Archive: 23/01/2019

Needle and syringe programmes cost-effectively prevent hepatitis C transmission

Providing clean injecting equipment through needle and syringe programmes is a highly cost-effective way of preventing hepatitis C (HCV) transmission among people who inject drugs and could save millions of pounds in infection ...

Jan 23, 2019

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Fried food linked to heightened risk of death among older US women

Regularly eating fried food is linked with a heightened risk of death from any cause and heart-related death, among postmenopausal women, finds a US study in The BMJ today.

Jan 23, 2019

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Should we rename low risk cancers?

Should we rename low risk ("indolent") cancers in a bid to reduce anxiety and harm from unnecessary investigation and treatment? Experts debate the issue in The BMJ today.

Jan 23, 2019

Three weeks in a cast may be just as good as six for healing ankle fractures

Wearing a cast or ankle support for three weeks may be no worse than the usual six weeks for healing ankle fractures, suggest the findings of a randomised controlled trial published in The BMJ today.

Jan 23, 2019

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Final verdict on finasteride: Safe, effective prevention for prostate cancer

Finasteride, a generic hormone-blocking drug, was found to reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 25 percent in the landmark Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT). Long- term data, published today in the New England Journal ...

Jan 23, 2019

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High-tech tools, teamwork were key to separating infant girls joined at the head

Over a year and a half after the successful separation of two infant twins joined at the top of their heads, surgical team leaders report on this dramatic case in the Jan. 24 New England Journal of Medicine. The surgeons ...

Jan 23, 2019

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Even in young adults, blood pressure above normal may be linked to brain shrinkage

For people in their 20s and 30s, having blood pressure above normal but below the level considered to be high blood pressure, may be linked to loss of brain volume, according to a study published in the January 23, 2019, ...

Jan 23, 2019

Herd protection seen with 4-valent HPV vaccination

(HealthDay)—From 2006 to 2017, there was a decrease in 4-valent vaccine-type human papillomavirus (HPV) detection among vaccinated and unvaccinated women, according to a study published online Jan. 22 in Pediatrics.

Jan 23, 2019

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Another day at the office—thanks to a defibrillator close at hand

On National Wear Red Day in 2018, few people at the Nashville law firm Lewis, Thomason, King, Krieg & Waldrop took notice of the occasion, which calls attention to heart disease being the No. 1 killer of women.

Jan 23, 2019

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Study sheds light on brain cell changes in people with MS

Fresh insights into the types of cells found in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis could help develop improved therapies, research has found.

Jan 23, 2019

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Archive: 23/01/2019

Needle and syringe programmes cost-effectively prevent hepatitis C transmission

Fried food linked to heightened risk of death among older US women

Should we rename low risk cancers?

Three weeks in a cast may be just as good as six for healing ankle fractures

Final verdict on finasteride: Safe, effective prevention for prostate cancer

High-tech tools, teamwork were key to separating infant girls joined at the head

Even in young adults, blood pressure above normal may be linked to brain shrinkage

Herd protection seen with 4-valent HPV vaccination

Another day at the office—thanks to a defibrillator close at hand

Study sheds light on brain cell changes in people with MS

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