Internet use linked to depression
UK psychologists suggest there is a strong link between heavy internet use and depression, but others dispute their findings.
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Archive for February 2nd, 2010
Oddities, musings and news from the health world – Los Angeles Times
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Oddities, musings and news from the health worldLos Angeles TimesIn the lives of young people at high risk for developing serious mental illness, heading off that first psychotic episode can mean a world of difference. A new study has found that for a year after it was completed,12 weeks of dietary supplementation …Can [...]
Judge Hears Arguments Over Rights to Gene Patents – ABC News
Judge Hears Arguments Over Rights to Gene PatentsABC NewsAP A judge on Tuesday weighed whether a lawsuit should proceed that seeks to invalidate a company's patents on two genes linked to an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The case challenging whether anyone can …Lawyers Argue Over Patents Related To Breast-Cancer GenesWall Street JournalRights [...]
Health Buzz: Herbal Supplements Don’t Always Mix Well With Heart Drugs – U.S. News & World Report
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Health Buzz: Herbal Supplements Don't Always Mix Well With Heart DrugsU.S. News & World ReportHerbs and other natural supplements are becoming increasingly commonplace in medicine cabinets as Americans attempt to preserve health and defy the diseases of aging. But in some people, pills and extracts dubbed "all natural" don't …Herbal Remedies May Be Risky With [...]
Give Kids A Smile Day – New Hampshire Magazine
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Give Kids A Smile DayNew Hampshire MagazineNew Hampshire dentists will provide free dental services as part of the American Dental Association's annual Give Kids a Smile Day, locally supported by the New Hampshire Dental Society and Northeast Delta Dental, on Friday, Feb. 5. …Keep pets' choppers in tip-top shape to protect their healthCNN'Give Kids A [...]
Quick Response to Study of Abstinence Education – New York Times
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Quick Response to Study of Abstinence EducationNew York TimesA study of middle-school students that found for the first time that abstinence-only education helped to delay their sexual initiation is already beginning to shake up the longstanding debate over how best to prevent teenage pregnancy …Abstinence-only program helps kids postpone sexReuters'Abstinence-Only' Education Gets a BoostABC [...]
Prostate cancer diagnosis raises risk of suicide – Reuters
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Prostate cancer diagnosis raises risk of suicideReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) – Being diagnosed with prostate cancer roughly doubles the risk of suicide or death from a heart attack, US researchers said on Tuesday, adding to the harm linked with diagnosis of this often slow-growing cancer. …Heart deaths, suicides linked to prostate cancer diagnosisCNNProstate Cancer Diagnosis Raises Suicide [...]
US researchers find new clue to infant deaths – Reuters
National Post
US researchers find new clue to infant deathsReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) – Babies who die from sudden infant death syndrome make low amounts of the message-carrying brain chemical serotonin needed to regulate sleep, breathing and heart rate, US researchers said on Tuesday. The finding, published in the …Study: Babies' low serotonin levels cause SIDSUSA TodayLow Serotonin [...]
Pregnancy brain lapses ‘a myth’
Expectant mums need to stop blaming their bump for memory lapses, say experts who want to dispel the “baby brain” myth.
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Area food pantries see spike in activity – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Area food pantries see spike in activitySt. Louis Post-DispatchFebruary 2, 2010 – Luther Nunn loads boxes of food onto his truck at Arkansas Foodbank Network's Little Rock, Ark., warehouse to deliver to his church. A study released by Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance and Feeding America said more than 37 million …Need for Food [...]
