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Drug Used to Prevent HIV Transmission from Mother to Child Damages DNA

...ased cancer risk for a subset of these children in mid and late adulthood appears highly plausible," the authors state. The carcinogenic effects of AZT were further demonstrated by a study on mice led by Hue-Hua Hong of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, NC...

Drinking Age Must Be Raised to Curb Binge Drinking-Voices Warn

...is at least possible that those in their early and mid teens will not see drink as something they will soon be allowed to do so. Instead they might come to see it as it should be: forbidden", Gerard writes. Department of Health figures that show that the number of under-18s admitted to accident and eme...

US Psychiatrist Suspended from Practicing Medicine for Involvement in Doping Scam

...r former coach Remi Korchemny and Conte. In the mid 1990s, Victor Conte developed a legal dietary supplement that purported to build muscle and speed recovery, much like an anabolic steroid. Conte called the product ZMA, and to promote it he recruited a stable of world-class athletes who attested to...

Too Much TV Watching Linked With Poor Academic Performance in Teens

... ages 22 and 33. The 20-year study, begun in the mid of 1980s, found that at age 14, most of the children watched between one and three hours of television each day, while 13 percent watched more than four hours, and 10 percent watched less than one hour. Their viewing habits remained nearly identical ...

Childhood Cancer can Lead to Chronic Health Problems Later in Life: Study

...c health conditions by the time they reached their mid 20s, or early 30s at the latest. Close to 25 percent had multiple health problems by that point, and some 40 percent had suffered at least one severe, life-threatening, or disabling event or condition. The most serious repercussions of their earl...

Link Between Teenage Violence and Domestic Violence Found

...ore likely to engage in domestic violence in their mid 20s . The study, by researchers at the University...asers (9 percent) became involved with violence in mid adolescence with the behaviour increasing up to age 18. The new study found that individuals from ...

Kerala Government Battles With Chikungunya On All Counts

...ms geared up for a depressing season, which begins mid October. Hundreds of visit visas and domestic trips are being cancelled due to the Chikungunya scare. The bad name is especially worrying because Kerala has always being known for its clean environment and high health standards. Kerala's health i...

Folicacid Fortification Very Beneficial

...folic acid fortification of enriched grains in the mid 1990s, the number of infants born in the United States and Canada with neural tube defects has declined by 20 percent to 50 percent. Concurrent with the institution of fortification, however, the rate at which new cases of colorectal cancer were ...

Smoking Speeds Up Muscle Loss

... study the researchers analysed 16 people in their mid sixties who were selected because of their similar lifestyles in terms of alcohol consumption and physical activity. They were all considered to be healthy, with no symptoms of lung disease. They were studied in two equal groups: heavy smokers, wh...

Luciano Pavarotti Believes He is 'nearing His End'

...nd Donna. The 71-year-old underwent a surgery in mid 2006 and Giuliana said that he is strong and is doing physiotherapy to cope with effects of the surgery. 'He is strong and is doing physiotherapy to get over the effects of the operation. 'He spends his time giving singing lessons and playing cards...

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