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UPDATE: 33% of adults in the United States have diabetes

UPDATE: 33% of adults in the United States have diabetes

Disease And Conditons, Science

22 Oct 2010
The CDC released a study that says 33% of all Americans currently have diabetes and that number could triple in the next 40 years. "It's alarming," ...

UPDATE: Aspirin could cut colorectal cancer, study finds

UPDATE: Aspirin could cut colorectal cancer, study finds

Disease And Conditons, Science

22 Oct 2010
A new study shows that low doses of aspirin taken to lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes can also lower the risk of ...

Study shows aspirin lowers colorectal cancer risk

Study shows aspirin lowers colorectal cancer risk

Disease And Conditons, Science

21 Oct 2010
According to a new study, Long-term aspirin therapy is associated with a reduced risk of Colorectal cancer. A team of researchers from Oxford University found ...

 
Hormone therapy to control estrogen levels increase breast cancer risk

Hormone therapy to control estrogen levels increase breast cancer risk

Disease And Conditons, Science

19 Oct 2010
New findings from a landmark nationwide study offers new information about hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Not only does it increase the risk of getting breast ...

Yoga can reduce symptoms of fibromyalgia

Yoga can reduce symptoms of fibromyalgia

Disease And Conditons, Science

16 Oct 2010
According to a new study, women with fibromyalgia (FM), a painful disease that affects more than 11 million Americans, yoga can reduce symptoms of the ...

Love hurts: Actually a new study says love heals

Love hurts: Actually a new study says love heals

Health And Wellness, Science

14 Oct 2010
New research suggests that intense feelings of romantic love can actually block physical pain in a similar way to morphine. The researchers enrolled 15 Stanford undergrads ...

 
New study shows walking can help fight dementia

New study shows walking can help fight dementia

Health And Wellness, Science

14 Oct 2010
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia that slowly kills off brain cells. According to a new study, activities like walking may actually ...

Women with epilepsy more likely to experience infertility

Women with epilepsy more likely to experience infertility

Disease And Conditons, Science

12 Oct 2010
According to a new study, women with epilepsy are more likely to experience infertility. Epilepsy results from the generation of electrical signals inside the brain, ...

UPDATE: New drug slows prostate cancer and extends lives

UPDATE: New drug slows prostate cancer and extends lives

Disease And Conditons, Science

12 Oct 2010
Johnson & Johnson’s experimental prostate-cancer drug, abiraterone, not only slows the growth of prostate cancer, but also significantly increase the life expectancy of patients. The study ...

 
First human receives embryonic stem cells for spinal injury

First human receives embryonic stem cells for spinal injury

Disease And Conditons, Science

12 Oct 2010
A team of doctors in the United States have began treating the first patient to receive human embryonic stem cells. The unknown patient was treated ...

New drug slows prostate cancer and extends lives

New drug slows prostate cancer and extends lives

Disease And Conditons, Science

11 Oct 2010
Results of an advanced clinical trial suggest that a new prostate cancer drug call abiraterone was able to slow the spread of prostate cancer and ...

New study links jaundice to autism

New study links jaundice to autism

Health And Wellness, Science

11 Oct 2010
A new study shows that infants with jaundice have a higher chance of developing autism. Jaundice is when a babies skin turns a yellow shade ...

 
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