Mother links daughter's mystery illness to vaccine

May 24, 2012

Jessica Lock, 13, and her mother Shelley at their Aberfoyle Park home. Picture: Nigel Parsons Source: Sunday Mail (SA) TWO months ago, Jessica Lock was a typical 13-year-old – outgoing, healthy and happy. Yet now she is a stranger in her own home, racked by an array of mysterious ailments. A week after being administered [...]

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Dr. Mazhar Jakhro: Dealing with alcohol

May 24, 2012

By DR. MAZHAR JAKHRO May 24, 2012 12:00 AM Alcoholism is physical addiction to alcohol, when an individual continues to drink despite having problems with physical health and/or mental health, as well as social, family, or job responsibilities. it is one of the most common psychiatric disorders and is frequently accompanied by other substance abuse [...]

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Cancer survivor holds benefit for research, others in need of help

May 23, 2012

Frank Dalziel has been healthy since 2005 Popular Today By Lenny Holland  Posted: 2:00 AM May 12, 2012 On a September Saturday in 2004, Frank Dalziel sat in a cold, white, windowless hospital room and was told he had colon cancer. After a year of being seriously ill and having done extensive research about his symptoms, Dalziel [...]

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Environmental News

May 23, 2012

The Earth Times aims to provide you with current environmental news coverage and green blogs to give you the background information needed to better understand what can sometimes be enormously complicated and controversial environmental issues. Our encyclopaedia or guide to environmental issues and to some extent environmental concerns, is a relatively new addition to the [...]

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World Schizophrenia Day: Help at Hand

May 23, 2012

Experienced psychiatrists admit that schizophrenia, considered the nadir of mental disorders, is one of the toughest to treat. Gandhar?s (full name withheld), example is of a patient who has recovered. he had symptoms of schizophrenia for almost nine years and could not continue studies after Std X. Fortunately for Gandhar, his family lived close to [...]

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Health: Have you been coughing for three weeks? (From Asian Image)

May 23, 2012

Health: have you been coughing for three weeks? 12:51pm Wednesday 9th may 2012 in North of England news throughout may and June the Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Network is supporting the national Be Clear on Cancer campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms of lung cancer across the region. The key message is that [...]

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Pet Peace of Mind program helps terminally ill people

May 23, 2012

MUNROE FALLS, Ohio — Tell Catherine to go protect her mom, and the diminutive Jack Russell terrier jumps to Dolores Starcher’s side. The companionship is one of the few pleasures the 75-year-old woman, who suffers from progressive supranuclear palsy, or PSP, can still enjoy. Not only is the pint-sized pooch Starcher’s protector, she is also [...]

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Dr. Mazhar Jakhro: Diagnosing, preventing and treating shingles

May 23, 2012

April 26, 2012 12:00 AM Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. following resolution of chickenpox, the virus — varicella zoster virus, or VZV — lies dormant in the spinal dorsal root ganglia until a decrease in cellular immunity triggers the reactivation of the virus, resulting in herpes zoster, otherwise known as [...]

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Simple “head lag” test may help diagnose autism, research suggests

May 22, 2012

(Credit:YouTube/Kennedy Krieger Institute) (CBS News) Autism experts frequently tout the importance of children getting diagnosed early, since studies have shown early invention leads to better outcomes later in life. A new study shows that a simple diagnostic test that checks how a child controls his or her head posture might provide another clue for pediatricians [...]

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What is pancreatic cancer?

May 22, 2012

Pancreatic cancer — the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States — occurs when malignant cells develop in the pancreas. the National Cancer Institute estimated that in 2012, approximately 43,920 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and 37,390 people will die from the disease. Within the first year of diagnosis, 75 [...]

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