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| Common Osteoporosis Drug Linked To Higher Risk Of Oesophageal Cancer |
| A new UK study that followed a large number of people found that those who took 10 or more prescriptions for oral bisphosphonates, a group of drugs commonly used to treat the bone disease osteoporosis, were at higher risk of developing oesophageal cancer… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT) |
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| Pivotal Study Finds Link Between PTSD And Dementia |
| Results of a study reported in the September issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggest that Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have a greater risk for dementia than Veterans without PTSD, even those who suffered traumatic injuries during combat. Exposure to life threatening events, like war, can cause PTSD, and there are high rates among veterans… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT) |
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| MIT Researcher Finds That Social Networks Influence Health Behaviors |
| Scientists have long thought that social networks, which features many distant connections, or “long ties,” produces large-scale changes most quickly… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT) |
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| Novel Nanotechnology Collaboration Leads To Breakthrough In Cancer Research |
| One of the most difficult aspects of working at the nanoscale is actually seeing the object being worked on. Biological structures like viruses, which are smaller than the wavelength of light, are invisible to standard optical microscopes and difficult to capture in their native form with other imaging techniques… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT) |
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| Capacity For Exercise Can Be Inherited, Suggesting That Pharmaceutical Drugs Can Be Used To Alter Activity Levels In Humans |
| Biologists at the University of California, Riverside have found that voluntary activity, such as daily exercise, is a highly heritable trait that can be passed down genetically to successive generations. Working on mice in the lab, they found that activity level can be enhanced with “selective breeding”- the process of breeding plants and animals for particular genetic traits… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT) |
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| Cheap And Accurate Tuberculosis Test Gives Results In Under Two Hours |
| A tuberculosis test, called Xpert |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:00:00 PDT) |
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| Organic Strawberries Have More Antioxidants And Vitamin C But Less Potassium And Phosphorus |
| Organic strawberries were found to have more vitamin C and antioxidants than non-organic ones, and they also had a nicer taste, but are 13.4% smaller and have considerably lower levels of dietary minerals potassium and phosphorous, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal PloS One… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:00 PDT) |
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| The Face Of An Infant’s Suffering; Can It Be Sugarcoated? |
| When your newborn infant is crying with uncomfortable teething or otherwise obviously suffering, feeding sugar to the little one has been a home remedy for years based on not only perceived behavior, but also physiological reactions. However, a new article by Dr… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:00:00 PDT) |
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| Short Sleep And Chronic Insomnia Linked To Four-Fold Risk Of Early Death In Men |
| US researchers found that short sleep and insomnia was linked to a four times higher risk of early death in men; they urged public health policy makers to emphasize earlier diagnosis and treament of chronic insomnia… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:00:00 PDT) |
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| Orexigen Partners With Takeda To Commercialize Obesity Drug Contrave (Naltrexone SR/Bupropion SR) |
| Contrave (naltrexone SR/bupropion SR), an investigational drug aimed at combination therapy to address both biological and behavioral drivers of obesity, will be developed and commercialized by Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited in the USA, Canada and Mexico. The two drug firms have just signed an exclusive partnership for the North American area… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:00:00 PDT) |
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| Infrared Detects E. Coli In Beef Within An Hour Instead Of A Week Protecting Public Health More Efficiently |
| Where’s the beef? Rather, where are the Escherichia coli (commonly referred to and spelled as E. coli) in my beef? It has been found that infrared spectroscopy detects E. coli (named for discovery by German pediatrician and bacteriologist Theodor Escherich) far more rapidly than current testing options… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:00:00 PDT) |
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| Several West Nile Virus Infections And Deaths In Greece, Other Parts Of Europe Also Affected |
| Cases of human infection of West Nile virus (WNV) have been reported in Greece where 13 people have died and at least 140 have become ill, according to the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. Greek authorities say 32 patients are currently hospitalized… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:00:00 PDT) |
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| Diabetes 2 Drug Metformin May Protect Against Lung Cancer In Smokers |
| Two studies reveal that smokers may have a significantly lower risk of developing lung cancer and colorectal cancer with the drug metformin, which is commonly prescribed for diabetes type 2 treatment, the medical journal Cancer Prevention Research informs… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:00:00 PDT) |
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| Michael Douglas Says He Has Stage Four Throat Cancer |
| Michael Douglas told a US television audience on Tuesday night that he has been diagnosed with and is receiving treatment for stage four throat cancer. Speaking on David Letterman’s “Late Show” to promote the release of his new film “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”, the 65- year old American actor and producer said his doctors had told him he has an 80 per cent chance of survival… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT) |
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| Experts Wonder Why Slimming Drug Meridia (sibutramine) Is Still On The Market In USA |
| Sibutramine, brand name Meridia is an appetite suppressant, a weight loss pill. Editors at the NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) write it is difficult for them to discern a “credible rationale for keeping this medication on the market”, even though it is restricted for people without heart disease… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT) |
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| Why Females Fare Better Than Males After Traumatic Injury |
| A study published in the September 2010 issue of SHOCK by Dr. Ed W. Childs and colleagues at Scott & White Healthcare looks at how female versus male rats fared after suffering a trauma and subsequent hemorrhagic shock who were given Estradiol (estrogen). In the study, the Estradiol prevented vascular permeability following hemorrhagic shock… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT) |
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| Oral Supplements Enhance Effectiveness Of Botox Injections |
| Taking a dietary supplement of organic zinc and the enzyme phytase four days before receiving botulinum toxin injections made the toxin more effective in 93 percent of patients tested in a recent study at The Methodist Hospital in Houston. Dr… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT) |
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| Revaccination Could Benefit HIV-Infected Children |
| HIV-infected children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may require revaccination to maintain immunity against preventable diseases. There remains no standard or official recommendation on revaccination of children receiving HAART, an effective intervention in reducing morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected children… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT) |
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| Brain Exercises May Slow Cognitive Decline Initially, But Speed Up Dementia Later |
| New research shows that mentally stimulating activities such as crossword puzzles, reading and listening to the radio may, at first, slow the decline of thinking skills but speed up dementia later in old age. The research is published in the September 1, 2010, online issue of Neurology |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT) |
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| Mental Stimulation Delays The Decline In Thinking Skills, But May Accelerate Dementia Later On |
| Mentally stimulating activities that challenge and engage the brain, such as crossword puzzles, reading, or listening to the radio may help slow down cognitive decline - the gradual deterioration of thinking skills - but may encourage the acceleration of dementia later on during old age, says a report in Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Study author, Robert S… |
| …(Source: Featured Health News from Medical News Today - Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:00:00 PDT) |
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