Dad’s depression may affect child’s behavior

November 25, 2011

Mental health research has long focused on maternal depression as a risk factor for the development of psychopathology in children, but new research suggests that paternal depression should not be overlooked in children with behavioral or emotional problems. Researchers from the NYU School of Medicine analyzed data from a sample of children, aged 5 to [...]

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the CDC: A Long, Tangled Tale – Watching the Watchers

November 25, 2011

by Vincent RacanielloThursday, November 24, 2011 at 06:45 AM EST Note: This account draws from interviews, a close reading of a fractionof the 4608 epidemiologic studies that pop up (as of today; yesterday it was4606) on a PubMed search for “chronic fatigue syndrome,” and a review of manypages of government documents–in particular the minutes and [...]

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Gallbladder generally causes no problems

November 25, 2011

The gallbladder is a pouch that sits just beneath the liver. The liver, of course, is located in the right upper quadrant. The gallbladder measures approximately 3 to 4 inches in length and about that in diameter. The gallbladder form part of the digestive system and it is used to sequester bile. Bile is used [...]

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Underlying mechanisms of illness – Natural Health News by Dr. Brent Barlow

November 25, 2011

Imagine suffering from a chronic hacking cough for 12 years seemingly without hope of resolution. Imagine that every doctor you visit tells you the same thing; “you have asthma and need to take inhalers in order to control the cough as best you can”. when Vincent, a 41-year-old male, walked into my office this was [...]

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Scientific sleuths pinpoint the guilty coral killers

November 25, 2011

Coral researchers and reef managers will be able to identify coral infections using a new method that allows them to classify specific diseases based on the presence of microbes. This could lead to more effective action to reduce the impact of disease on the world’s imperilled coral reefs. “Current classification of coral diseases is mostly [...]

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Internal skin cancer prevention: Repairing UV damage in the skin

November 25, 2011

(Medical Xpress) — Scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) of the Novartis Research Foundation have elucidated the mechanisms underlying the repair of UV-induced damage in DNA, which frequently causes skin cancer. The protein structures additionally determined by these researchers will improve our understanding of how the body protects itself against skin [...]

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Appleton man’s battle with dyspraxia (From Warrington Guardian)

November 24, 2011

Appleton man’s battle with dyspraxia 2:00pm Saturday 12th November 2011 Skip social links Print Email Comments(1) THIS week is Dyspraxia Awareness Week. Jonathan Levy, a 20-year-old living in Appleton, whose interests include football, politics and showbiz, has a mild form of the condition. This is his story… “I HAVE a mild form of dyspraxia, a [...]

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Articles – Health & Beauty – Food Allergies: The Hidden Culprit – Fairfield County Online – Fairfield County, Connecticut’s Premier Business Directory

November 24, 2011

November 07, 2011 Food Allergies: the Hidden Culprit< Back By Henry C. Sobo, M.D. FOOD ALLERGIES: THE HIDDEN CULPRIT You may have food allergies and not even know it ! That’s because the typical symptoms that people identify as related to allergies–watery, itchy eyes, or sinus congestion, or a rash- are just the tip of the [...]

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Provo couple becomes 1,000th living donor kidney transplant at Intermountain

November 24, 2011

On Thanksgiving Day last year, Lee Sheppard ended up in the emergency room suffering from kidney failure. he had been diagnosed many years earlier with polycystic kidney disease, a hereditary condition that had killed his father and grandfather. he had lived with the disease for years with few symptoms until that day. Doctors had told [...]

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Indiscriminate use of painkillers can pose serious health risks

November 24, 2011

Hyderabad, Nov. 24:  A young techie in Hyderabad came home the other day with terrible back pain. instead of going to the hospital, he asked his roommate to get him a pain killer. His friend rushed to the nearest pharmacy and bought a painkiller over the counter (OTC). Moments after taking the pill, the techie [...]

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