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Inpatient sleeping drug quadrupled fall risk
A drug commonly prescribed to help patients sleep in hospitals has been associated with an increased risk of falls, according to a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
Health
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Mobile phone services help smokers quit
Support for quitting smoking via text and video messages can help smokers kick the habit according to a new Cochrane systematic review. The authors of the review found that people were more likely to stay away from cigarettes ...
Addiction
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Cancer: Exercise reduces tiredness
Aerobic exercise can help relieve the fatigue often associated with cancer and cancer treatment, according to Cochrane researchers. Their updated systematic review strengthens findings from an earlier version on cancer-related ...
Cancer
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Black patients with kidney cancer have poorer survival than whites
Among patients with the most common form of kidney cancer, whites consistently have a survival advantage over blacks, regardless of patient and tumor characteristics or surgical treatment. That is the conclusion of a new ...
Cancer
Nov 12, 2012 |
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Testing pain killers on humans could save money and speed the arrival of new drugs
Deliberately inflicting carefully controlled painful stimuli on human volunteers and seeing how well specific drugs reduce the feeling of pain can be an effective way of testing new drugs. So conclude two researchers who ...
Medications
Nov 08, 2012 |
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New study finds majority of pregnant women require an average of two months sick leave from work
Three quarters of pregnant women take sick leave from work but employers can help reduce this through flexible work adjustments, suggests a new study published today (7 November) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics an ...
Health
Nov 07, 2012 |
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Lack of vitamin D contributes to pain in black Americans with knee osteoarthritis
A new study reveals that black Americans display lower levels of vitamin D and greater pain sensitivity compared to white Americans. Findings published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheuma ...
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Nov 07, 2012 |
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Living donors fare well following liver transplantation
Researchers in Japan report that health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for donors following living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) was better than the general Japanese population (the norm). This study—one of the largest ...
Surgery
Nov 01, 2012 |
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African American women with HIV/HCV less likely to die from liver disease
A new study shows that African American women coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are less likely to die from liver disease than Caucasian or Hispanic women. Findings in the November ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Higher risk of maternal complications/preterm deliveries for women undergoing multiple caesareans
The risk of maternal complications and preterm deliveries is significantly higher for women undergoing their fifth or more caesarean section, finds a new study published today (31 October) in BJOG: An International Journal of ...
Health
Oct 31, 2012 |
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Women with lupus have a higher risk for preeclampsia
New research reports that women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a two-fold increase in risk of preeclampsia—a dangerous condition in which pregnant women develop high blood pressure (hypertension) and protein ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 30, 2012 |
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Complementary and alternative therapy improved lives of arthritis patients
Nearly a quarter of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis used complementary and alternative therapy (CAT) to help manage their condition, according to a study in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Nu ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 30, 2012 |
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More doctors use ultrasound to diagnose, manage rheumatic diseases
More rheumatologists are embracing musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) to diagnose and manage rheumatic diseases. In response, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) assembled a task force to investigate and determine best ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 29, 2012 |
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Herbal and dietary supplements can adversely affect prescribed drugs says extensive review
A number of herbs and dietary supplements (HDS) can cause potentially harmful drug interactions, particularly among people receiving medication for problems with their central nervous or cardiovascular systems.
Medications
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Metabolic factors may increase men's risk of dying from prostate cancer
High blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipids, and body mass index—characteristics that are often lumped together as the metabolic syndrome—are jointly linked with an increased risk of dying from prostate cancer. That ...
Cancer
Oct 22, 2012 |
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