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Poll: Many students stressed, some depressed

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Got stress? Oh, yeah, college students say, what with roommates, GPAs, student loans and all the rest. But where's the line between feeling simply stressed and being truly depressed?





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Naturopaths support tougher regulation of complementary medicine

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Naturopaths are strongly in favour of regulation of their industry, a University of Queensland researcher has found.


Yoga boosts heart health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heart rate variability, a sign of a healthy heart, has been shown to be higher in yoga practitioners than in non-practitioners, according to research to be published in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of ...


Researchers find culture of academic institution may influence health care delivery

Medicine & Health / Other

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

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Brandeis University have completed a qualitative study on the cultural environment in medical schools and how this may affect medical faculty vitality, professionalism ...


General practitioners filling the gap left by inadequate dental services, says doctor

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 16, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A shortage of NHS dentists means that general practitioners (GPs) have been left to do dentists’ work without adequate remuneration, argues a doctor in a letter in this week’s BMJ.


PR pros are good ethical thinkers, study finds

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

For years journalists and others have questioned the ethics of public relations practitioners and firms. People in PR, however, appear to be getting a bad rap. That's what a new study funded by the Arthur W. Page Center ...


Chinese regulation bans human organ trade

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created Apr 08, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

China's debut regulation on human organ transplants prohibits medical officials from trading in such organs.


Australia's largest clinical trial to test benefits of aspirin

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Monash University and the United States-based Berman Center for Outcomes & Clinical Research will lead an international clinical trial to test whether taking aspirin contributes to good health in the elderly.


A top supplier of medical isotopes closed through 2009

Medicine & Health / Other

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

An aging Canadian nuclear reactor responsible for production of one-third of the isotopes used in medical radiation treatment around the world will be out of service through at least the end of 2009, authorities said Wednesday.


US could face shortage of 44,000 primary care physicians by 2025

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 17, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

By 2025, the wait to see a doctor could get a lot longer if the current number of students training to be primary care physicians doesn't increase soon, according to a new University of Missouri study. Jack Colwill, professor ...


Proposed Edmonton Obesity Staging System

New obesity staging system may help doctors measure up

Medicine & Health / Other

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

A new system proposed by Canadian and US obesity researchers may provide another weapon in the battle against obesity. University of Alberta obesity expert Dr. Arya Sharma, along with a researcher from Northwestern ...



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