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Study identifies risk factors associated with death of extremely low birth weight infants after NICU

Preterm infants born with extremely low birth weights have an increased risk of death during the first year of life. Although researchers have extensively studied risk factors that could contribute to the death of preterm ...

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children hospitalized at alarming rate due to abuse

In one year alone, over 4,500 children in the United States were hospitalized due to child abuse, and 300 of them died of their injuries, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study. The findings are published ...

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A new screening method for prostate cancer

A new study by NYU Langone Medical Center and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine shows novel PSA velocity (PSAV) risk count testing may provide a more effective way for physicians to screen men for clinically ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Deaths from heart attacks halved in last decade

The death rate from heart attack in England has halved in the last decade, claims a research paper published today in the British Medical Journal.

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Food fried in olive or sunflower oil is not linked to heart disease

Eating food fried in olive or sunflower oil is not linked to heart disease or premature death, finds a paper published in the British Medical Journal today.

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created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hip size may be the key to link between obesity and premature death

A research team led by Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute has for the first time demonstrated that the effect of obesity on the risk of premature death is seriously underestimated unless a person's hip circumference is ...

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created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Participating in marathons, half-marathons not found to increase risk of cardiac arrest

Participation in marathon and half-marathon races is at an all-time high, but numerous reports of race-related cardiac arrests have called the safety of this activity into question. A new study finds that participating in ...

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created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Salt policy makers eat too much salt at work

Salt policy makers in the Netherlands are consuming more than the average daily recommended salt intake of 6 grams in one hot meal at their work canteens, finds a study in the Christmas issue published in the British Medical Jo ...

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created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It could be dangerous living in Ambridge

With a risk of traumatic death far higher than the national average, rural life may not be so idyllic in Ambridge, the fictitious village in the BBC radio series, The Archers, finds research in the Christmas issue published ...

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created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Studies identify most common causes, risk factors for stillbirth

Common causes for stillbirth include obstetric complications and placental abnormalities, while factors that could be known at the start of pregnancy, such as previous stillbirth or pregnancy loss, were associated with an ...

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created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No increased risk of serious cardiovascular events among adults who use ADHD medications: study

Although there have been cardiovascular safety concerns about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications because of their ability to increase heart rate and blood pressure levels, an analysis that included ...

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created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No clear evidence of a decrease in child maltreatment across 6 countries despite decades of policies

A Review of child maltreatment trends and policies across six countries/states (England, USA, Sweden, New Zealand, Western Australia [Australia], and Manitoba [Canada]) shows that there is no clear evidence of a decrease ...

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blood pressure medicines reduce stroke risk in people with prehypertension

People with prehypertension had a lower risk of stroke when they took blood pressure-lowering medicines, according to research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer mortality higher in Hispanic women

Hispanic women are more likely to die from breast cancer than non-Hispanic white women, according to research presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011.

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physical fitness trumps body weight in reducing death risks

even if your body weight has not changed or increased -- you can reduce your risk of death, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0