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High levels of prenatal smoking exposure affect sleep patterns in preterm neonates

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study in the Dec. 1 issue of the journal Sleep is the first to show that high levels of prenatal smoking exposure strongly modify sleep patterns in preterm neonates, which places infants at a higher risk for developmental diffic ...





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Biology, training and profit sharing make best traders

Biology, training and profit sharing make best traders

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge researchers have identified a group of traders consistently able to outperform the market, even during the credit crisis.


Tobacco smoke exposure before heart transplantation may increase the risk of transplant failure

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A study conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore provides the first direct evidence that cigarette smoke exposure prior to a heart transplant in either the donor, recipient, or both, accelerates ...


Molecule discovered that makes obese people develop diabetes

Molecule discovered that makes obese people develop diabetes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Many people who are overweight or obese develop insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes at some stage in their lives. A European research team has now discovered that obese people have large amounts of the ...


Children unaffected by smoking ban consequences

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The smoking ban in Wales has not displaced secondhand smoke from public places into the home. A study of 3500 children from 75 primary schools in Wales, published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, found that t ...


Abnormal cholesterol levels may raise risk of heart failure

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even if you never have a heart attack, abnormal blood cholesterol levels may significantly raise your risk of heart failure, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart As ...


Smoking remains potent risk factor for death from heart disease, cancer

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Smoking persists as a major risk factor for death from heart disease and cancer in adults who already have heart disease and receive good medical therapy, according to research reported in Circulation: Jo ...


New study links alcohol in pregnancy to child behavior problems

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

A new study from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found evidence that the amount and timing of alcohol consumption in pregnancy affects child behaviour in different ways.


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Research reveals exactly how coughing is triggered by environmental irritants

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have revealed how environmental irritants such as air pollution and cigarette smoke cause people to cough, in research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory an ...


Exposure to lead, tobacco smoke raises risk of ADHD

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

Children exposed prenatally to tobacco smoke and during childhood to lead face a particularly high risk for ADHD, according to research done at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.


Ultrasound enhances noninvasive Down syndrome tests

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The addition of a "genetic sonogram" maximizes the accuracy of non-invasive testing for Down syndrome, said a Baylor College of Medicine researcher who was lead author of a landmark study in the current issue of Obstetrics an ...



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