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Tennis Elbow is Not Caused Due to Improperly Sized Tennis Racket Grip

...p size may influence the force with which a player hits the ball, but variations in grip size are unlikely to be contributing factors in overuse injuries such as tennis elbow," concludes George F. Hatch III, MD, currently of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Southern California Keck Sch...

Quitting Not Easy for Smokers Born to Smoking Women

...s consumed nicotine at the same rates -- about ten hits per session. After four weeks, the researchers for...exposed prenatally took nearly double the nicotine hits compared with those that had not. While the rates of smoking in the United States are declining, a...

Dengue Claims 13 Lives In Malaysia This Month

... viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes, mostly hits tropical and sub-tropical regions. Its symptoms include high fever, nausea, rashes, backache and headaches. The hemorrhagic variant, which causes severe internal bleeding as blood vessels collapse, is often fatal. Source: Bio-Bio Technology SRI...

Dummy Emergency Operation Launched

...f Medical Officer for England” When a flu pandemic hits the country the top priority for the government is to protect the public. "The World Health Organization has said that the UK is at the forefront of preparations internationally, but it is always necessary to test our responses and improve them where...

Tougher Smoking Ban for British Columbia Smokers

... newly to- be- released bill// of British Columbia hits the public. The new anti smoking legislation introduced a few days back will ban smoking in all indoor public spaces as well as in public doorways, and 'near' the doors, windows and air intakes of any building accessible by the public. Says Heal...

Scientists Find Clue for the Prevalence of Bladder Cancer More in Men

...ment in mice mirror those in humans. The disease hits about three times as many men as women, including estimates of 50,000 men and 17,000 women in the United States in 2007, according to the American Cancer Society. Some scientists have suspected that male hormones working in concert with the androgen ...

Make-or-break Exams Stress China Youth

...h some individual blogs getting as many as 500,000 hits over the past three months, the China Daily newspaper said Friday. Despite the growing fixation on a college education, degrees are increasingly unlikely to land students jobs once they graduate. More than one million of last year's four million gr...

New AMA Survey Finds Medicare Cuts Will Hurt Seniors

...r." Also this week, the AMA's "House Call" program hits the road, with physicians on the AMA Board of Trustees visiting local communities to raise awareness of the problem. The impact of the cuts will reverberate beyond seniors who rely on Medicare. America's military families will also be hurt, as the ...

Arsenic Poison can Make Longer Life of Leukemia Patients

...10 percent of cases of acute myeloid leukemia, and hits about 1,500 people a year in the United States. It is the form of leukemia most often diagnosed in young and middle-aged adults. Standard treatment is chemotherapy and a form of vitamin A, with which about 80 percent of patients achieve a long remi...

Malaria and HIV Jointly Affects Pregnant Women and Their Infants

... people every year. While the disease by and large hits children, malaria also brutally affects pregnant women, particularly during their first pregnancy, accounting for a projected 400,000 cases of severe anaemia and 200,000 infant deaths each year. With the recent awareness that HIV further worsens pr...

Genome of Botulism Bacterium Revealed

...t lies in wait and, if it gets the opportunity, it hits its host with a microbial sledgehammer. It then eats the remains and lays low until the next host comes along." The genome sequence is peppered with genes that produce enzymes to digest proteins and other animal material in the soil. Also found, un...

Study Tests Depression Treatment for Diabetes Patients

An Appalachia, diabetes hits hard. Depression does, too. Together, they form a difficult pair to beat . To help patients fight back, a team of Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-COM) and Ohio University researchers have put together a new approach to the doubl...

Does Amateur Boxing Cause Brain Damage?

...r boxers who had received more than 15 high impact hits to the head compared with boxers who reported fewe...e boxers who had received more than 15 high impact hits to the head had seven to eight times higher NFL-levels post fight compared to their levels following...

Chinese City Turns Off the Air-con

... turning on air conditioning until the temperature hits 33 degrees Celsius (91 Fahrenheit), state media reported. Nanjing, capital of eastern Jiangsu province, is the latest city to set a limit on air conditioning use as pressure from the central government to save energy starts to take effect over fear...

Jessica Alba Prefers One-night Stands!

...n when 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' hits theatres. She reprises her role as the blonde and beautiful Invisible Woman in it....

Kelly Clarksons Hits are Making Her an Insomniac

...5-year-old singer said that most of her lyrics and hits strike her when she's trying to get to some sleep. Clarkson added that she has to write them down or record them on the spot, which results in a disturbed sleep. "The moment a song comes to me, I have to get it out. That's why I have a hard time ...

Final Potter Book Already Out on the Web?

...l only get their hands on the true version when it hits bookstores on July 21. "Lots of people claim to have copies of the book - but as far as we are concerned the true version has not been leaked," The Sun quoted the rep, as saying. Online retailer Amazon revealed on July 16 that a staggering 2 mill...

Paris Set for Pedal Power Revolution

...ekend when a fleet of 10,000 self-service bicycles hits the city, providing a cheap and fun alternative to the metro for Parisians and tourists alike. As the Tour de France annual bike race wends its arduous way across the country, in Paris amateur cyclists will from Sunday be able to use swipe- or cre...

Stem Cells Research in Parkinsons Disease

...ars this week, receives nearly 6 million e-visitor hits per month. Content includes research reports, commentaries, reviews, perspectives, colloquium papers, and actions of the Academy. Coverage in PNAS spans the biological, physical, and social sciences....

Marilyn Monroe was Just too Hygienic for Clark Gable!

...fore going to sleep." Bret's biography of Gable hits bookstores this September....

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