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A study care of the University of California suggests that babies as young as 1 ½-years-old are sensitive to the perspectives of others and can even guess what other people are going to do before they do it. The report published on LiveScience.com challenged the earlier reasoning that children aren’t aware of the perspectives of […]
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A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found current adult vaccination rates in America are “unacceptably low.” The findings call for a “substantial increase” in adult vaccinations across the country. And the worry surpasses the annual flu shot, with vaccinations recommended for diseases such as pneumonia, tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, […]
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Did you ever suspect that what your children watch on television, at home, at night, may actually be driving them to bad behaviors—like drinking? A study published by the School of Community and Global Health at Claremont Graduate University in California found that seventh-graders who are exposed to alcohol ads on television (and thought they […]
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New York based, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc., said a late-stage trial of its experimental drug, Zerenex, for kidney disease met the late-stage trial goal of reducing phosphate levels in blood. The positive results boosted Keryx shares up to 49 percent, selling for $4.80 on Monday’s Nasdaq. Because phosphate levels in blood rise when kidney function declines, […]
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The percent of women who choose a mastectomy to treat early breast cancer is on the rise. In fact; numbers indicate that women are more prone to opt for the surgical removal of one or both breasts versus the less invasive lumpectomy, in which only a discrete lump is removed surgically. Why? Because they are […]
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