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Childhood abuse linked with food addiction in adult women Women who experienced severe physical or sexual abuse during childhood are much more likely to have a food addiction as adults than women who did not experience such abuse, according to a new study. The study's findings provide valuable new information re
Science Daily | May 29, 2013 2:15 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Sugar Polymer Found On Cell Surface Of Multiple Pathogens Could Be Key To Developing Broad-Spectrum Vaccine Developing new vaccines to protect against diseases that plague humans is fraught with numerous challenges - one being that microbes tend to vary how they look on the surface to avoid being identified and destroyed by the immune system. However, researche
Medical News Today | May 29, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Heart failure accelerates male 'menopause' Heart failure accelerates the aging process and brings on early andropausal syndrome (AS), according to new research. AS, also referred to as male 'menopause', was four times more common in men with heart failure.
Science Daily | May 25, 2013 6:38 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

New microsphere-based methods for detecting HIV antibodies Detection of HIV antibodies is used to diagnose HIV infection and monitor trials of experimental HIV/AIDS vaccines. New, more sensitive detection systems being developed use microspheres to capture HIV antibodies and can measure even small amounts of mult
Science Daily | May 24, 2013 2:40 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

US Teen Birth Rates Drop To New Low Teen birth rates have dropped significantly, most notably among Hispanic teens, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among adolescents aged 15 to 19 years, the birth rate rate fell by close to one half from 19
Medical News Today | May 23, 2013 6:00 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Accidental find shows Vitamin C kills tuberculosis Scientists said Tuesday they had managed to kill lab-grown tuberculosis (TB) bacteria with good old Vitamin C -- an "unexpected" discovery they hope will lead to better, cheaper drugs.
Canoe.ca | May 21, 2013 12:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Blood test may detect postpartum depression Researchers at John Hopkins University think they have found two genes that can predict if a woman is likely to suffer from postpartum depression, and it can be detected through a simple blood test.
Canoe.ca | May 21, 2013 12:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

AIDS science at 30 Big names in medicine are set to give an upbeat assessment of the war on AIDS on Tuesday, 30 years after French researchers identified the virus that causes the disease.
Canoe.ca | May 20, 2013 12:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Comprehensive Survey Can Help Health Workers Identify Potentially Risky Behavior A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas found that risky sexual behavior can be predicted by cultural, socioeconomic and individual mores in conjunction with how one views themselves. Katherine Hertlein of the Univer
Medical News Today | May 18, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Acne pill benefits outweigh blood clot risk: EU agency Europe's medicines watchdog said Friday the benefits of acne drug Diane-35, also widely used as a contraceptive, outweigh the risk of developing blood clots in the veins -- when correctly prescribed.
Canoe.ca | May 17, 2013 12:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

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