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» Study Implicates Gene Abnormalities In Bipolar Disorder

The largest genetic analysis of its kind to date for bipolar disorder has implicated machinery involved in the balance of sodium and calcium in brain cells. Researchers supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health, part of the National Institutes of Health, found an association between the disorder and variation in two genes that make components of channels that manage the flow of the elements into and out of cells, including neurons.

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» Hurricane Preparedness
Title: Hurricane Preparedness
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 8/16/2004
Last Editorial Review: 8/18/2008

» Majority Of Spanish Teens Playing Sports Don't Smoke

A research work carried out in sample of teenagers aged between 13 and 18 from Granada, Madrid, Murcia, Santander and Zaragoza has analysed the relationship between sport activity and smoking. According to this work, 59.2 percent of the Spanish teens are physically active, although there are significant differences according to sex (71.1 percent of boys, as against 46.7 percent of girls).

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» Women, Sex, and Diabetes
Title: Women, Sex, and Diabetes
Category: Health Facts
Created: 8/18/2008
Last Editorial Review: 8/18/2008