Alcohol causing mouth cancer rise
It is known that alcohol consumption causes many health problems but little is known about its affect on mouth cancer. Cancer Research UK is funded with £300,000 by the government to launch a three-year campaign to raise awareness about the risk alcohol poses regarding mouth cancer. The people...
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Now Employers Focus On Employees Mental health
Employees with anxiety and depressive disorders work less hours and represent an expense to employers regarding health care costs and productivity. Persons with such problems are becoming social and economic burdens on the society. This is one of the main reasons why there is an increased focus...
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China confirms bird flu in humans
New outbreaks of bird flu have been reported in China but this time they were human. The first human case who died in China was a 24-year-old woman in China's eastern province of Anhui. Another 12-year-old girl from central Hunan province who died in October is also suspected to had died from the...
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Genetically modified bacteria to combat HIV
The main reason scientists were unable to find a cure for the HIV virus is because of its ability to mutate and constantly change. However, they have possibly found a way to prevent HIV infections. One of the bacteria that live in our bodies was genetically modified to secrete proteins that would...
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FDA Warns Against Birth-Control Patch
Birth control patch was first released on sale back in 2002 and more than 4 million women have used it since. The number will definitely decrease after revealing the number of women who have suffered severe side effect like blood cloths. What is more, it has been announced that dozen women have died...
Man 'cured' of HIV
Andrew Stimpson, who was diagnosed with HIV back in 2002, considers himself the luckiest man on planet as he managed to escape one the deadliest diseases of today. He is the first person known who managed to get rid of the virus from his body. It is still not known how this have happened but Mr....
Negative Effects Of Sedatives
Elderly people suffer from sleeping disorders that include falling or staying asleep, falling asleep at inappropriate times, excessive total sleep time or abnormal behaviors associated with sleep. In order to make things easier and get a good night sleep, many of them take sedatives. This new...
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Loneliness May Be in the DNA
For a very long time, it has been thought that loneliness is just a phase in person’s life and a weakness but a new study shows that loneliness is just part of the genetic variation and hereditary. It has been showed that 48 % of the variations in loneliness among people are due to genetics and...
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Newly found hormone may decrease appetite
A potential new weapon in fighting obesity has been discovered. It is in a form of hormone that seems to reduce our urge to eat. It is called obestatin and it is regulated by the same gene responsible for a hormone blamed for weight gain, ghrelin. Both of the hormones are made by the stomach....
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Colas linked to high blood pressure in women
High blood pressure is a condition that around 600 million people suffer from. If not treated, high blood pressure may lead to heart attacks, congestive heart failure, blood vessel damage, stroke , brain damage and other diseases and is considered to be one of the most common and deadly...
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