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Increased stroke risk from birth control pills

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

She was only 30 years old, but she was experiencing the classic symptoms of a stroke. Her speech suddenly became slurred, and her left hand became clumsy while eating.


Study suggests dentists can identify patients at risk for fatal cardiovascular event

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study indicates dentists can play a potentially life-saving role in health care by identifying patients at risk of fatal heart attacks and referring them to physicians for further evaluation.


Study finds best use of insulin as diabetes progresses

Study finds best use of insulin as diabetes progresses

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A large-scale trial in diabetes patients has provided new evidence on how best to add insulin to standard drugs to control blood sugar levels as type 2 diabetes progresses.


New study shows linkage between teen girls' weight and sexual behavior

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A University of Pittsburgh study sheds new light on the relationship between race, body weight and sexual behavior among adolescent girls. The results suggest that a girl's ethnicity and her actual weight or perception of ...


Extending treatment after liver transplant may benefit patients with hepatitis C recurrence

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Extending hepatitis C treatment for liver transplant patients beyond current practice results in high rates of clearance of the hepatitis C virus from the blood, as well as a low rate of relapse, according to a Henry Ford ...


Older patients with dementia at increased risk for flu mortality

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An epidemiological study on pneumonia and influenza (P&I) in adults age 65 and over reports that patients with dementia are diagnosed with flu less frequently, have shorter hospital stays, and have a fifty percent higher ...


Side effects not always due to swine flu shot

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Hundreds of people on any given day will die, develop the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome or have spontaneous abortions, and that doesn't necessarily mean that their swine flu vaccination shot was to blame, a ...


Prioritizing low-cost, simple health measures would save 2.5 million child lives a year

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Almost a third of the children under age five who die each year could be saved if governments rebalance health spending to ensure low-cost, simple interventions such as safe water and hygiene, bed nets and basic maternal ...


Protein critical for insulin secretion may be contributor to diabetes

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A cellular protein from a family involved in several human diseases is crucial for the proper production and release of insulin, new research has found, suggesting that the protein might play a role in diabetes.


Lifestyle changes, drug lower type 2 diabetes risk

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Intensive lifestyle changes aimed at modest weight loss reduced the rate of developing type 2 diabetes by 34 percent over 10 years in people at high risk for the disease.



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