01.31.08

Vietnam moms rush deliveries as Year of Golden Pig comes to an end

Posted in Health at 10:55 am by heaven

Hanoi - Expectant mothers are asking doctors to deliver their babies prematurely, via Caesarean section, so they can be born before the end of the lucky Year of the Golden Pig, Vietnamese doctors said Thursday. Vietnam, which traditionally follows ...

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Cannabis Puts Tobacco in the Shade

Posted in Health at 9:45 am by heaven

Reports in both, Respirology and the European Respiratory Journal have revealed how two recent studies have proved that cannabis users are at a greater risk of contracting chronic lung disease and even cancer than cigarette smokers.

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Giving Mental Health Patients Their Due

Posted in Health at 8:05 am by heaven

Doctors in Britain are being advised to avoid differentiating between people in urgent need of help for their mental health until the source of payment for their treatment has been ascertained.

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Blue-eyed people have a single ancestor

Posted in Health at 6:23 am by heaven

Researchers in Denmark tracked a genetic mutation showing that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. Hans Eiberg of the University of Copenhagen and his team examined mitochondrial DNA and compared the eye color of blue-eyed individuals i...

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5,000 helmets distributed Dominican Rep.

Posted in Health at 5:57 am by heaven

U.S. hospitals and organizations are distributing 5,000 free helmets in the Dominican Republic in an effort to reduce traffic-related injuries and deaths. Officials with the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, as well as hospital, government and university pa...