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Can't quit smoking? Blame your genes
Publish Date: 4/02/08
By: The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Scientists say they have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more likely to get hooked on tobacco, causing them to smoke more cigarettes, making it harder to quit, and leading more often to deadly lung cancer. The discovery by ...

Lots Of Caffeine Increases Risk Of Miscarriage
Publish Date: 1/23/08
By: Shawn Johnson, BDO Staff Writer

High doses of daily caffeine during pregnancy - whether from coffee, tea, caffeinated soda or hot chocolate - cause an increased risk of miscarriage, according a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. The study controlled, for the ...

$150,000 in Community Mini-Grants Awarded through the Magic City Stroke Prevention Project
Publish Date: 12/14/07
By: Magic City Stroke Prevention Project

(Birmingham, AL) December 14, 2007 - Although African Americans are twice as likely to die of stroke as whites, many are unaware of their risk. The Magic City Stroke Prevention Project, a demonstration project funded by the Office of Minority Health ...

Wylcef Jean: Word AIDS Day Plea; Don't Blame Haiti
Publish Date: 12/02/07
By: Karu Daniels

Yesterday was observed as World AIDS Day across the world. As it continues to ravage communities, the devastating pandemic shouldn't be commemorated one day out of a year -- while some diseases have entire months dedicated to their efforts. And ...

6 Thoughts That Keep You From Thin
Publish Date: 11/15/07
By: De'Laney Rowland

Do you hear those voices in your head talking to you? I do, all of the time. I always here that little voice that tells me, "One candy bar won't hurt" or "It's okay if I don't go to the gym today because the next time I go, I'm gonna work twice as ha ...

Hiding a Secret Sex Life? Anonymous On Line Counseling Lends Hope
Publish Date: 10/11/07
By: Catharsisonline.net

On September 1st 2007, a group of Licensed Mental Health Professionals launched an interactive web site that enables people on the DL Down Low (also referred to as LGBT, bi-sexual, "bi-curious," "in the closet," "down" or simply "questioning the ...

African archbishop says condoms deliberately infected with HIV
Publish Date: 10/01/07
By: BBC News

The head of the Catholic Church in Mozambique has told the BBC he believes some European-made condoms are infected with HIV deliberately. Maputo Archbishop Francisco Chimoio claimed some anti-retroviral drugs were also infected "in order to finish ...

Stress: An unhealthy response to the pressures of life
Publish Date: 10/01/07
By: MayoClinic.com

Today's news includes round-the-clock coverage of natural and man-made disasters. Earthquakes and floods. Wars and terrorist attacks. Just 10 minutes of watching the news can make your stress level soar. Compounding matters, you've got a big prese ...

The Rewards of Shut-Eye
Publish Date: 10/01/07
By: PsychologyToday.com

Fact: A midday nap reverses information overload?those feelings of irritation, frustration and declining performance on mental tasks that set in during intense encounters with new information. Fact: The late stage of sleep?sometimes missed by earl ...

Can you get cancer from sex ?
Publish Date: 8/15/07
By: Alan Cantwell, MD - Rense.com

Can you get cancer from sex? Is cancer a sexually-transmitted disease (STD)? A generation ago physicians insisted that cancer was not contagious or infectious, and couldn't be transmitted by coughing, sneezing, or any kind of physical contact. ...

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