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There is a higher incidence of high blood pressure in blacks and it cannot be wholly attributed to cultural differences. Ideas that blacks eat more fried food and suffer more stress than their white counterparts are inaccurate, but it is true that b...

In the field of psychotherapy any given clinician, at any given moment in the process, can find him or herself concerned with the way someone is thinking, feeling, or doing. In technical terms cognition, affect, and behaviour. Entire systems of psych...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) Overweight preschoolers who keep their extra weight as they grow have a greater asthma risk at the age of seven, but the baby fat doesn’t seem to matter for children who later slim down, according to a study. Researchers writing ...

After staring at a blank screen for 25 minutes with a severe case of columnists block, I am now elbow deep in a bag of chocolate chips. This is somewhat awkward given my chosen profession. I would like you to know that I do, largely, practice what I ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) People who eat lots of red meat may have a higher risk of some types of kidney cancer, according to a US study of thousands of adults. Researchers writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that middle-aged adults...

Looking back on one’s predictions is an often humbling exercise. It is now time for me to look back on my ten surprises for the tumultuous year that was, 2011. First let’s recap. The year 2011 started off on a relatively strong note then the markets...