Blacks tend to develop heart failure 20 years earlier than whites, a long-running study shows.
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The journal Diabetes Care has just published a discussion of results from the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, titled The Many Faces of... Read more »
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A common reason to see the urologist is for an elevated PSA, or prostate specific antigen. A man's PSA can rise for a number of reasons.... Read more »
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: Refractory Migraines — Migraines that are not responding to treatment — can present significant issues for Migraineurs, including status... Read more »
U.S. health officials are reporting that more babies were born in the United States in 2007 than ever before. Birth rates increased in all age... Read more »
According to a new study in Norway, the rates of triplet births are rising, and the death rate for these babies is 10 times higher than it is for... Read more »
Statistics suggest that people who practice some careers are more prone to major depression than people who are in other careers. In this slideshow,... Read more »