Moms pass depression onto their children
A new study on depression looked at the link between mothers who suffered from this disorder and psychiatric problems in their children. It was shown that women who get treatment and manage to go into remission can decrease the incidence of their children suffering from the same disorder or even...
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Petting Zoos Can Breed Illness
On one hand, petting zoos may be fun and a good way for children to learn and play but on the other, they may represent a breeding ground for bacteria that can cause severe gastrointestinal illness. A new study shows that many of the adult zoo visitors aren’t aware of their risky behavior and are...
Medicines that led to gambling addiction
Wayne Kanuch was diagnosed of Parkinson's disease in 1993 and started taking Permax, a dopamine agonist, to treat the disorder. He could even think that the drug that was supposed to treat one disease led to another and turned him into a compulsive gambler and put his libido into overdrive. During...
Ignorance in the Usage of Contraceptive Pills High
The survey conducted on women and their knowledge about the contraceptives being used showed that the ignorance is high. The ignorance is not limited to only one continent but two most developed-Europe and North America. The survey included 5,700 women and the results were disappointing. Many...
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Erectile Dysfunction Can Be improved By Healthy Living
It has been estimated that 18 million American men are suffer from erectile dysfunction. The problem varies by age, where around 5 % of men aged 20 to 40 are affected and more than 70% of men who are over 70 years old. The biggest problems experience those men who also suffer from high blood...
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Atkins diet safety questioned
Atkins diet that became world wide popular over the last couple of years caused a life-threatening condition to an obese woman who followed it. The diet’s theory says that the body that is starved on carbohydrates will start burning stored fat. Atkins diet allows an intake of high-fat foods like...
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More and more children on antipsychotics
There has been an alarming rise in use of antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of children who suffer from attention deficit disorder and other behavioral problems. These drugs are made for treating schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses and have not been proved to work in treating ADD/ADHD...
A drug trial ended ingloriously with possible victims
Six previously healthy volunteers signed up for a drug trial to test a medicine that would be used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, leukemia and multiple sclerosis. The drug was named TGN1412 and was made by pharmaceutical company TeGenero AG, based in Wurzburg, Germany and was being tested...
Home Chlamydia Test
Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections and while the cases in many Western countries are decreasing, the number of infected in UK is still on the rise. The biggest problem with Chlamydia is that it often causes no symptoms and the people don’t even know they have, so...
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Failure to Diagnose Cancer for 37 times takes a life
We have another case of doctors’ neglect with a tragic end this time. A young 31 year-old father Peter Cura, from Rainham, was missed a diagnose of kidney cancer even after 37 appointments for scans and physical examinations at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Kent. Peter Cura left...
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