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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Children with lower IQ have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia, depression, generalized anxiety disorder and other psychiatric problems as adults, a new study that spanned more than three decades shows.Lower childhood IQ was also associated with more persistent depression and anxiety, ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Premature infants often have lower-than-normal blood pressure that persists during the first six months of life and may be one reason these infants are more prone to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), Australian researchers suggest.One theory of the cause ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 1 (Health Day News) -- Parents of autistic children are more likely to see their sons or daughter's special health needs go unmet, a new government report shows.Data from the National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs also indicated that when ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Young gymnasts now appear to be developing injuries well beyond one common to their sport, a new study says. Injuries to gymnasts' bones -- especially the growing portions -- are well known, but previously unseen damage to the wrists and knuckles, ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: Cervical Cancer If you are a female adult with inoperable metastatic or locally advanced cervical cancer who has not received prior chemotherapy given in the metastatic/locally advanced setting, you may qualify for this study.The ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:Doctors Upset About Losing Money>294,000 Children Sickened by Tainted Dairy Products: ChinaA total of 294,000 children in China fell ill after consuming melamine-tainted dairy products, and 154 of them remain in ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
By E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Nobody said HIV would give up without a fight.As World AIDS Day arrives Dec. 1, scientists are taking a sobering look back at what went wrong in recent, high-profile failures of two human trials of candidate AIDS vaccines.The consensus: ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Physicians should routinely screen all patients 13 years and older for HIV, says a new practice guideline released Monday by the American College of Physicians (ACP). HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. In the United States, HIV affects more than one ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Children with autism spectrum disorder process sounds a fraction of a second slower than other children, an abnormality that offers insight into listening and language issues linked to the condition, a new study says. Researchers used magnetoencephalography (MEG), which records minute ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
(HealthDay News) -- Tooth decay is among the most common medical conditions, second only to the common cold, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says.The agency offers these suggestions to help keep your teeth healthy and cavity-free:See your dentist every six months and have annual X-rays.Brush ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
(HealthDay News) -- The annual flu shot is recommended for most people, but certain people are at particularly high risk of contracting the nasty bug and its complications.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says these people should be vaccinated every year:Children, starting at age 6 ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
The NHS chief executive has pledged that the
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Prescription medicines that affect people's fitness to drive could be included in a new drug-driving offence being considered by the Department for Transport (DfT).A new law on drug-driving is being proposed, as well as legislation allowing police officers to require a biological sample for analysis from anyone suspected of being ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Exposure to secondhand smoke reducedNew estimate of annual clinical burden and cost of coronary heart disease treatment attributable to passive smokingSan Diego, December 2, 2008 ?As the connection between second-hand smoke and coronary heart disease (CHD) became clearer and legislation was passed to reduce such passive smoking, exposures have been ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
New mammography technology effective in detecting breast cancerCHICAGO ?A study has found that positron emission mammography (PEM), a new technique for imaging the breast, is not affected by either breast density or a woman's hormonal status, two factors that limit the effectiveness of standard mammography and MRI at detecting cancer. ...
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