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Toronto (OTL) - A new study that has recently come out has found that nearly 30 percent or 1/3 of Canadian Adults who have been diagnosed with asthma by their doctor may not have the disease. The findings suggest that literally thousands may be taking medication that they don’t need. The original study was to […]

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Toronto - A study has found that Ginkgo biloba does not prevent dementia. Ginkgo biloba is an herbal extract that many people had thought was a possible treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.
Dementia is a disease is which elderly people begin to forget who they are. It is a heart breaking disease […]

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Columbia (OTL) - Stem cell research dates back to the 1960s, and the first time this research was applied as an actual medical treatment was in 1968, when stem cells were used to treat immunodeficiency in adults. For decades, scientists have made promises about the promise of stem cell research, and in the past […]

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Washington (OTL) - Researchers have found that the herb ginkgo biloba does not prevent Alzheimer’s.
Researchers were hopeful that the herb would be able to prevent dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
This is not the case though according to a new study led by Dr. Steven DeKosky of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and M edical […]

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Washington (OTL) - A new survey carried out by the Physicians’ Foundation has found that many doctors in the U.S. are ready to quit.
It appears that many U.S. doctors are ready to stop practicing medicine.
This is quite apparent after a survey was done on 270,000 physicians across the U.S.
With the current shortage of primary care […]

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Washington (OTL) - It appears that using assisted reproductive technology, commonly called fertility treatments, can raise the chances of your baby having certain types of birth defects.
New federal research conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Preventionshows that a baby born through in vitro fertilization or through implantation with donor eggs has a 6%-12% […]

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Ottawa - Mad-cow disease has been a growing concern to all those who are involved in the process of getting beef and dairy from the source to the table. Although the disease has not been rampant in the United States like in parts of Europe and Canada, officials are working hard to find cause, and […]

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Washington (OTL) - According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), babies born via ART are more likely to have birth defects.
ART is known as assisted reproductive technology and is usd to help the babies become conceived.
The study was done on 13,500 babies born with birth defects, and 5,000 babies without birth […]

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Washington (OTL) - According to a new study, you can cut your risk of cancer with sleep and regular exercise.
The long-term study was carried out on a total of 6,000 U.S. women and found that exercise and sleep helped cut the risk of cancer greatly.
What they found was that the risk of cancer was reduced […]

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(OTL) - According to scientists, vitamin C and E supplements will not help to prevent cancer. The study was headed by Dr. Howard Sesso. His study was conducted on fifteen thousand men over an eight year time frame.
There were two groups involved in the study. Group number one took vitamin E or a placebo every […]

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