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Vaping Causes DNA Changes Similar to Those in Cancer: Study

Vaping Causes DNA Changes Similar to Those in Cancer: Study

Latest Cancer News MONDAY, Feb. 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — People who vape have potentially cancer-causing changes in their DNA similar to those found in cigarette smokers, according to a new study. These chemical alterations — called epigenetic changes — can cause genes to malfunction. They are found in nearly all types of cancer, as […]

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Fresh Donor Egg Better Than Frozen for IVF: Study

Fresh Donor Egg Better Than Frozen for IVF: Study

Latest Pregnancy News THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Fresh donated eggs appear to be better for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) than frozen ones, a new study suggests. Donor eggs provide the best chance of success for many women undergoing IVF, according to the authors. But it wasn’t clear whether using fresh or frozen donor […]

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Unilever to Stop Marketing to Children

Unilever to Stop Marketing to Children

Latest Healthy Kids News FRIDAY, Feb. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — All advertising and marketing campaigns that target children will be halted by the end of the year, food company Unilever says. The new policy by the owner of brands such as Ben & Jerry’s and Klondike ice cream bars stems from concerns about rising […]

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Parents, Grandparents to Blame for Many Child Drug Poisonings, CDC Warns

Parents, Grandparents to Blame for Many Child Drug Poisonings, CDC Warns

Latest Healthy Kids News THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If you are sometimes less than careful with your prescription medications and have young kids at home, a new study shows how easily tragedies can occur. Researchers found that young children getting into medicines leads to about 400,000 poison center calls and 50,000 emergency […]

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Cholesterol Drugs Might Help Curb ‘High-Risk’ Prostate Cancers

Cholesterol Drugs Might Help Curb ‘High-Risk’ Prostate Cancers

Latest Cancer News FRIDAY, Feb. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Drugs that many men with prostate cancer might already be taking — cholesterol-lowering statins — may help extend their survival if they have a “high-risk” form of the disease, new research suggests. High-risk patients include men with high blood levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) […]

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More Sex Partners, Higher Cancer Risk?

More Sex Partners, Higher Cancer Risk?

Latest Cancer News By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If you need more than two hands to count the number of lovers you’ve had in your life, new research suggests you might want to worry about your cancer risk. People who have had 10 or more sexual partners had higher […]

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Rheumatoid Arthritis vs. Arthritis

Bossini-Castillo, L., et al. “A genome-wide association study of rheumatoid arthritis without antibodies against citrullinated peptides.” Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 74 (2015): e15. Costenbader, Karen H., and Elizabeth W. Karlson. “Epstein-Barr Virus and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Is There a Link?” Arthritis Res Ther 8.1 (2006): 204. Crane, M.M., et al. “Epidemiology and Treatment of New-Onset […]

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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome facts Ehlers-Danlos syndromes are a group of disorders which share common features including easy bruising, joint hypermobility (loose joints), skin that stretches easily (skin hyperelasticity or laxity), and weakness of tissues. Ehlers-Danlos syndromes are inherited in the genes that are passed from parents to offspring. Ehlers-Danlos syndromes symptoms and signs are joints that […]