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A growing body of evidence is suggesting that exposure to organophosphate pesticides is a prime cause of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD. The findings are considered plausible to many experts because the pesticides are designed …

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Chronic fatigue syndrome may be caused by a rare mouse-related virus, new research suggests.
Scientists found evidence of murine leukaemia virus – known to cause cancer in mice – in 86 per cent of chronic fatigue …

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Teenagers may carry the highest levels of bisphenol A – about 30 per cent more than the rest of the population, according to the first national survey about the compound conducted by Statistics Canada, …

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For labial herpes, the mean duration of attacks and pain, occurrence of crusting, and mean healing time with honey treatment were 35%, 39%, 28% and 43% better, respectively, than with acyclovir treatment. For genital herpes, …

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Two studies published recently suggest there could be something wrong with the way ADHD is diagnosed in young children in the US, one found that nearly 1 million kids are potentially misdiagnosed just because they …

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Early Sunday morning, French police stood helpless as sixty people, locked inside an open-air field of genetically modified grapevines, uprooted all the plants. In Spain last month, dozens of people destroyed two GMO fields. …

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Women who use estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy don’t appear to be at increased risk of dying from lung cancer.
That’s according to a new analysis of earlier data from postmenopausal women who had had their …

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A new superbug that makes an enzyme called NDM-1 which probably travelled back to the UK in patients who went over to India and Pakistan for surgical treatments has entered UK hospitals, experts say. This …

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China’s government is investigating reports that a brand of powdered milk caused infant girls to grow breasts.
It is being alleged that hormone-tainted milk from Synutra International caused several cases of premature puberty in Hubei province.
The …

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A new survey of child psychiatrists indicates that insomnia is a major problem among children in mental health treatment and at least a quarter of these patients are given sleep medication. The results of the …