It is well known that exposure to radiation has multiple harmful effects - including causing cancer - but until now, it has been unclear to what extent such exposure increases a person’s risk of developing more than one cancer…
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Wall Street Journal: “The Food and Drug Administration and European regulators said they were taking action on Avandia, made by GlaxoSmithKline PLC, because of data tying it to increased risk of heart attacks…
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An international team of researchers has identified a risk gene for schizophrenia, including a potentially causative mutation, using genome-wide association data-mining techniques and independent replications. The results of the research, led by Xiangning Chen, Ph.D…
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Feeling a little sluggish and having trouble concentrating? Hormones might be to blame according to new research from Concordia University published in the journal Brain and Cognition…
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Stressed out social workers are today sending out an SOS to MPs and the public to back their campaign for a new contract for social workers. The contract has been drawn up after UNISON, the UK’s biggest public sector union, and leading social work journal Community Care, joined forces in support of social workers…
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You’d think that people choosing to live near to outdoor recreation amenities would have a lower body mass index or BMI thanks to an increase in all that healthy outdoor activity right on one’s doorstep. Yet a new University of Alberta study looking at the relationship between reasons for choosing a neighbourhood to live in, […]
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Proposed fee level rise will lead to a ‘flight to quality’ and differential fees between universities though most students would still seek to attend university…
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New results show significant knowledge deficits among European patients with type 2 diabetes. The data are from the 2010 Exploring Hypoglycemia Survey, which queried 404 diabetics from five European countries and 250 physicians (either diabetologists or endocrinologists)…
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Spiriva (Tiotropium Bromide) added to low-dose inhaled corticosteroids was found to be effective in the treatment of adults with poorly controlled asthma, researchers from NHLBI (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) reported in an article published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Tiotropium Bromide is commonly used to treat COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary […]
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The association between psychotic disorders and living in urban areas appears to be a reflection of increased social fragmentation present within cities, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals…
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