National Positive Thinking Trial Aims To Prevent Childhood Depression More than 7,000 school pupils from across the UK will be taking part in the trial of a new positive thinking programme led by the University of Bath designed to prevent children developing problems with depression. Around one in ten children have symptoms which place them at high risk of becoming seriously depressed.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBritish Medical Association Award Winning Medical Authors And Editors Congratulated By Elsevier Elsevier is pleased to announce that eight of its professional and scholarly books were honored at the annual BMA Medical Book Competition ceremony in London. An additional 19 Elsevier books were highly commended and five received commendation. In total, 640 books were entered to the BMA's competition with 130 prizes awarded with 23 first prizes, 63 highly commended prizes and 44 commended prizes.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOrlando: 9-Year-Old Winter Vinecki To Compete In Triathlon In Honor Of Her Father With Advanced Prostate Cancer What Nine-year-old Winter Vinecki, a resident of Gaylord Michigan, will be honoring her dad's fight against prostate cancer as the youngest competitor/fundraiser in the Athletes for a Cure Triathlon in Orlando on September 21. Winter will be given a ten-minute head start in front of the 1,000 athletes waiting for the start of the event. Several surprises will be in store for Winter along the way.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comInternationally Adopted Children Hit Puberty Earlier Experts claim that internationally adopted children can undergo puberty at an early age making them more susceptible to a variety of
health risks as adults: abdominal obesity, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and even certain cancers.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMontreal Water Treatment Plants Dumping As Much As 90 Times The Critical Amount Of Estrogen Products Into The River The Montreal water treatment plant dumps 90 times the critical amount of certain estrogen products into the river. It only takes one nanogram (ng) of steroids per liter of water to disrupt the endocrinal system of fish and decrease their fertility.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGenes That Cause Blindness Produced By Corneal Oedema Identified For The First Time UGR News Scientists of the University of Granada (Spain) and the San Cecilio Teaching Hospital (Granada) have determined for the first time the causes for the blindness produced by corneal oedema and have identified the genes which cause it.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comClinical Trials: The Features And Promises Of The Brazilian Market Frost & Sullivan will host a live briefing on Tuesday, September 23, at 3:00 pm EDT to provide industry participants an overview of a recently published study focusing on Clinical Trials Markets in Brazil. Over the years, Brazil has increasingly raised its attractiveness for pharmaceutical clinical trials and outsourcing due to cost advantages, considerable patient pool and quality resources.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMichigan 'CAT' Helps Ohio Gorilla - The Xoran XCAT Rolls To The Cause Yes, there's a rivalry between the abutting Midwestern states. But it stops at sports. When it comes to the life of an animal, Michigan and Ohio are friends. When the gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo needed a CAT scan of her nasal passages, they called Michigan.
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