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New screening program effectively roots out toddlers' cavities

Dental researchers are combining the ease of digital photography with the Internet to develop a new and inexpensive way to screen for a common childhood oral disease.

8 Aug 2006

Social isolation and loneliness can affect both psychological and physical health

Social isolation in childhood may be associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease in adulthood, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

8 Aug 2006

Drug given to stop miscarriages doubles breast cancer risk for daughters

Scientists in the U.S. have found that the daughters of women who took a common anti-miscarriage drug during pregnancy may be facing twice the the normal risk of developing breast cancer.

8 Aug 2006

Wrestling on TV encourages teen violence

According to a new study teens are encouraged to behave more aggressively after watching professional wrestling on TV.

8 Aug 2006

One dose of ketamine may help reduce severe depression

New research suggests that just one dose of the anesthetic ketamine appears to reduce depression in patients who show little improvement with standard medications.

8 Aug 2006

Just one meal high in saturated fat can reduce the ability of the body's "good" cholesterol

Before you bite into that burger or devour that doughnut, first chew on this: New research shows that just one meal high in saturated fat can affect the body's ability to protect itself against some of the underlying causes of heart disease and stroke.

8 Aug 2006

Low-fat vegan diet treats type 2 diabetes more effectively than a standard diabetes diet

Study participants on the low-fat vegan diet showed dramatic improvement in four disease markers: blood sugar control, cholesterol reduction, weight control, and kidney function.

8 Aug 2006

Valproate poses high risk for fetal death and birth defects

The epilepsy drug valproate poses a higher risk for fetal death and birth defects than other commonly used epilepsy drugs, according to a study published in the August 8, 2006, issue of Neurology.

8 Aug 2006

Older people with high waist-hip ratios have a higher mortality risk than those with a high body mass index

Older people with high waist-hip ratios (WHRs) have a higher mortality risk than those with a high body mass index, or BMI, a new study reveals.

8 Aug 2006

Long-term effects of in utero influenza exposure in the post-1940 U.S. population

While much attention has been paid to how inherited traits such as skin tone or height influence economic success, a groundbreaking new study from the Journal of Political Economy argues that it is a malleable characteristic - in utero health - that most strongly indicates how well a child will fare in adulthood.

7 Aug 2006

Latex in food wrappers, packaging and rubber gloves must be declared

A new study has revealed that latex contained in packaging and rubber gloves can trigger fatal allergic reactions.

7 Aug 2006

Combination of free counseling and nicotine replacement therapy significantly increases odds of quitting

New research findings released in the August 2006 edition of the journal Tobacco Control demonstrate clearly that providing smokers with access to free counseling and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), such as patches and gum, significantly increases their odds of quitting.

7 Aug 2006

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New screening program effectively roots out toddlers' cavities

Social isolation and loneliness can affect both psychological and physical health

Drug given to stop miscarriages doubles breast cancer risk for daughters

Wrestling on TV encourages teen violence

One dose of ketamine may help reduce severe depression

Just one meal high in saturated fat can reduce the ability of the body's "good" cholesterol

Low-fat vegan diet treats type 2 diabetes more effectively than a standard diabetes diet

Valproate poses high risk for fetal death and birth defects

Older people with high waist-hip ratios have a higher mortality risk than those with a high body mass index

Long-term effects of in utero influenza exposure in the post-1940 U.S. population

Latex in food wrappers, packaging and rubber gloves must be declared

Combination of free counseling and nicotine replacement therapy significantly increases odds of quitting

Relationships between spirituality and science in the human brain

New method of delivering a dose of radioactive iodine

Watching wrestling may lead to dating violence

Nurses suffer from work-related low back pain more often than workers in other professions

Spray-on skin helps children suffering burns cope with the trauma of scarring

Impact of adolescent overweight on adult mortality

Tocotrienol - a potent neuroprotective agent

Literacy at less than a ninth-grade level almost doubles the five-year risk of mortality among elderly people

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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