LIVING HEALTHY

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• Doctors May Go Along with Parents' Decisions to Keep Them as Patients

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• Mar 02, 2015 06:34 PM EST

• Doctors who allow parents to delay vaccinations said they do it to help build a rapport with families and to avoid losing them as patients

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• Money or job problems played a role in more than 37% of middle-aged suicides in 2010

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• Feb 28, 2015 06:20 PM EST

• Financial pressure may be the factor that triggers a suicidal action in someone who may have only been considering suicide. The financial crisis called the Great Recession may have contributed to an increase in suicides in middle-aged Americans.

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• Ticks and tick-borne diseases may spread with climate change

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• Feb 28, 2015 06:12 PM EST

• Climate change is causing disease-carrying ticks to show up earlier in the year and is expanding their territory. This could increase the risk for contracting Lyme disease, one of the tick-borne diseases that are common in the northeaster U.S.

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• Can't Sleep Often? See How It May Lead To Higher Risk Of Death

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• Feb 28, 2015 08:08 AM EST

• Researchers found a link between persistent insomnia and premature death.

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• Yes, Headphones Can Cause Hearing Loss

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• Feb 27, 2015 11:09 PM EST

• While we can never live our lives without sound, extreme noise can be very damaging, and you are more likely a part of the statistic.

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• Watching TV Can Increase Childhood High Blood Pressure

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• Feb 27, 2015 10:16 PM EST

• If you think that high blood pressure affects only adults, then you haven’t read the new study, which states even children are at risk of it. One of the culprits is in your home: TV.

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• Even after you come in from the sun, your skin is being damaged

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• Feb 27, 2015 07:19 PM EST

• Skin damage caused by ultraviolet A rays from the sun continues even after you have gone indoors. Half the damage to skin due to sun exposure appears to occur up to 4 hours after you have come in out of the sun.

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• C. diff killed 29,000 people in 2011

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• Feb 27, 2015 07:12 PM EST

• In 2011 there were nearly half a million cases of infection with Clostridium difficile, a severe gastrointestinal infection that can be deadly.

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• Sleeping Longer Than You Should? That May Not Be Good

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• Feb 25, 2015 11:43 PM EST

• How many hours do you sleep in a day? If you’ve been dozing off for more than you should, you may be at risk of stroke, new study suggests.

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• Here's a New Facebook Feature for Suicide Prevention

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• Feb 25, 2015 10:02 PM EST

• Facebook has launched a new feature designed for suicide prevention.

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• Mindfulness meditation appears to help older folks with sleep problems

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• Feb 24, 2015 07:12 PM EST

• A new study has found that a form of meditation may help people with moderate sleep problems.

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• Dishwashers May Lead to Children's Allergies

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• Feb 23, 2015 11:40 PM EST

• If you want to reduce the risk of allergies in children, you should start washing your dishes by hand.