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Obesity and Health Issues Impact MS Diagnosis Timeliness

“Our study suggests that doctors who treat people with chronic diseases should not attribute new neurological symptoms such as numbness and tingling to…

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Vigorous Activity Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Risk in Women

A study of more than thirty thousand postmenopausal American women, reported in BioMed Central’s open access journal Breast Cancer Research, has revealed that…

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Malaria Decline in The Gambia Sparks Elimination Hopes in Africa

The findings from the study, which was funded by the UK Medical Research Council, appear in today’s Lancet, and raise the possibility of eliminating malaria as…

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24-Hour Drinking Changes Hospital Attendance Patterns

A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, shows no significant decrease in alcohol-related attendances after 24-hour drinking was…

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Frequent Urination May Lower Bladder Cancer Risk

Night-time is usually the period during which there is the longest time interval between urination. For this reason the “length of time carcinogenic agents,…

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Metal Hazards in Table Wines: Key Findings from Kingston Study

Professor Declan Naughton and Doctor Andrea Petróczi from Kingston University, South West London, carried out the study, using a formula developed by the…

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Blue Light Benefits: Boosting Alertness in Office Workers

The research also showed improvements in subjective measures of positive moods, work performance, fatigue in the evening, irritability, ability to concentrate…

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Clock Shifts Linked to Heart Attack Risk, Study Finds

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet have examined how the incidence of myocardial infarction in Sweden has changed with the summer and winter clock-shifts…

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Hypertension Linked to Depression in Elderly Patients

A positive association between hypertension and depression has been reported in some inquiries but not in others, and the relationship was limited to…

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Measuring Illness Behavior: The Illness Attitude Scales Explained

The Illness Attitude Scales (IAS) were developed by Robert Kellner as a clinimetric index for measuring hypochondriacal fears and beliefs (worry about illness,…

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New Grant Boosts Development of Blood Substitutes

Anyone who has given blood or received a transfusion knows just how vital blood supplies are. Although no one would doubt the need for blood in life-saving…

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Bipolar Disorder’s Impact on Life Quality: New Research Insights

Part of the results of this research work has been included in a scientific paper of the August 2008 issue of the renowned international journal Bipolar…

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New Mechanism Behind Breathlessness in Lung Patients Revealed

“We identified a new mechanism that explains why some patients with IPF get more short of breath than others, in spite of similar levels of lung scarring,”…

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Large Hormone Dose May Lower PTSD Risk, Study Finds

In an animal model of PTSD, high doses of a cortisol-related substance, corticosterone, prevented negative consequences of stress exposure, including increased…

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Meth Abuse Tied to Underage Sex, Smoking, and Drinking Risks

Research published today in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics reveals the risk factors associated with MA use, in both low-risk children (those who don’t…

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Green Neighborhoods: A Solution to Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity can lead to type 2 diabetes, asthma, hypertension, sleep apnea and emotional distress. Obese children and youth are likely to be obese as…

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