Archive: 12/05/2012
10 years of tamoxifen better than 5, study reports
(HealthDay) —Taking the breast cancer drug tamoxifen for a decade, instead of the standard five years, further reduces the long-term chances of recurrence and risk of dying from the disease, new British ...
Cancer
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EPO doping in elite cycling: No evidence of benefit, but high risk of harm
The drug erythropoietin, often called EPO, is banned from sports because it is believed to enhance an athlete's performance and give people who use it an unfair advantage over unenhanced competitors. However a new systemic ...
Health
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New poll shows US public supports continued investment in Federal Nutrition Assistance Program
A new poll from researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) shows that the U.S. public broadly supports increasing or maintaining spending on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly ...
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Children born after infertility treatment are more likely to suffer from asthma
Asthma is more common among children born after infertility treatment than among children who have been planned and conceived naturally, according to findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study published online today (Thursday) ...
Inflammatory disorders
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Death rate 2 to 4 times as high among childless couples
Despite the popular belief among parents that having children shortens their lives, the reverse seems to be true, particularly for women, indicates a large study of childless couples, treated for infertility, and published ...
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Widely used sedatives/sleeping pills linked to increased fatal pneumonia risk
Commonly prescribed sleeping pills/sedatives may increase the risk of contracting pneumonia by as much as 50% and increase the risk of dying from it, suggests research published online in the journal Thorax.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Body mass index may determine which blood pressure treatments work best
According to new research published Online First in the Lancet, body mass index may influence which blood pressure medications work best at reducing the major complications of high blood pressure (strokes, heart attacks, ...
Health
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New drug regimens may slow advanced breast cancer
(HealthDay)—An experimental cancer drug may delay the progression of some advanced breast cancers, while a double dose of an existing cancer drug could help women live longer, according to separate studies ...
Cancer
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Resistance exercise offers more prolonged glycemic control
(HealthDay)—For patients with type 1 diabetes, resistance exercise is associated with a smaller initial decline in blood glucose compared with aerobic exercise, but offers a more prolonged reduction in ...
Diabetes
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People who think they have eaten more feel less hungry hours after a meal
The memory of having eaten a large meal can make people feel less hungry hours after the meal, according to research published December 5 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Jeffrey Brunstorm and colleagues from the Un ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Hearing positive verbs can induce unconscious physical response
Hearing a verb related to physical action automatically increases the force with which people grip objects, but has no effect on their physical reaction if the word is presented in the negative form, according to research ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Cycling safer than driving for young people, study finds
Researchers from UCL have found that cycling is safer than driving for young males, with 17 to 20 year old drivers facing almost five times greater risk per hour than cyclists of the same age.
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New prenatal test, chromosomal microarray, proposed as standard of care
A large, multi-center clinical trial led by researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) shows that a new genetic test resulted in significantly more clinically relevant information than the current standard ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
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SAMHSA: Prevalence of mental illness in U.S. stable in 2011
(HealthDay)—In 2011, nearly one in five adults in the United States reported any mental illness (AMI), and one in twenty suffered from serious mental illness (SMI), according to a Nov. 29 report published ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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New analysis examines stakes for Medicaid in upcoming fiscal cliff negotiations on Capitol Hill
As lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle look for ways to reduce federal spending in the coming weeks Medicaid may emerge as a prime target, according to a new analysis by Professor Sara Rosenbaum, JD, the Harold ...
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