Archive for July, 2008
By jasonmaddox On July 31st, 2008
The mental stimulation that marriage provides may be enough to cause a certain amount of resistance to Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive impairments according to a prospective population-based study. Krister…
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By jasonmaddox On July 30th, 2008
A recent study suggests that the usual concentration on hospital medication errors may be overlooking a much more serious problem. From Jan. 1, 1983 to Dec. 31, 2004 the amount…
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By jasonmaddox On July 29th, 2008
According to the CDC more than 1,000 people have died over the past two years from a street-drug version of the painkiller fentanyl. Camden, N.J., was the first city to…
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By jasonmaddox On July 28th, 2008
According to findings recently published online in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, peer group identification among teenagers greatly determines how a girl perceives the need to control her figure.…
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By jasonmaddox On July 24th, 2008
A recent study has found that exercise may be able to slow Alzheimer brain atrophy. According to the study, which was published in the July 15 issue of Neurology, Individuals…
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By jasonmaddox On July 23rd, 2008
A recent review of findings from a variety of studies focusing on bullying found that not only victims of bullying are at risk for suicidal thoughts but also the bullies…
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By jasonmaddox On July 22nd, 2008
Findings from an intriguing study found a relationship between the anniversary of one’s parent’s death and one’s own sudden death. The study, reported at an American College of Cardiology meeting,…
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By jasonmaddox On July 21st, 2008
A recent study pinpointed a region of the brain affected in those with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). According to the study published in the July 18 issue of Science, an…
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By jasonmaddox On July 18th, 2008
According to a study published in the July issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology poor vision along with related indirect effects of poor health may be linked to an increase…
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By jasonmaddox On July 18th, 2008
According to a study published in the July issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology poor vision along with related indirect effects of poor health may be linked to an increase…
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