Physician-scientists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center believe that a heightened level a certain growth factor in the blood may explain why blacks have a greater prevalence of hypertension and kidney disease compared to whites. Results from a new study are the first to show that an elevated level of a protein, called transforming growth factor b1 (TGF-b1), Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for July, 2009
A landmark study conducted by Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland is the first to reveal a new syndrome in children that presents with a combination of allergy, apraxia and malabsorption. Autism spectrum disorders were variably present. Verbal apraxia has until now been understood to be a neurologically based speech disorder, although hints of other neurological soft signs have been described. The new study, led by Children’s Hospital Read the rest of this entry »
buy zanamivir online A bill (HR 20, S 324) in Congress that would mandate funding for research, services and public education related to postpartum depression has sparked debate over whether all women should be screened for the condition, Time reports. The Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act, also known as the Mothers Act, passed the House and is before the Senate. The Read the rest of this entry »
Undocumented people live in a shadowy world of high fear and stress — fear of deportation and stress brought on lack of economic, linguistic and educational resources.
And of course if they are parents their worries trickle down to their children. A new study from UCLA examines parents’ concerns about development, learning and behavior for young children of Mexican origin and identifies whether these concerns differ by the families’ citizenship Read the rest of this entry »
Suicide Rates Lowest On Record, England
23 Jul 2009
The number of suicides in England are at an all-time low, Care Services Minister Phil Hope announced as he published the latest annual report on suicide prevention.
- The suicide rate for 2007, the most recent available, was the lowest recorded at 7.5 deaths per 100,000 population.
- There continues to be a sustained fall in the rate of suicide among young men under the age of 35.
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