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No change in brain tumor incidence during a time when cell phone usage increased

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

There was no substantial change in brain tumor incidence among adults 5 to 10 years after cell phone usage sharply increased, according to a new brief communication published online December 3 in the Journal of the National Ca ...


Decline in breast cancer: Not just because of hormone therapy

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Between 2002 and 2003, American women experienced a 7 percent decline in breast cancer incidence, which scientists attribute to the publicity surrounding results of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI).


People affected by autism believe increase is 'real,' not diagnostic

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

There has been a major increase in the number of children diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders over the last two decades - the question is why? Researchers have found a sharp difference between the beliefs of ordinary ...


Screening method able to identify newborns with blood disorder that affects immune system

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The testing of DNA from a statewide blood screening program for newborns in Wisconsin was able to identify infants with T-cell lymphopenia, a blood disorder that affects the child's immune system, a disease in which early ...


Antioxidant compound reduced incidence of colorectal metachronous adenomas

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Supplementation with a selenium-based antioxidant compound decreased the risk of developing new polyps of the large bowel — called colorectal metachronous adenomas — in people who previously had colorectal polyps removed.


Chicken pox vaccine reduces shingles risk in kids -- study of 172,000 kids used EHRs

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated against chicken pox, according to a Kaiser Permanente study in the December issue of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal.


Deaths related to narcotic pain relievers have doubled since 1991: Study

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

Deaths from opioid use in Ontario have doubled -- from 13.7 deaths per million residents in 1991 to 27.2 deaths per million residents in 2004 -- according to a new study led by physicians at St. Michael's Hospital and the ...


Racial disparity in lung cancer rates narrowed in young adults due to larger decrease in smoking

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Effective prevention of smoking among teenagers, particularly black teenagers, is narrowing the disparity in lung cancer rates between blacks and whites, according to a report published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & ...


Researchers find increased dairy intake reduces risk of uterine fibroids in black women

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers at the Slone Epidemiology Center found that black women with high intake of dairy products have a reduced incidence of uterine leiomyomata (fibroids). This report, based ...


Decline of hormone therapy decreases breast cancer cases, analysis finds

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The declining use of hormone therapy among women has led to 6,000 fewer invasive breast cancer cases a year, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The research quantifies and advances ...



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