Endometriosis ups risk of preterm birth: Study

January 8, 2011

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women with endometriosis are at increased risk for delivering prematurely as well as suffering a number of other adverse pregnancy outcomes, results of a study indicate. Endometriosis is a painful condition that affects women during their reproductive years and is caused by the growth of the tissue lining the [...]

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Scientists discover that a specific enzyme inhibitor may help control lung inflammation

January 8, 2011

“ARDS is a major public health problem and one of the leading causes of death in intensive care units. It is characterized by excessive pulmonary inflammation and neutrophil infiltrations of the lung,” said Laurie E. Kilpatrick, Ph.D., co author of the study from the Center for Inflammation, Translational and Clinical Lung Research and Department of [...]

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Influenza on the rise in Illinois, Logan County

January 8, 2011

It may be the end of the holiday season, but it looks like the flu season is getting under way. Influenza activity began to increase across the United States for this year’s flu season shortly after the holidays.  Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, new York and Virginia are experiencing high levels of flu, according to the Centers [...]

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Children’s Health

January 8, 2011

in this May 26, 2010 file photo, Dr. Andrew Wakefield addresses a gathering hosted by the American Rally for Personal Rights in Chicago’s Grant Park. a 1998 paper by Wakefield, which was the first study to link a childhood vaccine to autism, was based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a new [...]

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Seven Myths About Menopause

January 8, 2011

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Churchgoers Get Vaccines After Hepatitis Scare

January 8, 2011

MYFOXNY.COM – as many as 1,300 people may have been exposed to hepatitis A after eating the Communion wafer at Christmas mass in Massapequa Park, Long Island. Monday afternoon a steady stream of parishioners from our Lady of Lourdes Church came to the auditorium at the church’s school for hepatitis a treatment. The Nassau County [...]

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Gallbladder Problems – The Signs and Symptoms

January 8, 2011

The gallbladder is a small, pear shaped organ, situated just underneath and behind the liver. it aids in food digestion and stores bile. The liver makes bile, which, when secreted from the gallbladder helps break down fat from foods you eat. The most common cause of gallbladder problems is gallstones. Bile is important because it [...]

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In Flex We Trust » Ways To Know You If Have High Blood Pressure

January 8, 2011

High blood pressure usually causes no symptoms and high blood pressure often is labeled “the silent killer.” People who have high blood pressure typically don’t know it until their blood pressure is measured. Hit the jump to find some symptoms that can be caused by high blood pressure. @funkmasterflexSometimes people with markedly elevated blood pressure [...]

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ASK THE EXPERT: The skinny on cervical cancer

January 8, 2011

Q: what is cervical cancer and how is it caused? A: Cervical cancer occurs when malignant or cancerous cells grow in a woman’s cervix. the cervix is the neck of the uterus. Q: what are the risk factors? A: all women are at risk of developing cervical cancer, but there are factors that increase their [...]

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Ask Dr. Gott: Chronic cough usually benign – Lake County News-Sun

January 8, 2011

Ask Dr. Gott: Chronic cough usually benign Jan 8, 2011 02:35AM Share E-Mail Print Q: I am a 19-year-old female and have had a nonproductive cough for 16 months without any other symptoms other than some slight drainage down the back of my throat. I have kept food and cough diaries and cannot find anything [...]

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