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Widely used cancer drug associated with significantly increased risk of blood clots

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An analysis of randomized controlled trials indicates that use of the cancer drug bevacizumab is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (blood clots in the deep veins of the legs or in the lungs), according ...





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The cost of improving dialysis care

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Improving survival among dialysis patients may increase treatment costs significantly, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, ...


Obese children at significantly greater risk for post-adenotonsillectomy complications

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created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obesity in children significantly increases the risk of major and minor respiratory complications following surgery to correct sleep disordered breathing (SDB), according to new research presented at the 2009 American Academy ...


Heartbreak increases heart attack risk: study

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People mourning the loss of a loved one are six times more likely to suffer cardiac arrest, potential proof that you can indeed die of a broken heart, Australian researchers said Tuesday.


Many childhood cancer survivors have uncomplicated pregnancies, healthy babies

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women who survived cancer in childhood or adolescence or women whose male partner is a childhood cancer survivor do not appear to have an increased risk of major complications during pregnancy, having babies with birth defects ...


Surviving sepsis program -- increased compliance gets results

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created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A 'surviving sepsis' in-hospital project has been shown to improve the care of patients with sepsis. The educational program for early management of patients with septic shock, described in BioMed Central's open access journal ...


Post-traumatic stress disorder primary suicide risk factor for veterans

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created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

August 25, 2009—Researchers working with Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have found that post-traumatic stress disorder, the current most common mental disorder among veterans returning from service in the Middle East, ...


Overall antibiotic prescription rates for respiratory tract infections decreasing

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

From 1995 to 2006 the rate of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections decreased significantly, attributable in part to a decline in ambulatory visits for ear infections in young children, according ...


Diagnosis of cardiovascular disease associated with risk of subsequent hip fracture

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A study that includes twins finds that the risk of hip fracture was significantly increased following a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease (CVD), with analysis also suggesting a genetic predisposition to the development ...


Cigarettes, not Swedish snuff linked to increased risk of MS

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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

While smoking cigarettes appears to significantly increase a person's risk of developing multiple sclerosis, using Swedish snuff does not, according to a study published in the September 1, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the me ...


How does emodin protect rat liver from fibrogenesis?

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created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the last decade, advances in the understanding of genes promoting hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation are impressive. However, there are few breakthroughs in therapeutic intervention of hepatic fibrogenesis. Efficient ...



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