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Monetary gain and high-risk tactics stimulate activity in the brain

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

Monetary gain stimulates activity in the brain. Even the mere possibility of receiving a reward is known to activate an area of the brain called the striatum. A team of Japanese researchers report in the January 2010 issue ...


Migraine raises risk of most common form of stroke

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pooling results from 21 studies, involving 622,381 men and women, researchers at Johns Hopkins have affirmed that migraine headaches are associated with more than twofold higher chances of the most common kind of stroke: ...


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Alcohol helps lower heart disease risk for men: study

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Men who drink alcohol every day see a nearly one-third average reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a long-term study among Spanish men published on Thursday.


Prevalence of high LDL, or 'bad' cholesterol levels decreases in US

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Between 1999 and 2006, the prevalence of adults in the U.S. with high levels of LDL cholesterol, the "bad" cholesterol, decreased by about one-third, according to a study in the November 18 issue of JAMA. But a high percen ...


Sleep apnea may cause heart disease in kidney transplant patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sleep apnea is common in individuals who receive a kidney transplant and is associated with increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Jo ...


Pre-eclampsia linked to thyroid problems

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women who develop pre-eclampsia during pregnancy are more likely than other women to have reduced thyroid function (hypothyroidism), finds a study published in BMJ today. It may also put women at a greater risk of thyroi ...


Treatment with folic acid, vitamin B12 associated with increased risk of cancer, death

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Patients with heart disease in Norway, a country with no fortification of foods with folic acid, had an associated increased risk of cancer and death from any cause if they had received treatment with folic acid and vitamin ...


Asthma a significant risk factor for complications in children with H1N1

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study on pediatric H1N1 influenza admissions has found that asthma is a significant risk factor for severe disease in children with pandemic H1N1 compared with the seasonal flu. The study, led by researchers from The ...


Highlighting racial disparities increases coverage and effectiveness of health news

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Effective communication of health news is needed to raise awareness and encourage behavior changes in populations who experience health disparities, or inequalities in health status, according to the U.S. Department of Health ...


Students with a lower socioeconomic background benefit from daily school physical activity

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

German school students -- especially those with low socioeconomic status (SES) -- significantly improved their exercise capacity and body leanness after a year of daily physical activity classes, according to research presented ...



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