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Marriage Improves Lung CancerMental Health

Marriage Improves Lung Cancer

Lung cancer outlook better for married patients

September 19, 2012·2 min read
Treating Pain in the NFLPrescription Drugs

Treating Pain in the NFL

National Football League task force sets recommendations for pain relieving drug use

September 19, 2012·3 min read
FDA Safety Alert on IntestinomicinaHealth News

FDA Safety Alert on Intestinomicina

Drug for infectious diarrhea

September 19, 2012·2 min read
Turning a Bad-Hood Into a Good OneHealth News

Turning a Bad-Hood Into a Good One

Triple negative breast cancer reduced with decorin

September 19, 2012·2 min read
Beating BullyingHealth News

Beating Bullying

Bullying examined and new approaches suggested

September 19, 2012·5 min read
An Intimate CancerFeatures

An Intimate Cancer

Vulvar cancer has symptoms women should not ignore

September 19, 2012·5 min read
Ultrasound Imaging System For Dense BreastsHealth News

Ultrasound Imaging System For Dense Breasts

Somo v ABUS Automated Breast Ultrasound System approved by FDA

September 19, 2012·2 min read
Online Communities for QuittingMental Health

Online Communities for Quitting

Smoking cessation success with accountability to online community

September 19, 2012·1 min read
Diabetes Drug Safer for More PatientsPrescription Drugs

Diabetes Drug Safer for More Patients

Metformin for type 2 diabetes lowers risks in patients with mild to moderate kidney impairment

September 19, 2012·4 min read
Cancer Tops Heart Disease As #1 Killer Health News

Cancer Tops Heart Disease As #1 Killer

Cancer is now leading cause of death among Hispanics

September 19, 2012·2 min read
Drinking & Early StrokesMental Health

Drinking & Early Strokes

Inner brain strokes can happen more than a decade premature from heavy drinking

September 19, 2012·2 min read
Insulin Type May Not Boost Cancer RiskPrescription Drugs

Insulin Type May Not Boost Cancer Risk

Type 2 diabetes patients starting insulin glargine did not have increased risk of cancer

September 19, 2012·2 min read
Less May Be More in Kidney DonationHealth News

Less May Be More in Kidney Donation

Single port nephrectomy for living kidney donors led to higher satisfaction

September 19, 2012·3 min read
Cell Phones and Cancer: No Clear ConnectionHealth News

Cell Phones and Cancer: No Clear Connection

Brain tumors are not linked to mobile phone or wireless use

September 18, 2012·3 min read
It Works If You Work ItMental Health

It Works If You Work It

Alcoholics Anonymous works best and in the long term when participants engage

September 18, 2012·2 min read
Steve Sabol Dies of Brain CancerHealth News

Steve Sabol Dies of Brain Cancer

Brain cancer takes NFL broadcasting legend

September 18, 2012·1 min read
Classroom Yoga Helps Kids with AutismMental Health

Classroom Yoga Helps Kids with Autism

Kids with autism had less disruptive behavior after doing morning yoga

September 18, 2012·2 min read
Smoker Vs. Never-Smoker Lung CancerHealth News

Smoker Vs. Never-Smoker Lung Cancer

Lung cancer cells in smokers have ten times the gene mutations than never smokers

September 18, 2012·2 min read
Saving Critical Surgical MinutesHealth News

Saving Critical Surgical Minutes

Kidney cancer tumor surgery has new FAST method

September 18, 2012·2 min read
All the Cool Kids Are Doing ItMental Health

All the Cool Kids Are Doing It

Smoking may be more common for popular kids in Hispanic high schools

September 18, 2012·2 min read
Working Up an Appetite? Not!Mental Health

Working Up an Appetite? Not!

Moderate to vigorous exercise helps lower hunger

September 18, 2012·2 min read
Quit the Bottle to Build Happy BonesNatural

Quit the Bottle to Build Happy Bones

Exercise and not drinking can help bones stay strong

September 18, 2012·2 min read
How Does HIV Affect the Brain?Mental Health

How Does HIV Affect the Brain?

HIV may cause dementia by affecting how brain cells grow and die says study in rats

September 17, 2012·2 min read
Mangoes Linked to SalmonellaNatural

Mangoes Linked to Salmonella

Agricola Daniella mangoes under FDA import alert

September 17, 2012·2 min read