Unfair treatment in life boosts a person's chances of having a heart attack, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The findings are based on more than 8,000 senior civil servants working for the British government in London (The Whitehall Study II). [click link for
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On 15 May 2007, six newspapers reported that a healthy Mediterranean diet halves the risk of lung disease. These were generally accurate reports of a large, well-conducted, cohort study of 42,971 men, whose results are likely to be reliable, but maybe not generalisable beyond men in the USA or men
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Hospital staffing is key in disaster planning, especially within the emergency department. Yet, mandatory assignment does not guarantee attendance. This study tested the hypothesis that healthcare workers perceptions and expectations about their role in disaster response influence their willingness
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Nearly forty per cent (37 per cent) of British women and a quarter of British men have confessed that they have felt unattractive on holiday as a result of excessive exposure to the sun, according to a survey by Cancer Research UK*. This research has been conducted to highlight Sun Awareness Week,
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China says checks on food exporters have turned up no sign of a chemical blamed for the deaths of cats and dogs in North America, and urged U.S. authorities to refrain from further action against Chinese producers.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Men who pop too many vitamins in the hope of improving their health may in fact be raising their risk of the deadliest forms of prostate cancer, especially men with a family history of the disease, researchers said on Tuesday.
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When singer/songwriter/guitarist Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack, found out last year that he had two brain tumors, he was concerned that either the tumors or the side effects of surgery would leave him unable to pursue his livelihood. Fieger co-wrote "My Sharona," which was featured on The K
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The proportion of U.S. women age 40 and older who said they have undergone a mammogram in the previous two years declined from 70% to 66% from 2000 to 2005, according to a study to be published in the June 15 issue of the journal Cancer, the Washington Post reports. Nancy Breen and colleagues from
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Some Caribbean lizards' strong sexual dimorphism allows them to colonize much larger niches and habitats than they might otherwise occupy, allowing males and females to avoid competing with each other for resources and setting the stage for the population as a whole to thrive. The finding, reported
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