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Teen pregnancy on the rise again, experts debate reasons why
ABC News) - After a decade of declining pregnancies among teenagers, the rate of teenage pregnancy increased by 3 percent in 2006 as 750,000 women younger than 20 became pregnant, according to a report released by the Guttmacher Institute. And as pregnancies increased, so did births. In 2...
Thu, Jan 28 | from WHAS 11.com | More Pregnancy
Data Analysis On NM Swine Flu Cases Released
SANTA FE, N.M. ( -- An analysis of swine flu cases in New Mexico shows that children younger than five have the highest rate of hospitalizations and people aged 50 to 64 have the highest death rate.
Thu, Jan 28 | from KFOXtv.com | More Swine flu
Health Tip: Learn the Symptoms of Graves' Disease
HealthDay News) -- Graves' disease is an autoimmune disease that causes hyperthyroidism , the medical term for an overactive thyroid gland. Most often, it affects women aged 20 to 40. It can be treated, avoiding potentially deadly complications.
Thu, Jan 28 | from HealthCentral.com | More Thyroid
Patna doc develops drug to combat diabetes
Good news for diabetics. A Patna doctor has helped develop Liraglutide, a new anti-diabetic drug, which got the approval of the Food and Drug Administration in the US for clinical use on Tuesday.
Wed, Jan 27 | from Times of India | More Diabetes
'Secret Garden' reveals self to NoCo audiences
In "The Secret Garden," 11-year-old Mary Lennox, sole survivor of a cholera epidemic in her home at a British compound in India, is sent to live in the large and unwelcoming home of two uncles in the Yorkshire moors of England.
Wed, Jan 27 | from The Coloradoan | More Cholera
New Test Might 'Smell' Early Stage Lung Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they have fashioned a new test that can detect lung cancer simply on the basis of a tumor-causing change in the odor of bodily fluids.
Wed, Jan 27 | from Yahoo! News | More Lung cancer
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FERNLEY--Sacroiliac joint dysfunction (SJD) is one of the most common causes of low back pain. Approximately 80% of the population will experience significant low back pain at some time in their lives and SJD may account for as much as 25% of this low back pain.
Wed, Jan 27 | from Reno Gazette Journal | More Back pain
Obese children face increased risk of stroke and heart disease
By as early as 7 years of age, being obese may raise a child's risk of future heart disease and stroke, even in the absence of other cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical End...
Tue, Jan 26 | from News-Medical.net | More Heart disease
Endometrial Cancer Most Common, Least Talked About Gynecologic Cancer
PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most common cancers affecting women in the United States has a precancerous state and obvious warning signs, yet almost 8,000 women die from the disease annually.
Thu, Jan 21 | from PhysOrg.com | More Endometrial cancer
Kids' weight, blood pressure predicts diabetes
Measuring a child's blood pressure, height and weight, and blood sugar levels may help predict his or her risk of developing Type 2 diabetes decades later, a new study suggests.
Mon, Jan 4 | from CBC.ca | More Diabetes
'Notch'ing Up A Role In The Multisystem Disease Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Two independent teams of researchers have identified a role for enhanced activation of the signaling protein Notch in tumors characterized by inactivation of either the TSC1 or the TSC2 protein.
Mon, Dec 28 | from RedOrbit | More Multiple sclerosis
H1N1 remains widespread in California but is abating
State health department urges all residents to get the flu vaccine. By Thomas H. Maugh II California is one of only seven states where H1N1 influenza is ... Public health schedules H1N1 vaccination clinicExaminer.com Arizona opens H1N1 vaccine eligibility to general publicGlendale Star
Thu, Dec 24 | from Los Angeles Times | More Influenza
Top midstate stories of 2009 included Pennsylvania budget impasse, swine flu
The H1N1/swine flu epidemic emerged as a worldwide threat to public health. And even though the death toll may not have been as high as some health ... and more »
Wed, Dec 23 | from Patriot-News | More Swine flu
Research Yields New Agent For Some Drug-Resistant Non-small Cell Lung Cancers
The ability to make, test, and map the atomic structure of new anti-cancer agents has enabled a team of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists to discover a compound capable of halting a common type of drug-resistant lung cancer. In a study to be published in the December 24/31 issue of t...
Wed, Dec 23 | from Medical News Today | More Lung cancer
Treatment Updates - Curetoday.com
Treatment Updates Curetoday.com (press release) The Food and Drug Administration approved Folotyn in September, making it the first drug approved in the US for peripheral T-cell lymphoma. ...
Wed, Dec 23 | from curetoday.com | More Lymphoma
Low hormone levels in pregnancy linked to hard birth
Expectant mums who are low in a hormone made by the thyroid gland in the neck are more likely to struggle in labour, findings suggest. ...
Wed, Dec 23 | from Pak Watan | More Thyroid
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