Dealing With Nausea When Pregnant

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 11 Oct 2010

Along with the joy it brings, pregnancy is also a harbinger of unwanted nausea. Some women sail through those nine months without being bothered by this condition, but a vast majority of them are haun...

Pneumatic Drill/Speeding Train Ringtones: Elderly Are Game

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 11 Oct 2010

Ringtones as loud as a pneumatic drill or a speeding train is catching up with the elderly. Read More

Scientists Develop Animal Model To Study Gambling Addictions

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 09 Oct 2010

An animal laboratory experiment modeled on human gambling? Well, UBC researchers have created the world''s first such laboratory which will help them develop and test new...Read More

College Students may Not Let Tipsy Female Pals Engage in Risky Sex

Posted in AIDS - Initial Theories and Disease Progression Support group on Sat, 09 Oct 2010

College students are less likely to let their female friends engage in risky sexual behaviour after a night of drinking alcohol, a new study has revealed. Read More

Bacillary Dysentery / Shigellosis / Shigella Infection

Posted in Shingles / Herpes Zoster / Post Herpetic Neuralgia / Chicken pox shingles Support group on Fri, 08 Oct 2010

The onset of the disease is sudden and is usually characterized by painful abdominal cramps and watery stools. The symptoms of shigella infection may manifest itself within a short period of 12 hours ...

UT Southwestern Analysis Finds Alcohol Consumers are Becoming the Norm

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 08 Oct 2010

A UT Southwestern Medical Center analysis of national alcohol consumption patterns finds that more people are drinking than 20 years ago. Gathered from more than 85,000 respondents, the data suggests ...

Austria Impose Ban On Herbal Incense 'Spice'

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 08 Oct 2010

Austria''s health ministry imposed an immediate ban Thursday on the sale and distribution of the herbal incense "Spice", which some people have taken to smoking for its hallucinogenic effects. "Spice"...

Quality of Weight Loss Counseling Important

Posted in Obesity Support group on Fri, 08 Oct 2010

Diet and weight loss are subjects that most doctors feel must be discussed with their obese patients, but as a new study reveals, these counselling sessions do not seem to have much effect. Read More

Children Food Allergies - Peanut Allergy - Egg Allergy - Milk Allergy

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 08 Oct 2010

The classical definition of a food allergy says, "An abnormal response to any particular food triggered by body's immune system".Some common foods that trigger allergic reactions in children and some ...

New Therapies for Schizophrenia Possible After Serotonin Research

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 08 Oct 2010

Research on how serotonin works is being conducted by Scripps Research Institute scientists. The work could affect the development of new therapies for a number of disorders, including schizophrenia a...