Archive for January, 2009

 

Association Between Antibodies To Cockroach, Mouse Proteins And Asthma, Allergies Risk

January 4th, 2009

generic levitra online buy A study released by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health shows

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Family Rejection Of Lesbian, Gay And Bisexual Children Linked To Poor Health In Early Childhood

January 3rd, 2009

For the first time, researchers have established a clear link between family rejection of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents and negative health outcomes in early adulthood. The findings will be published in the January issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in a peer-reviewed article entitled "Family Rejection as a […]

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Facing Fears Early May Reduce Childhood Anxiety

January 2nd, 2009

Helping children face their fears may be more productive than focusing on other techniques to help them manage their anxieties, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Chicago.
The research, which identified similarities between cognitive behavioral therapy administered in a clinical practice and protocols recommended

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Link between erectile dysfunction and heart attacks

January 2nd, 2009

Men’s Health News
A link between erectile dysfunction and heart attacks will be made by Professor Mike Kirby at the University of Hertfordshire Health and Human Sciences Research Institute Showcase today.
In a lecture entitled Research in Hertfordshire that has made a difference at the Showcase today (Tuesday

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More US Adults Living With High Blood Pressure

January 1st, 2009

Two new national health studies show that more adults in the US are living with hypertension than ever before; while this is bad news in that the
proportion of the population with high blood pressure has gone up, it is also good news in that more people are living with rather than dying from high blood
pressure. […]

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Colorectal Cancer Risk Increased By Metabolic Syndrome

January 1st, 2009

In a large U.S. population-based study presented at the 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, metabolic syndrome patients had a 75 percent higher risk of colorectal cancer compared to those without metabolic syndrome.
Dr. Donald Garrow and Dr. Mark Delegge of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston analyzed data of […]

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