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Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

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Origami Risk, based in Glencoe, Ill., has hired Mary Culpepper as a senior account executive and added Jason Franks as sales director. Culpepper is a 17-year industry veteran with significant RMIS expertise. She is responsible for RMIS implementations, product management … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) — High levels of a personality trait called harm avoidance — which includes excessive worrying, pessimism, fear and fatigue — is associated with a higher stroke risk, a new study indicates. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

The risk to public health from a severe nuclear power plant accident in the United States is “very small” because reactor operators should have time to prevent core damage and reduce the release of radioactive materials, U.S. nuclear regulators said … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a new study of some 3,000 older adults, those with the highest levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood were 30 percent less likely to develop an irregular heartbeat over the next 14 years than peers with the low… View full post on Yahoo! Health News

(Reuters) – The risk to public health from a severe nuclear power plant accident in the United States is "very small" because reactor operators should have time to prevent core damage and reduce the release of radioactive materials, U.S…. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday announced that the California Department of Insurance has joined with Washington and New York to require insurers to respond to the Climate Risk Survey adopted in 2009 by the National Association of Insurance … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

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TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — Older women who take popular medications to control indigestion and heartburn may put themselves at higher risk for hip fractures, researchers report. View full post on Yahoo! Health News