The World Health Organization is taking on the battle of the bulge, saying that saturated fats shouldn’t make up more
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Breast cancer prognosis may be worse if diagnosis follows ‘negative’ mammogram
(HealthDay)—About 15 percent of breast cancers are diagnosed in the interval between regularly scheduled mammograms, where the last mammogram showed
Continue reading »Looking good? Your brain might be playing tricks on you
Your brain can make a psychological illusion with your body image, making you think you are a bit thinner or
Continue reading »Distress in men following prostate cancer can be reduced
A new web-based support programme will help reduce the psychological stress that impacts men who are recovering from prostate cancer.
Continue reading »Researchers find that lipid accumulation in the brain may be an early sign of Parkinson’s disease
A collaborative team of researchers at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, and Oxford University has found that elevated
Continue reading »New link between sleep arousals and body temperature may also be connected to SIDS
Brief arousals during sleep—sometimes as many as ten to fifteen per night—appear random in time and occur in humans and
Continue reading »Alcohol intake may be linked to premenstrual syndrome
Drinking alcohol may be linked to pre-menstrual syndrome, or PMS for short, suggests a pooled analysis of published study data
Continue reading »Buprenorphine may be safer than methadone if treatment duration is longer, study suggests
The less commonly prescribed opioid substitute buprenorphine may be safer than methadone for problem opioid users, especially if used during
Continue reading »Workplace anxiety can be good if you harness it to remain motivated and stay on task
New research on anxiety in the workplace finds that too much worrying about work can hinder an employee’s performance, but
Continue reading »‘Let it go’ may be good advice for health
(HealthDay)—The advice to “let go” of negative feelings is repeated in yoga classes and self-help books. Now a new study
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