Archive for January, 1970
American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month Highlights Health Disparities
November 2006 is American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month. According to the Census Bureau statistics in 2004 there are an estimated 4.4 million American Indians and Alaska Native people. November is...
Colon Cancer 73% More Common in Men
Polyps linked to colon cancer are 73% more common in men according to recent research
published in the New England Journal. The Polish study tracked 50,000 people over the
age...
New Hepatitis C Treatment
A team from the Saint Louis University (SLU) School of Medicine have discovered that
ribavirin in combination with Ifergen (a type of interferon) is twice as effective in
holding back...
Men Victims of Domestic Abuse Too
When most people think of physical and/or psychological abuse they tend to think of women as the victims. Yet, over three million American men each year are the victims of...
Dads Influence Language Development in Infants More Than Moms?
Researchers at the University of North Carolina have found that children who had fathers whose vocabulary was more varied when the child was two had more advanced language skills at...