(Reuters Health) – Children and young people who are overweight or obese may be more likely to develop asthma, an U.S. study suggest. Although obesity has been associated with asthma in adults …
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Studies have often linked to smoking mothers during pregnancy, with lower sperm rates among men. Now, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered that, independently of the mother's nicotine …
Read More »One Quarter of Obesity-Related New Pediatric Asthma Cases
About 23% to 27% of new asthma cases in children are caused by obesity directly, new research indicates. "In the absence of hypertension and obesity, 10% of all the cases of pediatric …
Read More »China's birth-editing baby claimed spark ofrage
Scientists and biology experts have responded with shock, anger and alarm to a Chinese researcher's request that he has helped to make genetically-edited firstborn babies. Jiankui, University of South China's Science and …
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Formerly conjoined twins from Bhutan were released from an Australian hospital on Monday more than two weeks after they were separated in a delicate surgery. The 15-month-old girls Nima …
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Manitoba is about to become a first province in Canada to allow paramedics to give olanzapine antipsychotic medication to people on tubetamine. The Manitoba Government announced a new protocol on Monday to …
Read More »A large study of black men with prostate cancer to look beyond genetics
Researchers at the US School of Keck of Medicine lead an effort of $ 26.5 million to conduct the first first rate study of black men with prostate cancer. "African men are …
Read More »CDC identifies 31 states with 116 confirmed cases of similar polio AFM
WASHINGTON – There are now 286 cases of acute flaccid myelitis in the US this year, according to the US Disease Control and Prevention Centers this year. That includes 116 confirmed cases …
Read More »Aspen SA is launching a three-in-one HIV drug
The company's new Emdolten drug is a day-to-day board in the form of ARV medication that is resistant to drug resistant that often develops with older HIV treatments. Logo Aspen Pharmacare. Photo: …
Read More »Province approves new treatment option for fake users
The province has approved a new treatment option for paramedics to provide fake users, and is expected to reduce the risk of a psychotic episode. Health Minister Cameron Friesen said a new …
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