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The Dreaded Disease Tuberculosis Raises Its Ugly Head

...ng, groaning, a cough punctuated by uncontrollable spurts of blood. XDR TB is already too widespread to quarantine. We need to combat it globally before it becomes pandemic. Last week, the WHO asked governments worldwide to pay up the $3 billion a year needed to fund existing TB programs and an additio...

Early Life Growth Spurts Protect Against “Bad” Cholesterl

...e researchers found that the effects of the growth spurts in either height or girth could not be explained by weight at birth, which is a well known factor in adult health, or lifetime socioeconomic status. Source-Newswise SR...

Infant’s Formula for good health- Breast-feed, beneficial than formula-fee

...fed formula milk instead of breast milk had growth spurts that made them grow very quickly, which also gave them a tendency to store all the extra fat and become victims of childhood obesity. Dr Pauline Emmett, the study's senior nutritionist and a dietitian, said "It could be because parents feeding form...

Risk Of Schizophrenia due to Gene Variation

...sorder that causes shifts in a person's mood, with spurts of high energy and elation alternating with longer periods of fatigue and deep sadness. It affects about one percent of adults, usually beginning in late adolescence.// In a series of experiments the researchers found strong evidence that one version...

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