Disease Information - January 8, 2009

Prostate Cancer May Be Linked To Your Mother

May 4, 2005 - Topics mother, cancer, prostate cancer, study and food
Experts are worried about the possible harm that chemicals in oral contraceptives and food containers may have on babies. A new study shows that they both harm the development of baby mice.

Researchers studied two man-made chemicals ethinylestradiol and bisphenol A. Male mice exposed to the substances while in the womb, developed deformities of the prostate and urethra

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Second Case of Wild Virus Polio Confirmed In Indonesia

May 3, 2005 - Topics polio, aids, disease, child and statistic

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Men: Being A Loner Can Kill More Than Your Social Life

May 2, 2005 - Topics men, stress, blood, disease and heart disease

Bethesda, MD (AHN)- A study being presented to the American Heart Association shows that men who do not have close friends and family have higher levels of a blood molecule leading to a higher risk of heart disease.

Researchers studied 3,267 men and women with an average age of 62, from across America who were taking part in the Framingham Heart Study

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Students Pricked with Needle Prescribed HIV Fighting Drugs

April 30, 2005 - Topics hiv, diabetes, mother, blood and infection
After being pricked with a diabetes-testing needle by a classmate, 19 elementary school students are taking drugs to fight the HIV virus - one student has already tested positive.

According to authorities, the child who tested positive for the HIV virus could not have contracted the disease from the needle

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Arthritis Is More Severe For African-Americans

April 29, 2005 - Topics africa, arthritis, medicine, disease and study
A new study determines that African-Americans with rheumatoid arthritis have symptoms that are often times more severe than whites with the same illness.

African-Americans with the disease were also found to have lower self-sufficiency scores and were prone to more illnesses and were less likely to have taken advised medications

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