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Depression :: Depression may play a bigger role in readjustment than previously thought in troubled vets

Depression may be an unrecognized readjustment problem for recently returning veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a study released today at the American Psychological Association 115th Annual Convention. Researchers working with veterans referred for psychiatric evaluation from a primary care service found that major or minor depression was associated with domestic abuse and other family problems.

Cough :: Safety and Efficacy of Pediatric Cough & Cold Medicines

Following is a statement by Linda A. Suydam, D.P.A., president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), regarding the safety and efficacy of over-the-counter pediatric cough and cold medicines:

Lead :: Lead exposure, the facts, Q&A with Children’s Hospital Boston toxicologists

Recent toy recalls may leave you wondering about your child’s exposure to lead. Read on to get the facts from Children’s Hospital Boston’s Michael Shannon, MD, MPH, an emergency physician, toxicologist and co-director of the Pediatric Environmental Health Center at Children’s Hospital Boston and Alan Woolf, MD, MPH, a pediatrician, toxicologist, co-director of the Pediatric Environmental Health Center and director of the Environmental Medicine Program at Children’s Hospital Boston.

Angioedema :: Treatments emerge for a rare and life-threatening disease angioedema

An investigational drug called ecallantide (also known as DX-88 [Dyax Corp., Cambridge, MA]) significantly relieves attacks of a rare, life-threatening disease called hereditary angioedema, report researchers from Children’s Hospital Boston and 25 other study sites.

Psychology :: Are drunk girls more promiscuous? Perception is not always reality

Teens’ perceptions of adolescent girls’ flirtatiousness is based on what girls are drinking, as well as what their romantic male partners are drinking, according to a new University of Michigan study.

Malaria :: WHO releases new guidance on insecticide-treated mosquito nets

The World Health Organization (WHO) today issued new global guidance for the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets to protect people from malaria. For the first time, WHO recommends that insecticidal nets be long-lasting, and distributed either free or highly subsidized and used by all community members.

Malaria :: UN agency issues new guidance for insecticide-treated mosquito nets to fight malaria

The United Nations health agency issued new global guidance on the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets against malaria, for the first time recommending that they be long-lasting, distributed either free or highly subsidized, and used by all community members to fight a disease that kills more than 1 million people each year.

Listeria :: Ocean King recalls Ready-To-Eat seafood dips because of Listeria risk

Ocean King Enterprises Inc. of Philadelphia, PA is recalling Ready-to-Eat Seafood Dips, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

Cancer :: Killer T cell treatment shows promise against cancers in transplant patients

Blood cell donations could be used to treat transplant patients with a particular form of cancer, according to a Cancer Research UK study reported in the journal Blood1 today (Wednesday).

Cancer :: Choose a cracker of a gift this Christmas, with Send and Give from Cancer Research UK

Christmas may come just once a year, but if you are looking for gift ideas that will make an impact long after the decorations have come down, why not give one of Cancer Research UK’s alternative gifts, and help beat cancer at the same time.