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Trip To Dermatologist Spawns New Skin Care Articles
I went to my dermatologist today for my annual skin checkup. Two good things happened while I was there. First and foremost, I didn’t have any problems. Second, I got permission to reprint several…
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Fertility Expert Doubts Link Between Chlamydia And Infertility
“I think the evidence that chlamydia affects fertility is very dubious,” Lord Winston said. I haven’t seen any figures that demonstrate that it is causing infertility.” Lord Winston said the link between chlamydia and…
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Use Of Folic Acid Increases Birth Rate
As reported in the British Journal of Nutrition, the research team discovered a strong link between low levels of folic acid in the women’s blood and a correspondingly low birth weight in their newborn.…
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Treating Depression During Pregnancy
Depression affects up to 15% of women during and shortly after pregnancy. Dr Janet Atsumi Martin, from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, stated that the impact of depression during pregnancy includes: Poorer…
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School Textbooks Just Wanna Be Free
With the huge success of Wikipedia (a Web-based, multi-language, free-content encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers and sponsored by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation), Wikimedia Foundation Inc. is now embarking on a new project called Wikibooks.…
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Smoking + Pregnancy = Anti-Social Child
A new study suggests that mothers who smoke while pregnant increase the risk of anti-social behavior in their children. In a study of 1,896 twins it was found that the average symptom scores for…
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Coalition Group Outlines 28-Point Road Map For Better Mental Health In The U.S.
Mental health in the United States has consistently experienced budget cuts, and rising costs. As a consequence, many people have been adversely affected by the inability to afford treatment, and the unavailability of treatment…
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More Moms Are Resisting The Influence To Become Supermoms
Inside Bay Area has a refreshing story about moms who aren’t buying into the stressful life of supermoms. Flaherty-Evans sought out a mothers group that had a diverse membership. Dobbs turned the other cheek…
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Alzheimer’s Disease – New Approach, New Possibilities?
Antwerp, Belgium – Scientists from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) associated with the University of Antwerp have achieved a new breakthrough in their research on the origins of Alzheimer’s disease. Their alternative…
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Scientist Debunks Traditional View Of Taste Receptors
M. Scott Herness (Associate Professor of Oral Biology at the College of Dentistry at Ohio State University) debunks what we’ve all been taught about the taste receptors on the tongue. He says that taste…