventable diseases in the U.S. Posted: 04 Feb 2014 09:36 AM PST While adults make up 95 percent of those who die annually from vaccine preventable diseases, a new study shows their vaccination rates remain stubbornly low, representing a growing public health concern.

Teens who consume energy drinks more likely to use alcohol, drugs Posted: 04 Feb 2014 08:18 AM PST Nearly one-third of US adolescents consume high-caffeine energy drinks or "shots," and these teens report higher rates of alcohol, cigarette, or drug use, reports a study.

'Not my child:' Most parents fail to recognize if their child is overweight Posted: 04 Feb 2014 07:21 AM PST A new meta-analysis study shows that more than 50 percent of parents underestimate the weight of their overweight or obese child.

Happy people, safer sex: Good moods lead to safer sexual behavior in gay men Posted: 04 Feb 2014 07:20 AM PST In a new study, researchers report that HIV-positive men whose moods improved in a given week were more likely to have safe sex than they would in a normal week. In weeks where moods were worse than usual, they were more likely to have unprotected sex.

Time to stub out misguided e-cigarette regulation, experts say Posted: 04 Feb 2014 07:20 AM PST Smokers are increasingly turning to electronic cigarettes as a means to reduce the health impacts of their addiction. But legislators around the world are far from unified in their approaches to regulating e-cigarettes. A new article offers details and critique of current legislation.

What does 'whole grain' really mean? European definition published Posted: 04 Feb 2014 07:17 AM PST The most comprehensive definition of whole grain termed to date has been published this week. The effort to create the definition, which is intended to assist in the production and labeling of foods rich in whole grains, was born of the HEALTHGRAIN EU project, the largest project ever focusing on cereals and health; and was led by a multi-disciplinary team from some of Europe's leading universities and food research institutes.

Stopping liver failure from common painkiller overdose Posted: 04 Feb 2014 07:14 AM PST Researchers have identified a key step for the future prevention of liver failure resulting from taking too much of the everyday painkiller acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol).

Hispanic women opt for labor pain relief less often than others Posted: 04 Feb 2014 07:14 AM PST Since the 1970s, the frequency and use of pain relief during childbirth – and most especially the use of epidural analgesia during labor – has increased dramatically. Reports on epidural rates range from 47 percent to as high as 76 percent of vaginal births, while between 39 percent and 56 percent of women use narcotic analgesics – including drugs like Fentanyl – via IV for managing labor and delivery pain. Only about 14 percent of women, the literature reveals, use no pharmacologic method to relieve childbirth pain.

When it comes to memory, quality matters more than quantity Posted: 04 Feb 2014 07:14 AM PST The capacity of our working memory is better explained by the quality of memories we can store than by their number, a team of psychology researchers has concluded.

For athletes, there's no place like home: 'Home field advantage' appears to be valid Posted: 04 Feb 2014 04:42 AM PST Research findings lend credence to the idea of a "home field advantage," according to a new paper. That should offer comfort for Russian teams in this year's Sochi Olympic Games.

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