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CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 30 (UPI) — Parents, siblings, aunts and uncles and other relatives are responsible for 75 percent of pertussis cases among infants, says a U.S. study.
Parents were the primary bacterial source of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, in 55 percent of infants, according to the study published in the April […]

BALTIMORE, March 30 (UPI) — Children who must adapt to divorce, remarriage or cohabitation are more likely to have behavioral problems, found a U.S. study.
With each breakup, divorce, remarriage or new cohabitation, there is a period of adjustment for everyone in the family. Such transitions are associated with more frequent delinquent behavior, including […]

FRAZER, Pa., March 30 (UPI) — U.S. firm Cephalon said Friday it got an approvable letter from the Food and Drug Administration for narcolepsy drug Nuvigil.
The agency said the product is approvable to treat excessive sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome and “shift work” sleep disorder.
The FDA is also proposing […]

BOSTON, March 30 (UPI) — A sunny perspective on life may guard against many health problems, says a U.S. study.
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers interviewed 193 healthy volunteers daily for two weeks about their positive and negative emotions, and then exposed subjects to a cold or flu virus.
Twenty-eight percent of infected individuals who […]

BOSTON, March 30 (UPI) — Lesbian and gay adolescents were three to four times more likely to report having been bullied than heterosexuals, a Children's Hospital Boston study reported.
Researchers Dr. Elise Berlan and Bryn Austin analyzed data from more than 7,500 adolescents, 14 to 22, who participated in the Growing Up Today Study of […]