What are the symptoms of uterine fibroids?

February 2, 2011

There are three people has been diagnosed by uterine fibroids in my family. I’m afraid if I will have it. So I want to know something about the disease and the symptoms of it. thanks in advance. Hey…The most common symptoms of uterine fibroids include: Heavy menstrual bleeding Prolonged menstrual periods — seven days or [...]

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Whooping cough cases on the rise

February 2, 2011

The number of whooping cough cases has increased in the Missoula area, but the county health department believes more are going unreported. Missoula County Health Department’s infectious disease specialist Brigid O’Connor said that 15 cases were seen in Missoula County from October to December of last year, and five cases were reported in January.  However, [...]

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Food & Nutrition Research Briefs, January 2011

February 2, 2011

Blocking E. coli Bacteria Before they move In An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist and his university colleagues have discovered a key gene and chemical interactions that allow Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 bacteria to colonize the gut of cattle. To proliferate, E. coli express genes differently based on their environment, such as outside the [...]

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All In The Mind – 29 January 2011 – That Does Not Compute: the hidden affliction of dyscalculia

February 2, 2011

You’ve heard the common refrain, ‘Oh, I’m so bad at maths!’ But for up to eight per cent of us, a condition called dyscalculia means numbers are a serious struggle, with serious consequences. Scientists are now revealing its biological basis, and in Australia there’s a push for it to be seen as a legitimate and [...]

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Chelsea Therapeutics Announces Interim Results and Plans to Modify Study 306 to Focus on Reduction in Falls Associated With Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension

February 2, 2011

Press Release Source: Chelsea Therapeutics on Wednesday February 2, 2011, 7:00 am EST Independent Data Monitoring Committee Concludes Continuation of Study Using Subjective OHQ Composite Endpoint Futile while Unblinded Analysis Reveals Robust Efficacy Reflected in Objective Falls Endpoint Parkinson’s Disease Patients Treated with Northera Demonstrate 60% Decrease in Falls Chelsea Plans to File Primary Northera [...]

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Herald Scotland

February 2, 2011

A Scottish couple have become the first in the country to undergo groundbreaking fertility screening to prevent their son being born with cystic fibrosis. Lee and Stephen Smith were one of three couples given the IVF-style tests, which attempt to screen for single-gene disorders. Baby Thomas was born on November 14 last year and, after [...]

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More at Risk for Hepatitis A Following Communion at Long Island Church

February 2, 2011

It seems that many more people may have been exposed to Hepatitis A after receiving communion at a Long Island church. Initially, the Nassau County Department of Health said that only people attending two Christmas Day Masses at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Massapequa Park, Long Island faced a potential Hepatitis a [...]

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Do oral stds show symptoms faster than genital?

February 2, 2011

its only been about a week and a half and my throat feels really sore. could it be strep or something a little more serious? NO an std on the mouth or genitals can take a while to show symptoms, one doesn't always appear before the other. If you have given oral sex to some [...]

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Can you tell whether or not someone has cystic fibrosis just by LOOKING at them?

February 2, 2011

Do CF patients show any physical symptoms, apart from difficulty breathing and persistent coughing? It's for a project. I'm discussing the social and financial issues when a child has cystic fibrosis. Thanks. CF patients may be smaller than average for their age, and may be thin because of digestive problems and malabsorption. Because of malabsorption, [...]

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Pneumonia Symptoms

February 2, 2011

This time of the year, it seems like everywhere you go you will see someone coughing. Do they have common cold, pneumonia, or some respiratory infection? according to a comprehensive study plan, it has been proved that pneumonia mostly hits kids and WHO has predicted that there will be nearly 5.3 million deaths till 2015 [...]

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