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Breast cancer risk nothing like as bad as most women think

While no one would argue that breast cancer is a significant health threat, a new study has found that most women have an exaggerated view of their risk.

7 Jun 2005

Mental health problems in teens go untreated for decades

Researchers in the U.S. say many mental disorders afflicting millions of Americans are often evident in adolescence but usually go untreated for years.

7 Jun 2005

Boring jobs can make your heart bad

British researchers say that dull, steady, boring and unexciting jobs are no good for the heart.

7 Jun 2005

Watch, wait and see, may be best option for babes' ear infections

One of the most common and frequent reasons why doctors prescribe antibiotics to young children is for an ear infection.

7 Jun 2005

6 minutes exercise a week is all you need to keep fit!

In news that will hearten the souls of all those couch potatoes out there, new research has shown that keeping fit and healthy may only require minutes of physical exercise each week.

7 Jun 2005

12 deaths creates new infection scare in UK hospitals

There have been some 300 cases of Clostridium difficile in 18 months at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, in Aylesbury, Bucks, a national centre for spinal injury, and it is thought that the infection was an "actual or probable" factor in 12 deaths in that time.

6 Jun 2005

Simple blood test can quickly identify type of congestive heart failure

A simple blood test can quickly identify what type of congestive heart failure (CHF) a patient has, improving diagnostic accuracy; eliminating the need for extensive diagnostic tests, such as heart muscle biopsy or exploratory surgery; and enabling the patient to be treated sooner, according to a study published in the June 7 Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

6 Jun 2005

Drinking alcohol may lower risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

People who drink alcohol may have a lower risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) - a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system, suggests a study published online by The Lancet Oncology.

6 Jun 2005

Combining morphine with small doses of methadone could increase the effectiveness of morphine for the treatment of chronic pain

Although morphine is well known as a highly effective analgesic, its clinical utility is severely limited by the development of drug tolerance, the requirement for increasing doses to maintain analgesic effect, and the development of physical dependence.

6 Jun 2005

Children of low-income families who receive public housing rent subsidies have greater weight for age

...an indicator of better nutrition, than children whose families did not receive rent subsidies, according to a study in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

6 Jun 2005

Obesity epidemic connected to the unhealthy surge in type 2 diabetes cases, cardiovascular disease and other associated disorders

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) researchers will unveil research results that help explain why middle-aged women develop central body fat.

6 Jun 2005

Diversity of HLA genotypes in humans is shaped to a significant degree by pathogens

The great physical diversity that evolution has forged in human beings is in evidence wherever we look, but the genes exhibiting the greatest diversity at the DNA level happen to function in a wholly invisible process: immunity. Genes encoding the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) proteins are among the most diverse in the human genome, and scientists have proposed a number of hypotheses to explain why.

6 Jun 2005

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Breast cancer risk nothing like as bad as most women think

Mental health problems in teens go untreated for decades

Boring jobs can make your heart bad

Watch, wait and see, may be best option for babes' ear infections

6 minutes exercise a week is all you need to keep fit!

12 deaths creates new infection scare in UK hospitals

Simple blood test can quickly identify type of congestive heart failure

Drinking alcohol may lower risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Combining morphine with small doses of methadone could increase the effectiveness of morphine for the treatment of chronic pain

Children of low-income families who receive public housing rent subsidies have greater weight for age

Obesity epidemic connected to the unhealthy surge in type 2 diabetes cases, cardiovascular disease and other associated disorders

Diversity of HLA genotypes in humans is shaped to a significant degree by pathogens

Tibetan Buddhist monks provide clues to meditation controls visual experience

IGF-based growth hormone dosing could become a novel paradigm in treating growth hormone deficiency

MRSA study demonstrates need for frequent hand washing and environmental disinfection in health care settings

Nitrogen oxides emitted by soil could play a substantially larger role in seasonal air pollution

New dopamine transporter gene findings may be relevant for substance abuse, tobacco smoking, and ADHD

Researchers discover quick new way that mosquitoes can pass West Nile virus to each other

Doctors study surgery to stop epileptic seizures

Gene therapy for arthritis is both feasible and safe

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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