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Prior studies have suggested marijuana use can lower the risk of diabetes, while some have shown an association with increased calorie consumption.

The health department offers flu vaccines – right now, they are waiting for state vaccine for children. Please discuss this with your doctor.

“Since its inception in 1997, the Safe & Sound campaign has worked tirelessly to raise awareness about breast cancer among the UAE community”, says Leigh Regan, COO of BurJuman.

Improvements in those who completed the yoga classes was still apparent in follow-up assessments nine months later. But a new study suggests that for people with two of the most common forms – osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis – yoga may improve symptoms....

Three months after Fox died, Sharpe hosted the first Terry Fox run, on Sept 13, 1981.

The earlier SmithKline Beecham paper on Study 329 had concluded that the drug was safe and effective for teenagers. “And I don’t know of any example where two studies in the literature with the same data ever reached opposite conclusions”.

You’re over 21. You’re not a kid anymore. The timing of flu is very unpredictable and can vary from season to season. In contrast, the mild flu season in 2013-2014 was attributed to a well-matched vaccine. If you are 65 or older, it lowers your risk of death by 48%.

The case of a three-year-old girl in the US who developed type 2 diabetes has driven doctors to raise fresh concerns about diet in childhood.

These improvements remained evident nine months later.

Most pupils will only spend a couple of terms at the school, where Sky News was given access ahead of her visit.

They analyzed data from all hospitals in Tuscan for eight years and a dataset of all the registry of all known patients with diabetes in the region. The diabetes effects were separately measured in women and in men across this entire eight-year time.

“This season’s vaccines have been updated to better match circulating viruses”, the CDC says. That vaccine, Tdap, is recommended for adults as one dose with a tetanus/diphtheria booster every 10 years. Still, if a flu shot doesn’t prevent flu every time,...

Jimmy Carter says he has received the second of four planned drug treatments to fight the cancer that has spread to his brain.

The new paper is published today in The BMJ.

The addition of the menthol capsule, and potentially other sweeteners or additives to make the tobacco taste less bitter, may also change the appeal of the cigarettes, the FDA noted. R.J. Reynolds said in a written statement that it “strongly disagrees” with the FDA...