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Hormone therapy linked to brain shrinkage, but not lesions

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Two new studies show that commonly prescribed forms of postmenopausal hormone therapy may slightly accelerate the loss of brain tissue in women 65 and older beyond what normally occurs with aging.





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Good food nation: Researchers think America's obesity epidemic can be reversed via 'foodsheds'

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the last three decades, childhood obesity in the United States has become a massive public-health problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control, between 1980 and 2006 the percentage ...


Findings suggest lipid assessment in vascular disease can be simplified, without the need to fast

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lipid assessment in vascular disease can be simplified by measuring either total and HDL cholesterol levels or apolipoproteins, without the need to fast and without regard to triglyceride levels, according to a study in the ...


Women More Likely Than Men to Suffer Depression After Stroke

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Depression occurs in as many as one-third of patients after a stroke, and women are at somewhat higher risk, according to a large new review of studies. Post-stroke depression is associated with greater disability, ...


Popular anti-platelet therapy reduces risk of cardiovascular events in men and women

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study, published in the November 17, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, adds to a growing body of research seeking to evaluate and understand possible sex differences associated with a ...


Population movement can be critical factor in dengue's spread

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human movement is a key factor of dengue virus inflow in Rio de Janeiro, according to results from researchers based at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Brazil. The results, based on data from a severe epidemic in ...


Exposure to several common infections over time may be associated with risk of stroke

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cumulative exposure to five common infection-causing pathogens may be associated with an increased risk of stroke, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the January 2010 print issue of Archives of ...


Drug that increases good cholesterol reduces clogging of arteries

Drug that increases good cholesterol reduces clogging of arteries

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A drug that raises levels of 'good' cholesterol, when taken in addition to standard statin therapy to lower 'bad' cholesterol, can reduce the furring up of arteries in patients with established ...


Statins may worsen symptoms in some cardiac patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Although statins are widely used to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular disorders, new research shows that the class of drugs may actually have negative effects on some cardiac patients. A new study presented ...


FDA won't accept Merck's application for new drug (AP)

FDA won't accept Merck's application for new drug

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- U.S. regulators have refused to accept drugmaker Merck & Co.'s application for a new, combination cholesterol pill that includes rival Pfizer's Lipitor, the world's top-selling drug.


Unraveling the mechanisms behind organ regeneration in zebrafish

Unraveling the mechanisms behind organ regeneration in zebrafish

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The search for the holy grail of regenerative medicine -- the ability to "grow back" a perfect body part when one is lost to injury or disease -- has been under way for years, yet the steps involved in this ...



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