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Obesity Leads to Younger Breast CancerNatural

Obesity Leads to Younger Breast Cancer

Breast cancer seen in younger obese women who begin menstruating before age of 10

October 20, 2011·2 min read
Cervical Cancer Screening UpdateHealth News

Cervical Cancer Screening Update

US Preventive Services issues draft cervical cancer screening recommendations

October 20, 2011·1 min read
New Answers for Infertility and MiscarriageHealth News

New Answers for Infertility and Miscarriage

Infertility and miscarriage protein identified

October 20, 2011·2 min read
Radiotherapy After Lumpectomies WorksClinical Trials

Radiotherapy After Lumpectomies Works

Radiotherapy after lumpectomies cuts recurrence and mortality risks

October 19, 2011·2 min read
Shy or Social Phobic?Prescription Drugs

Shy or Social Phobic?

Shyness masks social phobia in many adolescents

October 19, 2011·1 min read
Stem cell techniques for MSClinical Trials

Stem cell techniques for MS

MS cell therapy one step closer to clinical trials

October 19, 2011·2 min read
Polycystic Ovary Creates Problems Natural

Polycystic Ovary Creates Problems

Pregnancy and childbirth complications more common with polycystic ovary syndrome

October 19, 2011·2 min read
Not George H. W. Bush's BroccoliNatural

Not George H. W. Bush's Broccoli

Nutrient content in broccoli has not declined

October 19, 2011·1 min read
Let My Baby Sleep Safety Health News

Let My Baby Sleep Safety

SIDS deaths have reduced but sleep dangers remain

October 19, 2011·2 min read
Behaving Badly: A Childhood DisorderFeatures

Behaving Badly: A Childhood Disorder

ADHD and how to treat it

October 19, 2011·7 min read
Exercising while Pregnant Produces ResultsNatural

Exercising while Pregnant Produces Results

Exercise before and during early pregnancy to boosts proteins

October 19, 2011·2 min read
Bar Drinks Costs $2 MoreMental Health

Bar Drinks Costs $2 More

Alcohol consumption costs the U.S. over 220 billion dollars

October 19, 2011·1 min read
False Positives Usually Just False AlarmsHealth News

False Positives Usually Just False Alarms

Mammography false positives should be expected

October 19, 2011·2 min read
City Living Is Stressful Mental Health

City Living Is Stressful

Anxiety and mood disorders increased in urban areas

October 19, 2011·1 min read
FDA Rejects Expanded Designation for Parkinson's TreatmentPrescription Drugs

FDA Rejects Expanded Designation for Parkinson's Treatment

Parkinson medication Azilect not found to slow disease progression

October 19, 2011·1 min read
Live Longer With Diabetes and Lung CancerHealth News

Live Longer With Diabetes and Lung Cancer

Diabetic lung cancer patients have better survival rates

October 19, 2011·2 min read
Early Stages of Alzheimer's CategorizedMental Health

Early Stages of Alzheimer's Categorized

Alzheimers disease categorized by Mayo Clinic

October 19, 2011·2 min read
Kids Assign Fault to Undesirable BehaviorMental Health

Kids Assign Fault to Undesirable Behavior

Mental health issues in school

October 19, 2011·2 min read
Are we closer to an AIDS vaccine? Prescription Drugs

Are we closer to an AIDS vaccine?

AIDS vaccine target discovered

October 19, 2011·2 min read
Weed CrashMental Health

Weed Crash

Marijuana use increases risk of car crashes

October 19, 2011·1 min read
The Dysfunctional Side of Colon CancerHealth News

The Dysfunctional Side of Colon Cancer

Erectile dysfunction is a common side effect of colon cancer treatment

October 19, 2011·1 min read
These Stents are Safe in Kidney PatientsPrescription Drugs

These Stents are Safe in Kidney Patients

Drug eluting stents for kidney disease patients reduce the risk of heart attack

October 18, 2011·1 min read
Graveyard Shift Associated With Teen MS Risk Natural

Graveyard Shift Associated With Teen MS Risk

Multiple sclerosis and working odd hours debated

October 18, 2011·2 min read
Similar StonesHealth News

Similar Stones

Kidney stones and gallstones are linked

October 18, 2011·2 min read