By ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2UAGTxG
Thursday, 14 March 2019
How Big Tobacco Hooked Children on Sugary Drinks
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Do Social Media Hurt Mental Health of US Young?
Investigators found that beginning in the mid-2000s, those under the age of 26 started reporting a huge rise in symptoms related to depression, distress and suicidal thoughts or attempts.
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Jury Awards $29.4 Million in Talcum-Cancer Trial
Johnson & Johnson says its products do not contain asbestos, and said it will appeal Wednesday's jury decision.
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U.S. Dementia-Linked Death Rate More Than Doubles
The analysis found that dementia was the primary cause for nearly 262,000 deaths in 2017, nearly half from Alzheimer's disease. That's up from about 84,000 deaths attributed to dementia in 2000.
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New Drug Could Help Tough-to-Treat Cholesterol
After a year of testing, the new drug, bempedoic acid, lowered "bad" LDL cholesterol levels by 18 percentage points, researchers found.
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