Couples are put off using the male pill as contraception because many women feel their partners would forget to take it, and some men feel it would challenge their masculinity, research says…
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A recent survey in the UK revealed a shockingly low level of awareness of bowel cancer, especially for a nation where bowel cancer is the second biggest cancer killer and claims more than 1,350 lives a month, often because victims are diagnosed too late…
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While breastfeeding babies has numerous health advantages to both mother and child, mothers who breastfeed may find that other people look down on them and do not want to work with them. A recent study released by Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (published by SAGE) found that mothers who breastfeed are viewed as less [...]
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Benzocaine sprays, gels, and liquids may cause methemoglobinemia, a rare but serious and potentially fatal condition. Medscape Medical News
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Nursing home patients have a high prevalence of MRSA — if your hospital is only screening high-risk patients, be sure those from nursing homes are on the list! Medscape Infectious Diseases
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A study finds that after 1 year, the “High Five for Kids” study improved television-viewing behaviors among preschool-aged children but did not modify other variables. Medscape Medical News
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A study shows damage to the dopamine system in the brain of healthy welders and manganese-laden fumes may be the culprit. Medscape Medical News
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Why are some HIV patients, especially those who inject drugs, at a high risk of venous thromboembolism? HIV Medicine
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Folic acid supplementation is important before and during pregnancy, but how much is too much? BMC Public Health
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(MedPage Today) — In just the first two months of the year, 13 people in the U.S. contracted measles as a result of international travel, many of them young children, CDC researchers said.
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