Kids’ TV programs on test
The research suggests that TV and video-watching toddlers learn best from onscreen characters that directly relate to and interact with kids. A researcher Georgene L. Troseth said that 2-year-olds are more likely to learn from a person on video whom they perceive as a conversational partner, and...
Laylah
Changing white pills with pink ones
I'm on Seasonale and I want to move up my white pills by one week to avoid having my period during a special event that i'm attending. Do you think that if I took the pink pills during the week I'm suppose to have my period and moved the white pills up in exhange that it would affect anything?
Guest
No period but brownish mucous when wiping
I have been on the birth control patch Ortho Evra for eight months. My period was due anytime between Sunday and tomorrow. Instead of a period I have severe cramps in my lower abdomen and when I go to the bathroom and wipe I have either a brownish tinged mucous or very light pink spotting. It has...
RLRieth5221
black outs the morning after
I had a couple of strong drinks late one night. The next morning I took out the trash, got in my car and buckled in. Less than 5 minutes later I had a blackout and hit a tree. Can a blackout occur several hours after drinking. How many hours after drinking can a blackout occure?
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Early deprivation has long-lasting effects
Severe malnourishment and other forms of deprivation for sustained periods during a child's early years may have lasting consequences on his or her intellectual development in later childhood. Children who experienced such deprivation for more than 6 months after birth had lower IQ scores at age 11...
Mick
Sedentary arthritis patients risk disability
Few women with arthritis of the hip may be getting the exercise they need to prevent disability. Moderate-intensity activity can help ease pain, boost function and stave off disability in people with osteoarthritis and a few studies have suggested physical inactivity is common among osteoarthritis...
Kruko
2 million kids in Africa HIV positive
More than 2 million children under the age of 15 are living with HIV, almost all in sub-Saharan Africa where there is no access to treatment and death almost certain. Less than 5 percent of HIV-positive children have access to the pediatric AIDS treatment they desperately need, the report said. Last...
Kruko
interview
hello. I am doing a research about the effect of using earphones on the hearing for school. as part of the research, i need to interview a doctor. So, if there's a doctor around here, please answer my questions. Does the use of earphones harm the hearing? How? Does it cause hearing loss? Or any...
dark_jedi925140
Indonesian siblings killed by bird flu
Preliminary tests have identified two new fatal cases of bird flu in Indonesia. World Health Organization officials so far have confirmed 33 human deaths from bird flu in Indonesia, out of 124 worldwide. Indonesia's latest victims, an 18-year-old and his 10-year-old sister from West Java, died...
Mayo
A drink or two a day prevents men from heart disease
A Danish study found that middle-aged men that are having a drink daily have a better heart than these that are having a drink every now and then. Men who drank moderately each day had a 41 percent lower risk of heart disease than abstainers, while the risk was only 7 percent lower for those who...
Mayo