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Preventing repeat strokes -- are survivors taking their medicine?

Medicine & Health / Research

created 23 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Since 1999, stroke survivors have been advised to use aspirin, prescription antiplatelet agents, or prescription anticoagulants to help avoid another stroke. Many large surveys of the U.S. population have reported the use ...


Gay, bisexual men who have social anxiety tend to engage in risky sex

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Ryerson University HIV researcher has found a link between social anxiety and unsafe sexual activities among gay and bisexual men, some of whom are HIV-positive.


Illinois to poison canal in hopes of killing invasive carp

Biology / Ecology

created 9 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The largest fish kill in Illinois history -- expected to net 100 tons of fish including, hopefully, some Asian carp -- is to start Wednesday south of Chicago in an attempt to make sure none of the feared carp make it past ...


Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome becoming more prevalent in the U.S.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 6 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study, aimed at estimating the prevalence of Down Syndrome in newborns, children and teenagers in 10 areas of the U.S., has found an increase in prevalence of more than 30 percent over ...


Can heart disease treatments combat AMD?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Can treatments that reduce risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD) also help combat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease that affects millions of Americans? CVD and AMD share some risk factors-such as smoking, ...


Death from childhood stroke

Death from childhood stroke

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 19 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stroke is an important cause of childhood morbidity and is in the top ten causes of childhood death. For the first time, new research has looked at trends in death from childhood stroke in ...



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