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 Researchers in the United States said on Friday that babies who are born four months before the flu season are at a higher percentage of developing asthma. Scientists stated that 30% of these babies might develop respiratory problems because the common infections they could get during the cold season are easily linked to asthma.Dr. Tina...
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 A new study released by the sociologists at the University of Maryland discovered that unhappy people are the ones who spend most of their time watching television, as long as the happy people prefer to spend their time reading or speaking with other people. The U.S. study tracked the data collected on activity patterns of adults who...
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 The premature birth rates in the United States reach a “D” grade and 18 other states like District of Columbia and Puerto Rico get only failing grades. No states received an “A,” and only Vermont got a “B.” 23 other states were ranked at “D” grade during the first annual “Premature Birth Report Card” of March of Dimes, which was released...
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 A new study made for the health system in California discovered that because of the state’s high pollution rate, more than $28 billion are spent each year for the 20 million people who live by breathing the worst air in the country. Deaths, chronic illness, hospitalizations and missing days from school and work led the health system and...
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 The fight against flu outbreaks consists of warning the victims in time so they can get a vaccine. Google.org is part of Google Inc. and represents its philanthropic part. They are now trying to help the U.S. authorities to track down the flu in time for the potential victims. Google.org will introduce a new tool which could spot the...
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 U.S. researchers stated on Sunday that the number of people aged 65 or older who are hospitalized because of heart attacks has doubled in the last 27 years. They added that the number may become bigger if prevention methods aren’t used as quickly as possible. The direct and indirect treatment for heart disease would reach to $34.8...
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 Another battlefield for senators John McCain and Barack Obama is now represented by the health insurances. Since they got more expensive and many don’t have the money to pay them, the two candidates for the United States President have built two plans to reduce the ranks of the uninsured. An analysis predicted that McCain’s plan would...
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 New exercise guidelines were released by the U.S. government on Tuesday. The exercise guidelines advice adults to take a break from their usual work for 2 ½ hours a week and do exercise. Also children are advised to run and play for about an hour a day. The guidelines were released after important studies on health benefits from regular...
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 A new study has discovered that keeping a fan in the baby’s room lowers his risks of sudden infant death syndrome by 72%. The study also shows that the space where the baby sleeps is very important in the risk of SIDS. SIDS is the usual diagnose when a baby dies and his death can’t be explained by any other environmental...
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 According to William K. Reisen, PhD, of the Center for Vectorborne Diseases at the University of California, Davis, the number of people infected with the West Nile virus is getting three times bigger this season. Reisen and his colleagues stated that "a dramatic increase in home foreclosures and abandoned homes [has] produced urban...
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 Mass Murder in Memphis Home, 6 Killed
The bodies of six people - 4 adults and 2 children - were found by police in a small brick house in Memphis, Tennessee. Inside the small building were found three other...
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