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• Large amounts of folic acid shown to promote growth of breast cancer in rats
• Gay-straight alliances in schools reduce suicide risk for all students
• Where do international students of higher education come from; where do they go?
• Hospital water taps contaminated with bacteria
• Depressive symptoms linked to adult-onset asthma in African-American women
• How to improve HPV vaccination rates? It starts with physicians
• High-protein diets, like the popular Dr. Dukan diet, increase the risk of developing kidney disease in rats, study suggests
• Quinoa well tolerated in patients with celiac disease
• British Muslims with diabetes need more healthcare support during Ramadan
• Toddlers' aggression strongly associated with genetic factors
• Middle-school girls continue to play soccer with concussion symptoms
• Boosting vitamin D could slow progression, reduce severity of multiple sclerosis
• Access to guns increases risk of suicide, homicide
• Uninsured patients less likely to be transferred between hospitals, researchers find

Large amounts of folic acid shown to promote growth of breast cancer in rats Posted: 21 Jan 2014 03:34 PM PST Folic acid supplements at levels consumed by breast cancer patients and survivors in North America promoted the growth of existing breast cancer in rats, new research

Gay-straight alliances in schools reduce suicide risk for all students Posted: 21 Jan 2014 10:10 AM PST Canadian schools with explicit anti-homophobia interventions such as gay-straight alliances may reduce the odds of suicidal thoughts and attempts among both sexual minority and straight students,

Where do international students of higher education come from; where do they go? Posted: 21 Jan 2014 10:10 AM PST The level of development of countries has a direct influence on the education system. By way of example, it is clear that the investment that countries like India and China have made in education

Hospital water taps contaminated with bacteria Posted: 21 Jan 2014 08:34 AM PST New research finds significantly higher levels of infectious pathogens in water from faucet taps with aerators compared to water from deeper in the plumbing system. Contaminated water poses an

Depressive symptoms linked to adult-onset asthma in African-American women Posted: 21 Jan 2014 08:34 AM PST According to a new study, African-American women who reported high levels of depressive symptoms had a greater likelihood of adult-onset asthma compared to women who reported fewer depressive

How to improve HPV vaccination rates? It starts with physicians Posted: 21 Jan 2014 07:41 AM PST The risk of developing cervical cancer can be significantly decreased through HPV vaccination. Despite calls for universal vaccination for girls ages 11-12, the most recently published U.S. data

High-protein diets, like the popular Dr. Dukan diet, increase the risk of developing kidney disease in rats, study suggests Posted: 21 Jan 2014 06:30 AM PST An experiment done in rats shows a high-protein diet increases the chance of developing kidney stones and other renal

Quinoa well tolerated in patients with celiac disease Posted: 21 Jan 2014 06:27 AM PST Adding quinoa to the gluten-free diet of patients with celiac disease is well-tolerated, and does not exacerbate the condition, according to new

British Muslims with diabetes need more healthcare support during Ramadan Posted: 20 Jan 2014 04:24 PM PST British Muslims with diabetes may avoid attending GP surgeries to discuss fasting during the holy month of Ramadan – with potentially serious consequences for their future health, new research

Toddlers' aggression strongly associated with genetic factors Posted: 20 Jan 2014 04:24 PM PST A new study provides greater understanding of how to address childhood aggression, and suggests that it is strongly associated with genetic factors in the

Middle-school girls continue to play soccer with concussion symptoms Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:34 PM PST Concussions are common among middle-school girls who play soccer, and most continue to play with symptoms, according to a

Boosting vitamin D could slow progression, reduce severity of multiple sclerosis Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:34 PM PST For patients in the early stages of multiple sclerosis, low levels of vitamin D were found to strongly predict disease severity and hasten its

Access to guns increases risk of suicide, homicide Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:34 PM PST Someone with access to firearms is three times more likely to commit suicide and nearly twice as likely to be the victim of a homicide as someone who does not have access, according to a

Uninsured patients less likely to be transferred between hospitals, researchers find Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:34 PM PST Uninsured patients with a variety of common medical diagnoses are significantly less likely to be transferred between hospitals for treatment, according to a new study. They also found that women,

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