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Canadian scientists have discovered that a particular gene appears to be essential for protecting the brain as people age and that missing one copy may boost the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease or ...

New data from a public registry that tracks health effects of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks suggest that up to 70,000 people developed post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the terror attacks.

Blacks with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- including chronic bronchitis and some types of serious chronic asthma -- have a risk for developing lung cancer about twice as high as that of whites with the condition, according to a study published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, Reuters reports.

Sept. 9, 2008 -- Infants and toddlers who attend day care are less likely than other children to develop asthma symptoms by age 5, a new study shows.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. attacked Republicans for rejecting President Bush's limited support for using human embryonic cell lines to develop therapies, and the McCain campaign immediately cried foul.

Background:Neonatal tetanus (NT) is still considered as one of the major causes of neonatal death in many developing countries. The aim of the present study was to assess the characteristics of sixty-seven infants with the diagnosis of neonatal tetanus followed-up in the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Ward of Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakir, between 1991 and 2006, and to draw attention to factors that may contribute (or may have contributed) to the elimination of the disease in Diyarbakir.Methods:The data of sixty-seven infants whose epidemiological and clinical findings were compatible with neonatal tetanus were reviewed. Patients were stratified into two groups according to whether they survived or not to assess the effect of certain factors in the prognosis. Factors having a contribution to the higher rate of tetanus among newborn infants were discussed.Results:A total of 55 cases of NT had been hospitalized between 1991 and 1996 whereas only 12 patients admitted in the la

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Not all children are born with a clear-cut gender. There are many reasons for this and if you look at the way in which a fetus's sexual organs develop it...

Want another way to beat your risk of developing cancer? Eat those veggies! Sure they get a bad wrap for maybe not being the sexiest food, but when...

Arthritis patients who take NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) have an increased risk of developing bleeding ulcers -- one of the most serious problems associated with NSAID use. While there are...