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Producing enough food to feed the world’s growing population is becoming a major concern.
UC HEALTH LINE: Women Should Speak With Physician About HPV Concerns
CINCINNATI—It’s Cervical Cancer Screening Month, and women’s health professionals suggest that women of all ages educate themselves about the human papillomavirus (HPV), known to be present in most all cervical cancers. ...Physician’s Weight May Influence Obesity Diagnosis and Care
A patient’s body mass index (BMI) may not be the only factor at play when a physician diagnoses a patient as obese. ...New Research Study Identifies Why Some Young People Choose to Get Tested for STDs and Others Don’t
PHILADELPHIA – A recent study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland identified the reasons why college-age individuals would be tested for sexually transmitted diseases. ...Shaping the future: applying therapy research to practice
HSC Research and Development ...5 Questions: Magnus on the role of research ethics consultations
In the past decade, a growing number of academic medical centers have begun offering research ethics consultation services, in which bioethics experts help scientists address the ethical and societal implications of their laboratory and clinical experiments. ...Long-term effect of war on healthcare costs
In the largest study of its kind, researchers have found that exposure to war and its effect on mental health are linked to a substantial increase in health care costs which remain high many years after the conflict. ...Let maths count: it can, and should, play a role in health care
University of Twente PhD student Maartje Zonderland is a mathematician who has developed new planning methods to improve the distribution of hospital capacity....Pioneering Helplines Provide Care for the Caregivers
Piscataway, N.J. -- About 40 current and new peer counselors met on January 9 at UMDNJ-University Behavioral HealthCare's Piscataway headquarters to learn more about the philosophy of reciprocal peer support – the driving force behind the pioneering peer-support helplines Mom2Mom, Cop2Cop, Vet2Vet and now the national Vets4Warriors helpline that went live just last month. ...CDC report finds large decline in lower-limb amputations among U.S. adults with diagnosed diabetes
The rate of leg and foot amputations among U.S. adults aged 40 and older with diagnosed diabetes declined by 65 percent between 1996 and 2008, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published today in the journal, Diabetes Care. ...
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- WHO concerned that new H5N1 influenza research could undermine the 2011 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework
- FDA Issues Early Communication about Ongoing Safety Review of Weight Loss Drug Orlistat
- Neuroscientists Find That Status within Groups Can Affect IQ
- Stanford's Roundtable discusses longevity, aging and its impacts on society
- Doubts over vein blockages in people with MS
- Gun ownership, carrying a gun linked to heavy alcohol use
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- Study recommends that parents, physicians share decisions in sex development disorder surgery
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Jon
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12/10/2011 16:41:04
One reason people get the wrong idea: articles like yours that talk about "association with the risks of smoking"
Hello? Are you familiar with the ...
brigitte
on
07/10/2011 14:29:44
Those listed items are not going to make much impact. Smoking compromises babies, but doesn't result in prematurity anymore than any other imperfect practice prenatally. ...
admin
on
06/10/2011 18:47:06
Actually there is a great deal of published evidence of fluoride in drinking water severely harming the health of users.
Try examining the dozens of clinical ...
Richard Windsor
on
29/09/2011 05:25:07
Point to a single double-blind placebo controlled trial that meets modern standards of evidence based medicine and I might consider your argument.
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28/09/2011 04:57:08
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