Chronic Pain is exhausting! It can rob you not only of comfort, but of vital life force which allows you the energy to participate in enjoyable events or even regular daily activities, such as functioning at work. Pain can also affect intimate relationships. For example, acting stoic all day to hide discomfort can be so draining […]
According to the American Cancer Society, the current statistics for breast cancer are as follows:
In 2009, an estimated 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among women, as well as an estimated 62,280 additional cases of in situ breast cancer
In 2009, approximately 40,170 women are expected to die from breast cancer.
Only lung cancer accounts for more cancer […]
Webmd recently posted an article associating the risk of common pain drugs to cardiovascular death. The original study, published by Circulation on June 8th, 2010, consisted of following 4,614,807 healthy Danish individuals from January 1997 to 2005. After controlling for various confounding factors, 1, 2038, 437 individuals who used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including diclofenac, and the […]
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Pig Virus Contamination in Baby Vaccination for Rotavirus (NVIC/FDA/Science Direct)
Possible Oncogene (Science Direct)
The lymphoid, renal, pulmonary, and hepatic lesions of naturally occurring postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) affected pigs have been studied by means of immunohistology. The characteristics of lymphoid lesions in the present study strongly suggest an immunosuppressive effect of PMWS in affected […]
