Pregnant women should cut working hours
Pregnant women who are working fulltime in a high stress job should cut down their working hours to around 24 hours a week during pregnancy, Dutch researchers said this week after a study showed babies of stressed working mums suffered adverse health effects. Pregnant women who work more than 32...
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FDA rejects marijuana for medical uses
In Washington, The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it does not support the use of marijuana for medical purposes. A number of states have passed legislation allowing marijuana use for medical purposes, but the FDA said, "These measures are inconsistent with efforts to ensure...
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The Chernobyl radioactive effects
Twenty years after the nuclear incident, it is still not clear what the full effect on people exposed to radioactive materials will be. The estimated number of the people that will die as a result has ranged from 9,000 to 93,000 deaths. The experts say it is too early to say what the final toll...
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Breast implants do not raise long-term cancer risk
Cosmetic breast implants do not seem to increase the risk of cancer, according to the results of a population-based study with more than 15 years of follow-up. A slightly elevated risk of lung cancer was noted in implant recipients, but the authors believe this simply reflects higher smoking rates...
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Constraint-induced therapy effective in stroke
A placebo-controlled study shows that constraint-induced (CI) movement therapy produces large, long-lasting improvements in patients with chronic stroke, researchers report. Patients showed an improvement from 9% of their pre-stroke function in their most-affected arm to 52% after six hours of daily...
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Raloxifene shows advantages over tamoxifen in breast cancer
Initial results from the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) trial show that the anti-osteoporosis drug raloxifene (Evista) is as effective as tamoxifen (Nolvadex) in reducing the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women at increased risk for the disease, without some of the serious side...
Tim
Ginger fighting ovarian cancer
US scientists believe that ginger may help to fight ovarian cancer. University of Michigan researchers announced at the American Association of Cancer Research that tests show ginger kills cancer cells. The study also found that the spice had the added benefit of stopping the cells from becoming...
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Freezing lung tumor
For decades Sheila Kaye was a smoker and her lungs were in poor condition. When doctors discovered a small tumor on one of her lungs, they were unable to operate. But surgeons at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex chose Sheila, aged 58, for their innovative 'freeze therapy'. Using a special probe, the...
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Cheeseburger Bill
Cheeseburger Bill (set to stop obesity lawsuits) The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the “cheeseburger bill,” to prevent obese people from suing the fast food industry. If the Senate passes this law, overweight Americans will no longer be able to blame their weight on over...
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Fat cells link to heart disease
University of Iowa researchers found the cells release chemicals which can trigger inflammation. The findings, presented to the Experimental Biology 2006 conference in San Francisco, may help explain why obesity increases heart disease risk. Fat cells - adipocytes - were once thought to do nothing...
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