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US nixes sleep apnea test plan for truckers, train engineers

Saturday, 19 August 2017, 15:47 Last update: about 9 years ago

U.S. officials are abandoning plans to require sleep apnea screening for truck drivers and train engineers, a decision that safety experts say puts millions of lives at risk. The Federal Railroad...

Mater Dei Hospital to offer POYC one-stop shop services

Saturday, 19 August 2017, 15:19 Last update: about 9 years ago

The Pharmacy of Your Choice one-stop shop services will now be available from Mater Dei Hospital, the Health Ministry announced. The service will start on 22 August, and will meet the...

Hints that lifestyle changes might guard against dementia

Thursday, 17 August 2017, 15:46 Last update: about 9 years ago

Seek a good education. Control blood pressure and diabetes. Get off the couch. There are some hints, but no proof yet, that these and other lifestyle changes just might help stave off dementia. A...

Science Says: Not all cancers need treatment right away

Saturday, 12 August 2017, 16:43 Last update: about 9 years ago

The biopsy shows cancer, so you have to act fast, right? Not necessarily, if it's a prostate tumor. Men increasingly have choices if their cancer is found at an early stage, as most cases in the...

Older people dying on job at higher rate than all workers

Friday, 11 August 2017, 16:42 Last update: about 9 years ago

Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. It's...

Man's mammogram: AP writer gets test usually done on women

Thursday, 10 August 2017, 16:41 Last update: about 9 years ago

When I arrived for my first mammogram it didn't take long for my sense of secrecy to shatter. Behind the counter were five young women, unoccupied and anxious to help. "Andrew Dalton,...

Lifestyle changes to stave off Alzheimer's? Hints, no proof

Wednesday, 9 August 2017, 16:40 Last update: about 9 years ago

There are no proven ways to stave off Alzheimer's, but a new report raises the prospect that avoiding nine key risks starting in childhood just might delay or even prevent about a third of dementia...

How severe, ongoing stress can affect a child's brain

Tuesday, 8 August 2017, 16:34 Last update: about 9 years ago

A quiet, unsmiling little girl with big brown eyes crawls inside a carpeted cubicle, hugs a stuffed teddy bear tight, and turns her head away from the noisy classroom. The safe spaces, quiet...

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