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Canada Pharmacies Agree More People Survive From Cancer in Canada
SkyNewsWire.com: Health and Fitness &bull Feb 10, 2012
(SkyNewswire.com) According to a Statistics Canada study, cancer incidence cases have increased over the years, partly due to an ageing population and also because more people afflicted with cancer are surviving the disease. canada pharmacies agree with expert view formed… Full Story »
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Treating Sleep Apnea in Kids Improves Behavior, Quality of Life
WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull Feb 10, 2012Feb. 10, 2012 -- Kids with obstructive sleep apnea are often tired by day, have trouble paying attention, and have other behavioral problems all because they are not getting enough quality sleep at night. A new study may help turn that around -- without surgery. Sleep apnea is marked by pauses in breathing while asleep. This is often a result of an obstruction… Full Story »
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Ethan Hawke Talks About "The Black Years" After His Divorce
Celebrity Baby Scoop &bull Feb 10, 2012Ethan Hawke is content with his life now. However things weren't always going so well with the actor. He tells The Guardian that he suffered a dark period following his divorce from Uma Thurman in 2004. He said, "I call… Full Story »
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Promising obesity-drug candidate destroys bone, studies say
Chicago Tribune &bull Feb 9, 2012
A potential obesity drug causes rapid bone loss, studies find. Myung J. A compound that looked to be a possible wonder drug for obesity and metabolic disease, such as diabetes, may not make it to store shelves. Research published this… Full Story »
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Osteoporosis Medication Linked to Unusual Thigh Fractures
MedicineNet: Women's Health General &bull Feb 9, 2012
Overall, most people with osteoporosis, a loss of bone density over time, will suffer fewer broken bones if they take bisphosphonates, a category of drugs including Actonel, Atelvia, Boniva, and Fosamax that are used to treat the disease. But a very small proportion of… Full Story »
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Female Soccer Players May Face Health Problems: Study
MedicineNet: Women's Health General &bull Feb 9, 2012
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Intense training combined with insufficient nutrition may threaten the health of young female soccer players, suggests a new study that finds menstrual irregularities and stress fractures are common among these athletes. Nearly one in five elite female soccer players reported having irregular menstrual cycles, while 14 percent had a stress fracture in the… Full Story »
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Canada Pharmacies Foresee Great Savings with Less Osteoporosis Screening Tests for Women
SkyNewsWire.com: Health and Fitness &bull Feb 8, 2012
(SkyNewswire.com) American women over the age of 50 years have to undergo frequent osteoporosis screening tests to check for erosion of bone density. Canada pharmacies point out follow-up tests costing US $250 were putting huge burden on people as well… Full Story »
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Rotavirus Vaccine Not Linked to Risk of Intestinal Disorder
WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull Feb 7, 2012Feb. 7, 2012 -- Despite studies showing that the rotavirus vaccine can reduce the number of children hospitalized for severe diarrhea, some U.S. doctors are slow to embrace it for fear that this vaccine may increase an infant's risk of a life-threatening bowel blockage (intussusception).… Full Story »
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Bread and Other Common Foods Top List of Sodium Culprits
WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull Feb 7, 2012Feb. 7, 2012 -- About 90% of us get too much sodium every day, and most of it comes from common restaurant or grocery store items, the CDC reports. The No. 1 culprit? Bread and rolls. The average person gets… Full Story »
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7-Imp's 7 Kicks #267: FeaturingUp-and-Coming Illustrator, Maja Sereda
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast &bull Feb 5, 2012This is from my first published book, titled Danie Dreyer se dinosouruseier en ander alfabetpret, written by Jaco Jacobs. It is an alphabet book, and this illustration was done for the letter 'H,' which is about a girl who is always late,in spite of all the clocks on her hat (gouache on paper)." That's illustrator Maja Sereda speaking up there. I'm bending the rules a bit this morning with her visit. On the first Sunday of each month, I feature student or new-to-the-field illustrators, and it's the first Sunday of February, but Maja is not exactly new to illustrating. However,… Full Story »
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Married Men Seek Help for Stroke Sooner Than Their Wives
MedicineNet: Women's Health General &bull Feb 3, 2012
Researchers reviewed data from 91 patients with stroke symptoms who were brought by emergency medical services (EMS) to the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix during a seven-month period ending June 30, 2011. The results showed that married men called EMS… Full Story »
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Pickerel Lake Recovery Discusses Depression In Recovery
SkyNewsWire.com: Health and Fitness &bull Feb 2, 2012
(SkyNewswire.com) Pickerel Lake Recovery Center believes that the use of mind altering substances changes the chemical balance of an individual and sometimes alters moods so much that many become depressed. Many patients in drug rehab will also suffer from some… Full Story »
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Umbilical Cord Blood: Cure for Diabetes?
Pregnancy Weekly Blog &bull Jan 23, 2012
Scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago may be onto a cure for Type 1 diabetes using umbilical cord blood. Dr. Yong Zhao and his team were able to "kickstart" the pancreas, reducing the need for injected insulin in… Full Story »
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Naps Important for Toddler's Cognition, Emotions
Pregnancy Weekly Blog &bull Jan 20, 2012
Photo credit: crimfants'Have you ever spent the day with a toddler who's missed her nap? If you have, then this news shouldn't surprise you, but a new study confirms what many of us have seen first hand. Sleep is very important for… Full Story »
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All The Single Mommies
Baby Talkers Blog &bull Jan 7, 2012
I've never really thought about what it's like to be a single mom. Ok, that's not true. I've joked about being a single mom before. There was a period of time when my husband was working very demanding hours and… Full Story »
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The biology behind severe PMS
Science Daily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News &bull Dec 21, 2011
Women without mood changes prior to menstruation are more sensitive to allopregnanolone immediately after menstruation and less sensitive before. On the other hand, sensitivity to allopregnanolone in women who suffer from severe PMS with pronounced mood shifts ahead of every period is the opposite: these women are more… Full Story »
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Three Basic Steps to Holiday Stress Reduction
Parenting Today &bull Dec 20, 2011
We all love the holidays and want to them to be a truly enjoyable and rewarding experience. As a result, we tend to spend a great deal of time and effort engaging in various activities trying to make the time period extra special. Our desire to have the best holidays possible often delivers a result more ironic than O'Henry's Gift of the Magi. Instead of enjoying the holiday season, we spend… Full Story »
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Majority of B.C. women take prescription drugs during pregnancy: UBC study
Pregnancy Health Center &bull Dec 17, 2011
Almost two-thirds of women in British Columbia filled at least one prescription at some point in their pregnancy, including drugs with potential risks, according to a new study by University of British Columbia researchers. The study, published online today in… Full Story »
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Childhood Hunger Deserves More Attention (ContributorNetwork)
Yahoo! News: Parenting/Kids News &bull Dec 16, 2011
You almost always see something on the television news every day in one manner or another about childhood obesity. However, it seems that the holiday season is the only time where you really hear any sort of emphasis on the… Full Story »
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Effect of physical activity intervention based on a pedometer on physical activity level and anthropometric measures after childbirth: a randomized controlled trial
BioMed Central: Pregnancy and Childbirth &bull Dec 16, 2011
Background: Pregnancy and childbirth are associated with weight gain in women, and retention of weight gained during pregnancy can lead to obesity in later life. Diet and physical activity are factors that can influence the loss of retained pregnancy weight… Full Story »
