Investigators at the University of California in Riverside (UCR) say that depressed people who tend to practice positive activities oftentimes exhibit a decrease in the severity of their symptoms. The team adds that this could constitute a cheap, alternative way of handling the debilitating condition.Scientists did n... |
1 August 2011
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Over the past few years, a large number of adverse side-effects were recorded in people who were under lithium-based therapy. Now, healthcare experts say that most of these instances may have been avoided if doctors had spoken to their patients more clearly about the drugs. If patients are given clear guidance on how... |
20 December 2010
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Back in the 1970s, the general conception was that stress was a killer, and that people needed to avoid it at all costs. But an expert managed to change that idea, showing the it can be beneficial to us, if only we treat it as a challenge. Salvatore R. Maddi, a professor of psychology and social behavior at the Unive... |
10 November 2010
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According to a new body of work, it would appear that the renowned anticoagulant clopidogrel does not cause adverse side-effects in people with a particular genetic make-up. The research, which was conducted by scientists at the McMaster University, was prompted by a “black box” warning the US Food and Dr... |
30 August 2010
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As our planet becomes increasingly warmer, climate change poses a considerable number of threats to the Earth's population, shorelines, precipitations, arid lands, and so on. Mitigating the effects of global warming is only possible through a combined action taken by the world's leaders, but the officials s... |
11 February 2010
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In a new set of experiments conducted on monkeys, researchers have managed to determine a new type of gene therapy aimed at curing the Parkinson's disease. The treatment apparently does not result in the involuntary muscle movements that are a direct consequence of other forms of therapy against the ruthless con... |
15 October 2009
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According to a recent scientific study, it may be that experiencing (and surviving) an earthquake may have a number of side-effects on people, including damage to their brain function, even though they remain physically healthy. The investigation was conducted on survivors of the Wenchuan, China earthquake, which too... |
25 September 2009
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Undoubtedly, for patients that get rid of cancer thanks to chemotherapy, the sheer joy of being alive is enough to block any comment on the efficiency and the toll that the treatment takes on the body. The list of side-effects that chemotherapy causes has been extensively studied and discussed, and symptoms such as h... |
17 September 2009
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Anxiety, in some form or the other, is the most widespread mental condition in the world, affecting millions. However, as with other diseases that affect a lot of people (AIDS, cancer, diabetes, etc.), there is no effective cure for it. There are only two classes of medication to be taken by anxiety patients, but bot... |
19 June 2009
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For us ladies, makeup is an integral part of our lives, just like water or air are. It's natural, therefore, to want to know more about its ingredients and their potential long-term side effects it may have on our health, especially since there are makeup products such as foundation, powder and eyeshadow that ma... |
11 June 2008
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