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Kids’ concussions need follow-up after ER visit (Reuters)

Reuters – More than 100,000 U.S. children visit the emergency room for a concussion each year, with many discharged without instructions to get needed follow-up care, a new study suggests.

Does Hope Have a Dark Side? (HealthDay)

HealthDay – THURSDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) — Imagine suffering from a chronic illness that challenges you every single day. You have aches and pains, difficulty getting around and sometimes suffer from surprising decreases in energy. You take fistfuls of medication for relief and endure countless medical procedures to keep the illness from progressing.

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Insulin resistance may cause Alzheimer plaques (Reuters)

Reuters – People with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes are more likely to develop plaques in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers in Japan reported on Thursday.

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Link Between Diabetes, Alzheimer’s Disease Strengthened (HealthDay)

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) — Two of the most common and dreaded illnesses in America may share a connection, with new research suggesting that having insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes raises your risk of developing the brain plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

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Even Before Recession, 14 Million Kids ‘Underinsured’: Study (HealthDay)

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) — Even prior to the onset of the economic recession in 2008, nearly one in four American parents with health insurance reported that their coverage was so inadequate they were unable to access the medical care their children needed.

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In Some Patients, Hypertension Meds Raise Blood Pressure (HealthDay)

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) — Popular prescription medications taken to control hypertension may actually boost blood pressure in a “statistically significant” percentage of patients, researchers report.

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U.S. Child Abuse Cases Falling, Despite Recession (HealthDay)

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) — Child abuse rates in the United States declined between 2007 and 2008 despite the onset of the economic recession, a new study has found.

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