Using vitamin D supplements while a woman was pregnant or after her child was born didn't help the baby grow, a new Canadian study found.
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Thursday 9 August 2018
Choosing to Induce Labor May Cut C-Section Risk
Women who chose to have their labor induced were less likely to need a C-section than women who let nature take its course, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine. And there was no evidence labor induction carried any added risks for their babies.
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U.S. Trauma Doctors Push for Stricter Gun Controls
Strict regulation of semi-automatic guns, accessories and ammunition, plus research, innovation, technology and cooperation are needed to tackle gun violence in much the same way they have been used to reduce car crash deaths by 27 percent over the past 20 years, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma says in a policy statement.
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Exercise Can Chase Away the Blues, to a Point
A new analysis of data from 1.2 million people in the United States found they reported 3.4 days a month of poor mental health on average. But those who were physically active had 1.5 fewer "down" days a month than those who were not active.
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Frequent Skin Cancers May Signal Risk of Others
For the study, the researchers analyzed the DNA of 61 patients with frequent basal cell carcinomas, and found 20 percent had mutations in genes that help repair DNA damage in body cells. Cancer arises when such abnormal cells grow and spread unchecked.
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