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• Consistent bed, wake time linked to healthier weight
• Low-fat fish oil changes cancer tissue in prostate cancer, study shows
• Canadians' foreign policy priority: Climate change
• Study reveals potential breakthrough in hearing technology
• Depression in pregnancy: New study shows preferences for therapy over medication
• Texting heart medication reminders improved patient adherence
• With board games, it's how children count that counts
• Influence of pro-smoking media messages lasts 7 days, study finds
• Comparing outcomes of device for chest compressions vs manual CPR
• Physical fitness significantly improves survival, prevents heart attacks in people with stable coronary artery disease
• Being an elite male athlete protects against type 2 diabetes in later life

Consistent bed, wake time linked to healthier weight Posted: 18 Nov 2013 10:30 AM PST Prior research has shown not getting enough sleep can impact your weight, but new research finds the consistency of your bed time and wake time can also influence body fat.

Low-fat fish oil changes cancer tissue in prostate cancer, study shows Posted: 18 Nov 2013 10:30 AM PST Men with prostate cancer who ate a low-fat diet and took fish oil supplements had lower levels of pro-inflammatory substances in their blood and a lower cell cycle progression score, a measure used to predict cancer recurrence, than men who ate a typical Western diet, researchers found.

Canadians' foreign policy priority: Climate change Posted: 18 Nov 2013 06:14 AM PST Canadians do not share the federal government's opinion when it comes to the fight against climate change. Canada should work more closely with other countries to address this issue, according to 63% of the participants in a new survey.

Study reveals potential breakthrough in hearing technology Posted: 18 Nov 2013 06:14 AM PST Computer engineers and hearing scientists have made a potential breakthrough in solving a 50-year-old problem in hearing technology: how to help the hearing-impaired understand speech in the midst of background noise.

Depression in pregnancy: New study shows preferences for therapy over medication Posted: 18 Nov 2013 06:14 AM PST Women with depression in the perinatal period experience a high degree of conflict in deciding whether and how to treat their depression, but strongly prefer treatments other than antidepressant medications, reports a study.

Texting heart medication reminders improved patient adherence Posted: 18 Nov 2013 05:12 AM PST Getting reminder texts helped patients take their heart medicines (anti-platelet and cholesterol-lowering drugs) more regularly, according to research.

With board games, it's how children count that counts Posted: 18 Nov 2013 05:12 AM PST Researchers have examined whether playing board games can help children improve math skills. It turns out the method children use to count as they move their tokens on a board game is directly linked to their gains in numeracy. The new study suggests parents and teachers need to direct children's attention to the numbers on the board game in order to realize math gains.

Influence of pro-smoking media messages lasts 7 days, study finds Posted: 18 Nov 2013 05:12 AM PST A first-of-its-kind study finds that an exposure to a single pro-smoking media message increases college-aged students' risk of using tobacco for seven days. The project is the first to attempt to quantify the persistence that cigarette advertising and other pro-smoking media messages have on consumers and has implications for policies that limit tobacco advertising and other efforts aimed at curbing youth tobacco use.

Comparing outcomes of device for chest compressions vs manual CPR Posted: 17 Nov 2013 12:57 PM PST Researchers assessed whether cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in which chest compressions are delivered with a mechanical device would result in superior 4-hour survival in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared to CPR with manual chest compression.

Physical fitness significantly improves survival, prevents heart attacks in people with stable coronary artery disease Posted: 17 Nov 2013 12:54 PM PST A new study highlights the importance of exercise and physical fitness among people with stable coronary artery disease. Researchers found that higher levels of physical fitness lower the risk of having heart attacks and increase survival in those with coronary artery disease, whether or not they have had a procedure to open up their blocked arteries.

Being an elite male athlete protects against type 2 diabetes in later life Posted: 15 Nov 2013 05:37 PM PST A study of almost 400 former elite male athletes shows that former status as an elite athlete reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in later life by 28 percent.

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