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Hospital team significantly reduced risk of further vascular events after 'mini strokes'

Patients who had a transient ischaemic attack (TIA), sometimes referred to as a "mini stroke", were much less likely to experience further vascular events in the first year if their care was co-ordinated by a special hospital ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Community-based education strengthens campaign for elimination of lymphatic filariasis

Community-based lymphatic filariasis education in Orissa State, India, increased treatment compliance from around 50% to up to 90%, according to a study published June 29 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Di ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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FDA cracks down on unapproved narcotic painkillers

(AP) -- The government ordered 14 unapproved narcotic painkillers off the market Tuesday, prescription versions of potent morphine, hydromorphone and oxycodone. The Food and Drug Administration told nine manufacturers to ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1




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Therapy targets leukemia stem cells

New research takes aim at stubborn cancer stem cells that are thought to be responsible for treatment resistance and relapse. The study, published by Cell Press in the February 14 issue of the journal Cancer Cell, provid ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Lecture or listen: When patients waver on meds

Take your medicine, Doctor's orders. It's a simple idea that may seem especially obvious when the pills are the antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that add decades to the lives of HIV-positive patients. But despite the reality that ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US seeks injunction on Indian drug firm Ranbaxy

US officials sought a "groundbreaking" injunction against Indian drug giant Ranbaxy on Wednesday, saying the maker of the first generic version of cholesterol-lowering Lipitor has failed to meet US safety guidelines.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Global AIDS Fund head to quit

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS announced on Tuesday that its head Michel Kazatchkine will quit but denied media reports that it was connected to his links with French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anti-infective drug shortages pose threat to public health and patient care

Shortages of key drugs used to fight infections represent a public health emergency and can put patients at risk, according to a review published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online. Frequent anti-infective shortages can substantially alter clinical care and may ...

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created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests use of antimicrobial scrubs may reduce bacterial burden on health care worker apparel

(Medical Xpress) -- The use of antimicrobial impregnated scrubs combined with good hand hygiene is effective in reducing the burden of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) on health care workers’ apparel ...

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Homeless heavy drinkers imbibe less when housing allows alcohol

A study of a controversial housing project that allows chronically homeless people with severe alcohol problems to drink in their apartments found that during their first two years in the building residents cut their heavy ...

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Is it the alcohol or polyphenols in red wine that decreases cardiovascular disease?

Observational epidemiologic studies relating wine and alcohol to health all suffer from the fact that they, of necessity, compare people who prefer certain beverages, but not the beverages themselves. While there have been ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Drug to treat HIV in children shows promise via national study

(Medical Xpress) -- For children and adolescents with HIV infection, the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the use of raltegravir, an antiretroviral drug that slows the spread of HIV infection, offers ...

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

Research confirms novel strategy in fight against infectious diseases

New research shows that infectious disease-fighting drugs could be designed to block a pathogen's entry into cells rather than to kill the bug itself.

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created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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