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High unexpressed anger in MS patients linked to nervous system damage, not disease severity

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) feel more than twice as much withheld anger as the general population and this could have an adverse effect on their relationships and health, according to a study published in the December ...


Web searches for religious topics on the rise

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Religion is not just for churches, synagogues or mosques anymore -- it's a topic that is being actively searched for online, according to researchers at Penn State.


Facebook mines Census data to track its diversifying users

Technology / Internet

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In its earliest days, Facebook was primarily a white and Asian phenomenon. No more. In the first-ever study of the race and ethnicity of its U.S. users, Facebook said Wednesday that blacks and Latinos have joined the social ...


BMI and waist circumference

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference are well known risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), but a new study reported in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation today now conclu ...


Widowed facing higher mortality risk, MSU researcher finds

Widowed facing higher mortality risk, researcher finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Married people in the United States are living longer these days, but the widowed are experiencing a higher mortality rate, according to new research by a Michigan State University sociologist.


Antiepileptic drugs not linked to suicide among those with bipolar disorder

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite government warnings about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and actions while taking antiepileptic drugs, these medications do not appear to be associated with increased risk of suicide attempts in individuals ...


Studies: Bone drugs may help prevent breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- New results from a large women's health study suggest that bone-building drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel might help prevent breast cancer.


Tuberculosis: On the path to prevention

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why do some people who are exposed to tuberculosis not become infected or develop the disease? Dr. Erwin Schurr and his team at the Research Institute from the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), in collaboration with ...


Obesity will snuff out health benefits gained by smoking declines

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If obesity trends continue, the negative effect on the health of the U.S. population will overtake the benefits gained from declining smoking rates, according to a study by U-M and Harvard researchers published today in the ...


About 25 percent of Arabs in Greater Detroit reported abuse post Sept. 11

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

One quarter of Detroit-area Arab Americans reported personal or familial abuse because of race, ethnicity or religion since 9/11, leading to higher odds of adverse health effects, according to a new University of Michigan ...



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