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Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
For more than 40years, the prevailing explanation of why we get old has been tied to what is called oxidative stress. This theory postulates that when molecules like free radi ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
An apple a day can help keep breast cancer away, according to a study in rats by food scientists at Cornell University.“We found that tumor incidence was reduced by 17, ...
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that information about a patient¿s genes could help increase the effectiveness of drugs such as warfarin.A team of ...
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Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University provide evidence to support first published guideline for treating chronic non-cancer pain with opioid medicationsA n ...
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Computer-based systems that allow clinicians to prescribe drugs electronically are designed to automatically warn of potential medication errors, but a new study reveals clini ...
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Your DNA affects your hair color, your blood type and even how you react to some medications. Now scientists have taken a big step toward folding your personal genetic profile ...
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A risk-assessment map shows the areas of increased risk of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in eastern Africa from fall 2006 to spring 2007. Pink areas depict increased risk of disease ...
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In a study of more than 3,000 patients, researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that one in seven admitted to hospital experience adverse drug reactions to medic ...
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Imagine a hospital where morale is high, employee turnover is low and patient call buttons rarely go unanswered—and if they do, you can call the hospital’s CEO.Tha ...
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A study by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers has revealed surprising new insights into the process used to initially identify an experimental drug now being test ...
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researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The study results were published online Feb. 9 in the journal Cancer.The researchers found that being a marijuana smoker ...
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Exposure to second-hand smoke could increase the risk of developing dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment, according to research published on the British Medical Jo ...
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An investigational vaginal gel intended to prevent HIV infection in women has demonstrated encouraging signs of success in a clinical trial conducted in Africa and the United ...
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Obstructive sleep apnea isn’t merely a snoring problem. This serious medical condition strains the cardiovascular system and increases the risk of high blood pressure, c ...
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Men who experience erectile dysfunction between the ages of 40 and 49 are twice as likely to develop heart disease than men without dysfunction, according to a new Mayo Clinic ...
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Women are not from Venus any more than men are from Mars. But even though both sexes are perfectly terrestrial beings, they are not lacking in other differences. And not only ...
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A common treatment for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, prescribed millions of times a year, may change the brain in the same ways that cocaine does, a new study in m ...
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“The most immediate conclusion from our study is the strong advice that patients undergoing cancer therapy with Velcade must avoid green tea,” associate professor ...
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For years controversy has surrounded whether electronic medical records (EMR) would lead to increased patient safety, cut medical errors, and reduce healthcare costs. Now, res ...
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The economic cost of methamphetamine use in the United States reached $23.4 billion in 2005, including the burden of addiction, premature death, drug treatment and many other ...
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