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Study Examines Power of Exercise to Prevent Breast Cancer Newswise Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:29 AM PDT A new federally funded University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine study aims to learn whether women at high risk of breast cancer can use exercise to meaningfully reduce their risk of getting the disease. Building on evidence that reducing estrogen in the body reduces cancer risk, and that elite female athletes experience a drop in estrogen levels that often cause them to stop ovulating and ... Prolactin Reduces Fat Metabolism Medical News Today Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:03 AM PDT The hormone prolactin is necessary for the production of breast milk, but it also affects adipose (fatty) tissue and the body's metabolism. This has been shown by a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Raised prolactin levels in a woman who is not pregnant or breast feeding reduces lipid (fat) metabolism. Flames' depleted defence tested down stretch CBC Calgary Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:49 AM PDT With a playoff spot locked up, the Calgary Flames visit Minnesota on Friday at 6 p.m. MT but might be minus defenceman Robyn Regehr, who left Thursday's game in Dallas with a lower-body injury. Ghana: Inadequate Data On Cancer Hampers Its Control AllAfrica.com Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:12 AM PDT Cancer, an abnormal growth of cell in any part of the body which mostly leads to death constitutes about 12 percent of all deaths worldwide. In developing countries such as Ghana, cancer is among the three leading causes of death in adults. PENN Medicine News: Penn Researchers Demonstrate a New Model for Drug Discovery With a Fluorescent Anesthetic University of Pennsylvania Health System Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:01 AM PDT PHILADELPHIA â€" A collaboration of University of Pennsylvania and University of Wisconsin chemists and anesthesiologists have identified a fluorescent anesthetic compound that will assist researchers in obtaining more precise information about how anesthetics work in the body and will provide a means to more rapidly test new anesthetic compounds in the search for safer and more effective drugs. Use Of Light In Medical Therapy Science Daily Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:14 AM PDT A new study emerging practice of drug delivery systems which use the application of light to activate medications in the body. Namibia: Life Change Centre a Beacon of Hope AllAfrica.com Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:59 AM PDT An under-resourced organisation has managed to be a place where the destitute and desperate can find food for body and soul. Whole-body health: Peoria facility combines medical, chiropractic, fitness and diet clinics Peoria Journal Star Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:28 AM PDT Mike Toland knew he weighed more than 400 pounds, but he hadn’t been on a scale, seen a doctor or taken his blood pressure in over seven years.   His daily routine was his job as a fork lift operator, then home to sleep for 12 hours a night. He rarely had energy to do anything with his wife or three children. My Pharmiweb.com PharmiWeb Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:24 AM PDT Talley Group Ltd publishes further work supporting the use of gauzed based Negative Pressure Wound Therapy. Recently published clinical case studies conducted in the US using the Venturi negative pressure wound therapy system adds to the growing supporting body of clinical evidence. Remote Community Stores Are Part Of The Answer To Close The Gap In Indigenous Health, Australia Medical News Today Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:19 AM PDT Australia's peak nutrition body is calling on the Federal Government to boost funding for community food stores in remote communities. The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) said the government has to give community stores the same importance as water supplies, schools and health services if it wants to improve the health of the nation's Indigenous people.

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