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People who cannot control their anger have nowhere to turn, the Mental Health Foundation warns.
Prolonged exposure to baby milk powder increases the risk of breathing problems, a study finds.
A daily dose of cod liver oil can cut painkiller use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a study suggests.
Women who drink three cups of tea a day "are less likely to have heart attacks and strokes," the Daily Express reports. The newspaper adds, however, that "strangely, no added benefit of tea drinking was found among women who only had one or two cups a day or for men". The story is based on a French study that looked at how the thickness of 'plaques' in the carotid artery were related to the amount of tea that men and women drank.
Hepatitis C-related deaths in the United States increased by 123 percent from 1995 through 2004, the most recent year for which data are available. Mortality rates peaked in 2002, then declined slightly overall, while continuing to rise among people 55 to 64 years old. These findings appear in the April issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). The article is also available online at Wiley Interscience (
While at the ISSWSH conference in San Diego, Anita Clayton, MD of Charlottesville, VA, presented research that will prove very interesting to me and to many of the clients in my therapy practice. She reviewed ways to reverse the negative sexual side effects of SSRI type antidepressants. First, the ways that work for only a few people. A small number of people who take an SSRI will simply acclimate to the medication and find that they develop a type of tolerance that allows them to function sexually while still getting the benefit of combating their depression. This can take four to six months to occur (if at all) and it works for only about 5% of patients.
Hormone replacement therapy may protect post-menopausal women against Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.
The Royal College of Nursing has warned that too many UK nurses are being lured to work in Australia.
Polio has been eliminated from Somalia despite years of war and no central government, the UN says.
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Gordon Brown says Labour MPs will have a free vote on three controversial parts of the embryo research bill.
Photo Credit: Greg Younger I was watching America's Funniest Videos the other day. I continue to be amazed how fascinated people are about watching others getting hit in the groin. There is not a man on this planet that cannot tell you the date and circumstances surrounding the worst time that he got hit in the boys. It's not that funny when you are the recipient.
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Patient safety has always been the industry's focus during clinical trials. However, a recent spate of well-publicized patient safety issues has increased public scrutiny and the industry's desire to improve study quality, resulting in larger, longer, more expensive trials. In "Patient Safety in Oncology Clinical Trials," Dr. James Gourzis discusses patient safety as it pertains specifically to oncology clinical trials. The abstract is available for download on the Medelis Oncology CRO website. (PRWeb Mar 25, 2008) Read the full story at
USA Collision Centers is proud to announce that Calvin "Ed" Taylor, store general manager with USA Collision Centers has accepted the nomination to compete in the 2008 Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky Leukemia and Lymphoma Society "Man and Woman of the Year" campaign. (PRWeb Mar 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb799564.htm