Articles Tagged “Health”
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Iodine deficiency during pregnancy can cause mental retardation to babies
Deficiency of iodine in the body during pregnancy can cause mental retardation in the case of infants, according to to a study conducted in UK and published in the journal The Lancet. Even a minor…
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One hour of hookah smoking compared to smoking 200 cigarettes
British doctors noticed a growing number of young people who smoke hookah, and end to have big health problems. Specialists from the first aid center in Leicester have been surprised by the large number of…
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Why women live longer than men?
This difference – known and investigated for a long time – has complex causes, but a recent study showed that among the factors involved, there are two with a more important role than previously thought:…
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Stress: torment us, but we can not accept
Stress is a taboo when it comes to why people missing from work: in Britain, one fifth of their employees take sick leave because of it, but half of them recognize that stress takes over.…
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Hayes Advocates Evidence-Based Methods to Diabetes Care
For that 24 million Americans coping with diabetes and also the 57 million more that are prone to developing diabetes type 2, treatment approaches still evolve as new research targets better methods to improve patient…
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Mandatory Curbs on Food Salt Content 20 Times Far better Than Voluntary Curbs
Imposing statutory limits about the salt content of processed foods might be 20 times far better than voluntary curbs by industry, finds research published online within the journal Heart. The Australian researchers assessed the general…
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Short sleep increases risk of death and over-long sleep can indicate serious illness
Research carried out by the University of Warwick in collaboration with the Federico II University Medical School in Naples, Italy, has found that people who sleep for less than six hours each night were 12%…
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Climate change and its influence on human health
John Balbus, MD, MPH, Senior Advisor for Public Health for the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), will discuss the significant public health threats and opportunities presented by climate change and the way children…
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New method makes vaccines stable at tropical temperatures
A cheap and simple way of making vaccines stable – even at tropical temperatures – has been proven to work by scientists at Oxford University. The British technology, developed by specialist manufacturer Nova Bio-Pharma Technologies,…
Researchers Tackle Ductal Carcinoma in Situ and Its Many Unanswered Questions
by admin on Jan 14, 2010 | No Comments
An article and commentary published online January 13 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute review available data on diagnosis and management of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), and offer recommendations for the field.…
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