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18-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | ] Contact: Robert DeLaetrobert.delaet@lawsonresearch.com 519-685-8500 x75616Lawson Health Research Institute Effects reduced by up to 30 percent by low-vitamin D season LONDON, ON For women diagnosed with a form of breast cancer...

18-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | ] Contact: Alan Bossboss@dtm.ciw.edu 202-478-8858Carnegie Institution A team of scientists has discovered two Earth-like planets in the habitable orbit of a sun-like star. Their work is published in Science Express. Using observations...

Columnists everywhere are carrying a message of American defiance in the wake of the Boston bombings. The consistent theme is: Don’t let the monsters who did this know they hurt us. Get back to normal right away. Thomas Friedman declared, “We don’t frighten...

Co-authored with Paul Nestadt, M.D. When he was 63, Edward* was diagnosed with lung cancer. He was lucky enough to have access to the newest forms of radiation treatment and chemotherapy, and he had three pretty good years. He continued working, and he...

Good nutrition and exercise may be important, but the secret to good health and long life is all in your head, according to the Dalai Lama. After participating in a Peace Walk at the Peace Bridge in Derry, Northern Ireland on April 18, the 14th Dalai...

A known risk factor for depression could be “contagious” under the right circumstances, a small new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Notre Dame found that “cognitive vulnerability” — which is an outlook on life where you feel like everything...

What may have disturbed Penny Loker the most about a CNN story about disfigured Vietnamese children and stillborn babies was the caption above the photos. According to Loker’s blog, it read: “Warning: the following photographs contain graphic content...

Insa Feinkohl, from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, and colleagues measured signs of macrovascular disease in 831 cognitively healthy older adults with type 2 diabetes. Subjects underwent seven neuropsychological tests at baseline and...

The analysis of 2001-2010 U.S. data showed that traffic-related death rates for men and women aged 75 and older were more than double those of people aged 34 and younger. Overall, pedestrians make up 4,000 of the nearly 34,000 traffic-related deaths occurring...

Writing in today’s [Thursday, April 18] American Journal of Public Health, the researchers cite data showing the economic recession and subsequent austerity policies in Greece have led to a sharp deterioration of health services and health outcomes. Researchers...