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FDA orders overdose warnings for Darvocet

Medicine & Health / Medications

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

(AP) -- The government is letting the painkillers Darvocet, Darvon and their generic cousins stay on the market but ordered stronger warnings against deadly overdoses on Tuesday.





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Educational home visits can improve asthma in children, study suggests

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A few home visits by a health care specialist to educate children with asthma about basic strategies for earlier symptom recognition and improving medication use can lead to fewer flare-ups and less frequent trips to the ...


Ala. doctor could bring attention to moribund post (AP)

Ala. doctor could bring attention to moribund post

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The U.S. Surgeon General has been described as "the nation's doctor," a "national nanny" and the person who puts warning labels on cigarette packs. But lately, the position has been mostly called ...


Study: 1 in 3 breast cancer patients overtreated

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- One in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs may be treated unnecessarily, a new study says. Karsten Jorgensen and Peter Gotzsche of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen analyzed ...


Immigrant women may be at higher risk of having a baby with a birth defect

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immigrant women are less likely to use folic acid supplements before pregnancy to prevent spina bifida, particularly those who recently immigrated to the country, according to a new study led by a St. Michael's Hospital physician ...


Mail and electronic reminders may increase colon cancer screening

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mailed reminders to patients appear to promote colon cancer screening, according to a report in the February 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, electronic reminders to ...


For nutrition info, moms like the Web best

Medicine & Health / Health

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

A Web site is a better source of information on nutrition than a video game or printed pamphlet, according to a study of low-income mothers reported in the January issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.


X-Effect: Female Chromosome Confirmed a Prime Driver of Speciation

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created Oct 11, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Rochester believe they have just confirmed a controversial theory of evolution. The X chromosome is a strikingly powerful force in the origin of new species.


Help comes in the mail for drinkers

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 27, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Mailing a simple information pamphlet to interested drinkers in the general population reduced binge drinking by 10 per cent, and is a promising public health approach to reduce the health and social problems associated with ...


Eighteenth century writings of first gay activist discovered

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 25, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Excerpts from a 258-year-old book written by what is thought to be the first ever advocate for gay rights have been discovered by a University of Manchester academic. Dr Hal Gladfelder from the School of Arts, Histories and ...


MIT warns of dumping seafood

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 21, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In its latest outreach campaign, MIT Sea Grant has developed an educational pamphlet to encourage people not to release or dump live and fresh seafood and seafood waste into the wild.



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