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McMaster study: Deeper voice leads to more children
HAMILTON (AM900 CHML) - Size may not matter.But a team of researchers at McMaster University say they have found something that does matter when it comes to a male mate.
A low voice.
The researchers say men with lower voices father more children than men with higher-pitched voices.
They say a low male voice is a sign of […]
Posted: September 25th, 2007 under Other Steroid News, Steroids In Medicine.
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Studies find steroid use in pregnancy mostly safe
By Gene Emery
BOSTON (Reuters) - Two new studies are offering mixed signals about the long-term safety of repeatedly giving pregnant women steroid drugs intended to prevent complications once a premature delivery seems likely.
While one report in the New England Journal of Medicine found little evidence that the widespread practice is dangerous, another study in the […]
Posted: September 21st, 2007 under Steroids In Medicine.
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Steroid Treatments to Premature Infants May Increase the Chance of Cerebral Palsy
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have released the results of their latest study that shows the possibility that repeated courses of a drug normally used to improve the chance of survival in premature infants before they are born, may also have a detrimental effect by increasing the risk of cerebral palsy in those very […]
Posted: September 21st, 2007 under Steroids In Medicine.
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Steroid dose warning in children
Children with allergic conditions such as asthma may be receiving too high a dose of steroids, drug experts warn.
A Scottish study found almost one in 10 children prescribed corticosteroids for asthma were also given the drugs for other conditions such as hay fever.
They risk adverse effects from cumulative steroid doses from inhalers, creams and nasal […]
Posted: September 11th, 2007 under Steroids In Medicine.
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STEROID WARNING FOR KIDS
PARENTS of kids with allergies have been warned to check they are not taking too many prescribed steroid hormones.
Experts say taking too many hormones can lead to growth problems, blurred vision, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Aberdeen University experts who studied almost 350,000 kids with asthma found that nine per cent were given at least two […]
Posted: September 10th, 2007 under Steroids In Medicine.
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