House of Hope Provo – Zoe’s Story

House of Hope Provo – Zoe’s Story – The House of Hope is a non-profit organization that has provided statewide substance abuse treatment services since for 65 years. The House of Hope’s Salt La…

Surgery targets infertile women

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The experimental technique was only tried in a small group of Japanese women with a specific kind of infertility problem, but scientists hope it can also help women in their early 40s who have trouble getting pregnant because of their age. The new …
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Babies born to moms who smoked when pregnant have increased risk of …

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The study found that effects of maternal stress hormones and maternal smoking in pregnancy were additive in predicting nicotine addiction in adult daughters. … Lead author Laura Stroud, Ph.D., from the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine …
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Facing society's drinking problem

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About 44 percent of college students were classified as binge drinkers (five or more drinks for a man and four or more drinks for a woman in about two hours), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 90 percent of alcohol …
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