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 Researchers have identified a genetic mutation that raises the risk of cancer that could be carried by over 60 per cent of the women in the U.S.
The findings, published Sunday in the journals Nature and Nature Genetics, identified four new breast cancer susceptibility genes, as well as several genetic markers that are associated with...
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 Babies that live in a bilingual environment are able to tell when a person switches to a different language by watching their face3, according to Canadian researchers.
Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada conducted a study on babies’ ability to distinguish between people using different languages through...
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Canadian researchers suggest that regular sessions of resistance exercise training can help reverse the signs of ageing in the skeletal muscles of those over 65. The study appears on the online medical journal PLoS One. Its authors studied the effects of six months of resistance training in 25 adults aged 20 to 35 years and in another...
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 Researchers have found that oral sex with multiple partners increases the risk of contracting the human papillomavirus, which in turn increases the risk of developing throat cancer.
The risk is present for both men and women. The study is published in the May 10 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. The researchers, from John...
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 Researchers have identified a correlation between the time of year when a baby is conceived and their future development.
Dr Paul Winchester, a neonatal specialist at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and his colleagues, studied more than 27 million live births in the U.S. between 1996 and 2002.
The team of researchers found...
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A team of doctors monitoring firefighters and paramedics who worked at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11 attacks links this activity in the toxic environment with a potentially fatal lung disease.
The study was published this week in the May issue of “Chest” (a journal published by the American College of Chest Physicians), by doctors...
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 A frightening 90 per cent of toddlers watch TV and DVDs regularly by the time they’re two years old, according to American researchers.
There has been talk of children and adolescents spending excessive amounts of time in front of a TV or a computer for some time now. Health professionals have done their part and warned parents...
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 Mass Murder in Memphis Home, 6 Killed
The bodies of six people - 4 adults and 2 children - were found by police in a small brick house in Memphis, Tennessee. Inside the small building were found three other...
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