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Archive for February, 2009
Diabetic mothers at higher depression risk
Feb. 25 | According to a new study, pregnant women and new mothers with diabetes are twice as likely to develop postpartum depression over those that did not have diabetes. Postpartum depression is a very serious disorder that affects about ten percent of mothers....
UPDATE: Women who drink alcohol are at higher risk of cancer
Feb. 25 | Women who drink any alcohol at all have a much higher risk of cancer than women who don’t drink, says a new study in the U.K. The Million Woman Study monitored the alcohol-consumption habits of over 1.2 million women for approximately seven years. Though...
Calcium decrease cancer risk: Alcohol consumption increases risk
Feb. 24 | Calcium decrease cancer risk: Alcohol consumption increases risk Recent studies conclude that while high calcium intake can decrease the risk of colon cancer in men and women, the consumption of just one alcoholic drink per day may increase the chance...
What is an Eating Disorder?
Feb. 24 | An eating disorder is any disorder whose symptoms include some type of deviation from normal eating habits to ones that are harmful in some way to the individual concerned. For example, if Sue normally ate eggs and toast for breakfast, yet now she eats...
Research group develops treatment for bird flu
Feb. 24 | Researchers have discovered that influenza might be able to be treated and protected against with monoclonal antibodies. If it all works out, this can be used as treatment for the seasonal flu, bird flu and many different flu stains. Much of this discovery...
Intake of Calcium may reduce risk of Colon Cancer
Feb. 23 | U.S. National Cancer Institute finds that calcium rich diet can reduce the risk of colorectal cancer in women. Calcium has not shown the effect in other malignancies; however it is believed that Calcium plays different roles at different cancer sites....
Study Shows Fast Food Zones Linked to Strokes
Feb. 23 | A study conducted by the University of Michigan revealed that your chances of stroke may increase if you live in an area with a lot of fast food restaurants around you. The study was lead by Dr. Lewis Morgenstern who plans on presenting the findings...
Call to staff tanning salons
Feb. 22 | February 20, 2009: A teenage girl visiting an unmanned tanning salon suffered 1st degree burns to her body. She was taken to the hospital were doctors had to administer pain medication and rehydrate her. Kirsty McRae knew that it was wrong to enter an...
More Fast Food Joints in Neighborhoods Mean More Strokes
Feb. 22 | A new study that comes from the University Of Michigan reveals a direct association between fast food restaurants and stroke. The study was conducted in Nueces County Texas. It showed that individuals residing in areas where fast food restaurants are...
