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Headaches Hit Youngsters After Brain InjuryHealth News

Headaches Hit Youngsters After Brain Injury

Headaches and traumatic brain injury linked

December 12, 2011·2 min read
Mentally Accept the Ill Mental Health

Mentally Accept the Ill

Stigma intervention for families of mental health patients proves affective

December 12, 2011·1 min read
Two Sisters Help Understand One DiseaseHealth News

Two Sisters Help Understand One Disease

Follicular lymphoma evolution better understood after sister study

December 12, 2011·2 min read
Khat Dangerous for the HeartNatural

Khat Dangerous for the Heart

Natural amphetamine khat increases risk of stroke

December 12, 2011·2 min read
Crystal Ball for Brain TumorsPrescription Drugs

Crystal Ball for Brain Tumors

Glioblastoma multiforme with high APNG levels often resistant to chemotherapy

December 12, 2011·1 min read
MS and Gray MatterHealth News

MS and Gray Matter

Multiple Sclerosis may originate in cortex

December 12, 2011·2 min read
Pounds Encourage Prescription Prescription Drugs

Pounds Encourage Prescription

Antipsychotic medication metabolic risk determined based on weight

December 12, 2011·2 min read
Pacemaker Reuse Found SafeHealth News

Pacemaker Reuse Found Safe

Pacemakers from deceased Americans aid poor India arrhythmia patients

December 12, 2011·2 min read
Michael J. Fox Fights His Disease OnlineHealth News

Michael J. Fox Fights His Disease Online

Parkinsons disease research empowered by actor Fox

December 12, 2011·2 min read
Overactive Bladder's Impact on Quality of LifeMental Health

Overactive Bladder's Impact on Quality of Life

Life less enjoyable with overactive bladder symptoms

December 12, 2011·3 min read
A Safer Blood Thinner DosageHealth News

A Safer Blood Thinner Dosage

Atrial fibrillation anticoagulants can be dosed more safely

December 12, 2011·1 min read
Flu Vaccinations Under Your TongueHealth News

Flu Vaccinations Under Your Tongue

M2-based flu vaccination is successful in mice

December 12, 2011·2 min read
Cockroaches and Mice are Asthma's BFFHealth News

Cockroaches and Mice are Asthma's BFF

Asthma symptoms exacerbated by household pests

December 12, 2011·2 min read
Stopping Heart Attacks at a Cellular LevelHealth News

Stopping Heart Attacks at a Cellular Level

Cell regrowth reduction can prevent additional heart attacks

December 12, 2011·2 min read
It Takes a Team to Fight AnorexiaMental Health

It Takes a Team to Fight Anorexia

Anorexia study provides evidence for a higher calorie initial treatment

December 12, 2011·3 min read
Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Prone to ProblemsHealth News

Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Prone to Problems

Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation patients at higher risk of psychological or chronic health issues

December 12, 2011·2 min read
Inheriting Crohn's DiseaseHealth News

Inheriting Crohn's Disease

Crohns genes identified for more personalized treatment

December 12, 2011·2 min read
Migraine Sufferers Left a Dollar ShortOTC

Migraine Sufferers Left a Dollar Short

Migraine treatments and research lag behind other conditions

December 11, 2011·6 min read
Diabetes Loves the Graveyard ShiftNatural

Diabetes Loves the Graveyard Shift

Type 2 diabetes risk linked to long term rotating night shift work

December 11, 2011·3 min read
Young Ladies Say OuchHealth News

Young Ladies Say Ouch

Chronic pain among children affects girls more than boys

December 11, 2011·2 min read
Diabetes Drug and Exercise Don't MixPrescription Drugs

Diabetes Drug and Exercise Don't Mix

Prediabetic patients benefit less from exercise when metformin is added

December 11, 2011·2 min read
E.coli Found in Ready-to-Bake Cookie Dough Natural

E.coli Found in Ready-to-Bake Cookie Dough

Raw packaged dough contaminated with bacteria strain

December 11, 2011·2 min read
Obese Kids Need Vitamin DNatural

Obese Kids Need Vitamin D

Vitamin D deficiency in obese children may play a part in development of type 2 diabetes

December 11, 2011·2 min read
Do Birth Control Drugs Cause Blood Clots?Prescription Drugs

Do Birth Control Drugs Cause Blood Clots?

Yaz and other contraceptive pills may raise blood clot risk

December 11, 2011·2 min read