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More Safety Points for HPV VaccinePrescription Drugs

More Safety Points for HPV Vaccine

Gardasil vaccine for HPV does not lead to autoimmune diseases after immunization

January 27, 2012·3 min read
Dropping a Bomb on CancerHealth News

Dropping a Bomb on Cancer

Cancer treatment with alpha radiation

January 27, 2012·2 min read
Evolutionary Gender Differences Mental Health

Evolutionary Gender Differences

Behavior aggression and prejudice differs between men and women

January 27, 2012·2 min read
Reevaluating Arrhythmia PatientsHealth News

Reevaluating Arrhythmia Patients

Doctors urge reevaluation of implantable defibrillator generator replacements

January 27, 2012·2 min read
Childhood BMI Linked to Asthma and AllergiesHealth News

Childhood BMI Linked to Asthma and Allergies

High BMI may increase asthma and allergy risk in children

January 27, 2012·3 min read
Spit Test Accurate for HIV DiagnosisHealth News

Spit Test Accurate for HIV Diagnosis

Oral saliva HIV test as effective as blood test

January 27, 2012·2 min read
Predicting Life After Lung CancerHealth News

Predicting Life After Lung Cancer

Lung cancer assay accurately predicts prognosis

January 26, 2012·3 min read
Does Your Baby Have Acid Reflux?Features

Does Your Baby Have Acid Reflux?

Identifying acid reflux in infants

January 26, 2012·4 min read
Autism Often Comes with Other Conditions Mental Health

Autism Often Comes with Other Conditions

Autistic childrens condition changes over time and can be related to other conditions

January 26, 2012·2 min read
Explaining Boys' Language Delay Natural

Explaining Boys' Language Delay

Testosterone exposure doubles risk of having impaired language

January 26, 2012·1 min read
Risperidone Effective in Treating Childhood ManiaPrescription Drugs

Risperidone Effective in Treating Childhood Mania

Bipolar medications effective but come with side effects

January 26, 2012·2 min read
Cell Phones Used to Prevent DepressionMental Health

Cell Phones Used to Prevent Depression

Depressive Disorder effectively prevented with cell phone messaging program

January 26, 2012·2 min read
Kidney Failure's Bleeding RiskHealth News

Kidney Failure's Bleeding Risk

Kidney failure patients have high rates of gastrointestinal bleeding

January 26, 2012·3 min read
How Does Thalidomide Treat Multiple Myeloma?Prescription Drugs

How Does Thalidomide Treat Multiple Myeloma?

Multiple myeloma and treatment with thalidomide

January 26, 2012·1 min read
Men More Oral Than WomenHealth News

Men More Oral Than Women

Oral HPV infection more prevalent in men than women

January 26, 2012·2 min read
I'll Take Some Bacteria With my Raw MilkNatural

I'll Take Some Bacteria With my Raw Milk

Raw unpasteurized milk suspected in bacterial infection

January 26, 2012·2 min read
You've Come a Long Way Baby - Now StopNatural

You've Come a Long Way Baby - Now Stop

Cancer rates higher for women who smoke

January 26, 2012·2 min read
OTC Supplement Dims Ovarian Cancer Prescription Drugs

OTC Supplement Dims Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer cells killed with DIM

January 26, 2012·2 min read
FDA Versus RanbaxyPrescription Drugs

FDA Versus Ranbaxy

Ranbaxy focus on the Department of Justice

January 26, 2012·4 min read
Breaking Down the Cost of AsthmaHealth News

Breaking Down the Cost of Asthma

Asthma career cost measured economic burden in riverside and long beach communities

January 26, 2012·2 min read
Saving Your T-Cells For a Rainy DayPrescription Drugs

Saving Your T-Cells For a Rainy Day

T cell auto transplant post chemotherapy prolongs remission

January 25, 2012·2 min read
A Dose of Dairy for Your JointsNatural

A Dose of Dairy for Your Joints

Gout patients may reduce risk of flares by consuming enriched skim milk powder

January 25, 2012·2 min read
Drinking in College: Some Demographics Mental Health

Drinking in College: Some Demographics

More alcohol is consumed by off campus party hosts than other college students

January 25, 2012·2 min read
A New Safe and Effective COPD TreatmentPrescription Drugs

A New Safe and Effective COPD Treatment

Relovair is safe and effective COPD treatment in clinical trial

January 25, 2012·2 min read