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Study Confirms Parkinson's-Pesticides Link

It's also worth noting, they say, that "the strongest associations between Parkinson's disease and pesticides were ...
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Gator Blood May Be New Source Of Antibiotics

But study lead author Lancia Darville, a doctoral student at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La., said ...
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Biannual Antibiotics May Cut Major Cause Of Blindness In ...

Biannual coverage of a large portion of the community may be necessary to eliminate infection from a severely affected ...
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Brain Disease Causes More Vision Loss In Blacks

"The racial difference does not appear to be based on differences in diagnosis, treatment or access to care," ...
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Restricting Tv And Computer Time Helps Kids Lose Weight

Dr. David Katz, director of the Yale University School of Medicine Prevention Research Center, said the study, " ...
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Patient Navigators Boost Colon Screens In Urban Minorities

"Because the rationale and required steps for completing colonoscopy are complex, individual intervention with ...
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Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery

"How exactly can they establish the safety of rosiglitazone in a short-term study with less than 100 patients ...
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Obesity Raises Cancer Risk

Although the main message is still to maintain a healthy weight, this research might indicate earlier screening for ...
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Incubators Affect Newborns' Heart Rates

"Neonatal incubators are designed to shield fragile babies from external foes and to preserve their temperature, ...
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Scientists Show Stem Cells Don't Cause Cancer

"The one thing we can't say yet is that whether these stem cells generated in this way will have the full ...
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Cancer Drug Trials Often Halted Early

He and his colleagues "are aware that trials stopped early because they are showing benefit may result in ...
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New Worries Over Blockbuster Meds Avandia, Fosamax

The current study, led by Dr. Christian Meier of University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, looked at links between ...
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New Drug Duo Helps Cut Colon Cancer Risk

"This is really exciting because the role of this receptor has never been known," lead researcher Dr. Hwyda ...
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Extra Pounds During And Between Pregnancies Can Pose ...

And, it's not just during pregnancy that women have to be concerned about extra pounds. A recent study found that every ...
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Biomarkers For Mood May Alter Psychiatric Treatments

"This discovery is a major step towards bringing psychiatry on par with other medical specialties that have ...
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