Medical Dude

Sports fans attending the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and the Paralympics Games in Vancouver, Canada, in February can be winners if they make plans now to help stay healthy during their trip. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers some simple tips to help travelers share gold medal memories but not the flu at the [...] Related posts:

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A birthmark is diagnosed based on appearance and therefore diagnostic tests are not usually needed. While the vast majority of hemangiomas will start to shrink on their own after one year, some may leave the skin deformed or stretched. In these cases, plastic surgery may be an option to improve the appearance of the distorted [...] Related posts:

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A recent study that found for the first time that an abstinence-only sex education program was effective at delaying sexual activity among teens is “already beginning to shake up” the debate over the best strategies to prevent teen pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted infections, the New York Times reports. Advocates and experts are urging policymakers [...] Related posts:

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Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a protein made by the malaria parasite that is essential to its ability to take over human red blood cells. Malaria, which is spread by mosquito bites, kills between 1 million and 3 million people annually in Third World countries. Death results from damage to red [...] Related posts:

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Men who buy fake internet drugs for erection problems can face significant risks from potentially hazardous contents and bypassing healthcare systems could leave associated problems likediabetes and high blood pressure undiagnosed. That’s the warning just published online by IJCP theInternational Journal of Clinical Practice. Medical and pharmaceutical experts from the UK, Sweden and USA carried out a [...] Related posts:

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Many of the health benefits of aerobic exercise are due to the most recent exercise session (rather than weeks, months and even years of exercise training), and the nature of these benefits can be greatly affected by the food we eat afterwards, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. “Differences in what you [...] Related posts:

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