Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Coming Out as a LGBT Teenager: When and How
Coming out is a difficult decision for a teen. WebMD provides advice for letting others know your sexual orientation.
Scientists Invent New Way To Disarm Malaria Parasite
A novel technique to "tame" the malaria parasite, by forcing it to depend on an external supply of a vital chemical, has been developed by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California-San Francisco. The scientists have, in effect, created a domesticated strain of Plasmodium - the one-celled parasite that causes malaria - that would no longer cause this dreaded disease...
11 Tips to Cut Your Cholesterol Fast
WebMD provides tips for things you can do now to help lower your bad cholesterol levels. From diet to medications, find the first steps here.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Pre-chewed food may pose HIV threat to infants
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study from South Africa found that more than two-thirds of mothers and other caregivers pre-chew food for their infants -- possibly putting those babies at risk of HIV if the caregiver is HIV-positive.
U.S. researchers broke rules in Guatemala syphilis study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government researchers must have known they were violating ethical standards by deliberately infecting Guatemalan prison inmates and mental patients with syphilis for an experiment in the 1940s, according to a presidential commission.
Snuff Use During Pregnancy Is Harmful to Newborns
The use of smokeless tobacco during pregnancy increases the risk that newborns will have breathing pauses (apnea) in their sleep, a study shows.
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