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Surgery can dramatically reduce genetic cancer risk
Women whose genes put them at a high risk of contracting breast cancer can dramatically reduce the danger by having a double mastectomy—but not eliminate it altogether, experts say.
Cancer
May 14, 2013 |
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Kidney disease in Canada: 12.5 percent of adults afflicted, yet many unaware
An estimated 12.5% of Canadians in Canada have evidence of chronic kidney disease, including people without risk factors such as high blood pressure and diabetes, according to a study published in CMAJ.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 06, 2013 |
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Unauthorised replacement hips fitted to 650 French patients
French surgeons have fitted 650 people with replacement hips that had not been certified as meeting European standards, it emerged Thursday in a case with echoes of a scandal over faulty breast implants.
Surgery
May 02, 2013 |
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Forthcoming study explores use of intermittent fasting in diabetes as cardiovascular disease
Intermittent fasting is all the rage, but scientific evidence showing how such regimes affect human health is not always clear cut. Now a scientific review in the British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease suggests that f ...
Diabetes
Apr 26, 2013 |
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Study finds tailored diabetes education programs can benefit African, Latin American women who are higher risk
A new study led by Ryerson University provides guidelines on how best to deliver diabetes self-management education programs to women in Black/Caribbean and Latin American communities – gender and ethnic ...
Diabetes
Apr 26, 2013 |
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House bill shifts funds in health care law
(AP)—House Republicans are coming to the aid of high-risk patients trying to get insurance under the new health care law. But they do so by diverting money from a prevention program that is key to the law, ensuring stiff ...
Health
Apr 24, 2013 |
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Founder of faulty breast implants firm denies risking lives (Update)
The founder of a firm whose faulty breast implants sparked a global health scare told a French court Friday he had not put any lives at risk, as other defendants described him as a controlling "know-it-all".
Other
Apr 19, 2013 |
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Periodontitis: The underestimated danger
According to information from the World Health Organisation (WHO), periodontitis is one of the most frequent and underestimated common diseases worldwide. Although the loss of every second tooth is attributable ...
Dentistry
Apr 17, 2013 |
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Are four antenatal visits enough?
Reanalysis of the World Health Organization's Antenatal Care Trial (WHOACT) shows that there is an increased risk of fetal death at between 32 and 36 weeks for women who have a reduced antenatal care package, finds research ...
Health
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Complaint-prone doctors can be identified before complaints occur
The three-year study, the largest of its kind ever conducted in Australia, found about 3% of Australia's medical workforce accounts for nearly half of all complaints. Researchers also identified several risk factors, which ...
Health
Apr 11, 2013 |
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US says preemie study didn't fully disclose risks
(AP)—Federal health officials say the parents of premature babies enrolled in a treatment study several years ago weren't properly informed of potential risks.
Health
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Increased rates of hospitalization linked to elder abuse, researchers find
Older adults who are subject to elder abuse, neglect and exploitation face a greater risk of being hospitalized than other seniors, according to the results of a study published in the April 8 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine.
Health
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Study: Health overhaul to raise claims cost 32 pct
(AP)—The nation's leading group of financial risk analysts says medical claims costs—the biggest driver of insurance premiums—will jump an average 32 percent for individual policies under President Barack Obama's health ...
Health
Mar 26, 2013 |
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UN seeks to end toilet 'taboo'
The United Nations launched a campaign Friday to lift a deadly taboo on talking about toilets and to turn the world into an "open defecation-free zone."
Health
Mar 22, 2013 |
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European Guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women
A new Guidance recently published by the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis (ESCEO) and the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) reflects the most current advances in the diagnosis and ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 21, 2013 |
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