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Could The Birth Control Pill Reduce Colon Cancer Risk?
Women using the oral contraceptive pill could be up to 20% less likely to develop bowel cancer, research suggests. Researchers believe that over the last 20 years, mortality rates for bowel cancer have dropped more in women than in men because of hormones found in the Pill. They focused on the results from 19 international studies that compared bowel cancer rates for women who had taken an oral contraceptive between the mid-1960s and 1980s. more |
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Women Feel The Effects Of Alcohol More Than Men
The way the stomach breaks down alcohol could explain why drinking appears to have a more pronounced effect on women. The toxic effects of alcohol have more impact on women's internal organs, including the liver, heart and brain making women more vulnerable to developing alcohol-related diseases. Women may simply need to be more cautious than males in terms of the amount of drinking that they do. more |
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Newest Antibiotics Fail Against Superbugs
Bacteria are already showing signs of resistance to one of the latest antibiotics to reach the hospital. Linezolid is a recent addition to the armory of drugs that physicians and health professionals can use to keep up with dangerous bugs which constantly mutate to beat the drugs used against them. But now, even Linezolid is meeting with some resistance. more |
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Is Mad Cow Disease To Blame For Dying Woman In Oklahoma, USA?
Naoma Blossom, 52, is dying of a rare brain-wasting illness called Creutzfeldt-Jakob. The cause isn't known. Another form of the disease, called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob, has stricken people in Europe and comes from eating meat tainted by mad cow disease. Her husband Harold Blossom, 58, works a graveyard shift and spends his days at the Westville Nursing Home, watching his wife's decline. more |
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US Airlines Must Carry Defibrillators On Board
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered US airlines to begin carrying emergency equipment to help passengers who suffer heart attacks while traveling. US airlines will have three years to put defibrillators on all domestic and international flights. Flight attendants will be taught how to use the devices to get a stricken passenger's heart beating normally. more |
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