Why Some People Sleep More Than Others
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Victoria RobertsExcessively long nights of sleep can be a sign that something is wrong. But in some people who are otherwise healthy, a need for unusually long amounts of sleep may simply be a genetic predisposition, writes C. Claibo
Read more >> http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/why-some-people-sleep-more-than-others/?ref=healthupdate&nl=health&emc=healthupdateemb2rne Ray in this week’s Science Times
Drug Scarcity’s Dire Cost, and Some Ways to Cope
By RONI CARYN RABIN
When Jenny Morrill, who has been battling ovarian cancer since 2007, went to the hospital for her scheduled chemotherapy“She said, ‘The good news is that you’re doing really well on this drug Doxil. The bad news is that we have no Doxil to give you,’ ” said Ms. Morrill, 55. “My jaw dropped.” treatment in June, the nurse greeted her with both good news and bad.
Read more >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/health/policy/the-personal-price-paid-for-shortages-of-doxil-and-other-drugs.html?_r=1&nl=health&emc=healthupdateema2
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Beware of Raw Cookie Dough
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Turns out mom was right: Keep your hands off the raw cookie dough.
Read more >>http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/beware-of-raw-cookie-dough/?nl=health&emc=healthupdateema2
Extreme Cleaning for the Holidays
By TARA PARKER-POPE
Children love to wake up to a house full of presents during the winter holidays. But for the grown-ups, one of the best gifts of all is waking up to a clean house. Today’s Home section offers advice from extreme cleaners.
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http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/extreme-cleaning-for-the-holidays/?ref=healthupdate&nl=health&emc=healthupdateemb2
The Twice-Victimized of Sexual Assault
By JANE E. BRODY
Nearly every woman I know can recall one or more instances in which she was sexually assaulted, harassed, threatened, inappropriately touched or even raped.
Read more >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/health/the-twice-victimized-of-sexual-assault.html?nl=health&emc=healthupdateemb3
Really? The Claim: Shoveling Snow Raises the Risk of a Heart Attack
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Every winter, as blizzards bury towns across the nation, reports inevitably surface of middle-aged snow-shovelers suffering heart attacks. Many health officials routinely warn that shoveling snow can raise the risk of heart attacks. But the warnings have largely been based on anecdotal reports.
Read more >> http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/really-the-claim-shoveling-snow-raises-the-risk-of-a-heart-attack/?nl=health&emc=healthupdateemb3
Prevention: Trial Vaccine for Norovirus Shows Promise
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
An experimental vaccine has been shown in a small study to protect people from norovirus, infamous for sickening hundreds in outbreaks aboard cruise ships. Read more >>
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/health/research/experimental-vaccine-for-norovirus-shows-promise.html?nl=health&emc=healthupdateema6
Patterns: Coffee May Help Cut Cancer Risk in Women
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
More good news for coffee drinkers: A large new study has found that women who drink four or more cups of coffee a day are at reduced risk of endometrial cancer (Endometrial cancer is cancer that starts in the endometrium, the lining of the uterus (womb).
Read more >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/health/research/four-daily-cups-of-coffee-may-cut-cancer-risk-in-women.html?nl=health&emc=healthupdateema6
A New Worry for Soccer Parents: Heading the Ball
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
What happens inside the skull of a soccer player who repeatedly heads a soccer ball? That question motivated a provocative new study of the brains of experienced players that has prompted discussion and debate in the soccer community, and some anxiety among those of us with soccer-playing offspring. Read more >> http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/a-new-worry-for-soccer-parents-heading-the-ball/?nl=health&emc=healthupdateema8
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