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Childhood physical abuse linked to cancer

Childhood physical abuse is associated with elevated rates of cancer in adulthood, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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Stress management program helps prevent heart events in patients with heart disease

A cognitive behavioral therapy program focusing on stress management appears to decrease the risk of recurrent heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in patients with heart disease, according to a report in the January ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women's bodies and minds agree less than men's on what's sexy

Women's minds and genitals respond differently to sexual arousal, whereas in men, the responses of the body and mind are more in tune with each other, according to Assistant Professor Meredith Chivers, from Queen's University ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds behavioral link between insomnia and tension-type headaches

A study in the Feb. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the use of sleep or napping to relieve chronic pain caused by tension-type headaches could have the unwanted effect of decreasing the homeos ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genes may make some people more prone to anxiety

Inborn differences may help explain why trauma gives some people bad memories and others the nightmare of post-traumatic stress. Scientists in Germany and the United States have reported evidence linking genes to anxious ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 11, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 1


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