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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
May 12 -- The dangers of high blood pressure are well-known, but a new study finds a lack of routine blood pressure screening in doctor's offices and a low percentage of hypertension patients actually meeting their blood pressure goals after diagnosis.The Stanford University School of Medicine study, published in ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
May 9 -- Breast cancer patients are more than twice as likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder if they have had previous mood and anxiety disorders, new research suggests.About 16 percent of the 74 breast cancer patients studied by researchers at the Ohio State University Medical experienced PTSD 18 ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
May 9 -- Consuming large amounts of acrylamide, a chemical commonly found in French fries, cakes, snacks and even coffee, appears to raise the risk of kidney cancer, especially in smokers, Dutch researchers report."Ours is the first report of a positive association between dietary acrylamide intake and renal cell ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
May 8 -- Serious mental illness costs Americans at least $193 billion a year in lost earnings alone, a new report shows.The study broadly defines mood and anxiety disorders that greatly limit a person's ability to function for at least 30 days a year, including instances of any condition ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
May 6 -- The grapefruit flavonoid naringenin inhibits the secretion of Hepatitis C virus in infected cells and could offer a new approach for treating the disease, according to a Harvard Medical School study.About 3 percent of the global population is infected with HCV, which can lead to ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
May 8 -- Workers who face the greatest risk of developing skin cancer from overexposure to the sun are the least likely to get regular exams to detect its early warning signs, a new report says.Then, again, the rest of the workforce isn't doing that good of a job ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
May 8 -- While the rate at which breast cancer tumors grow varies among patients, that growth tends to be faster among younger women, Norwegian researchers report.These findings may help in planning and evaluating screening programs, clinical trials and other studies, the researchers say.Using a new mathematical model, the ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
May 7 -- For the first time, a gene linked to the often fatal childhood cancer neuroblastoma has been identified, researchers report."This is the first paper that helps us understand what causes this childhood cancer," said lead researcher Dr. John M. Maris, director of the Center for Childhood Cancer ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
May 5 -- In women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, having a known mutation in the BRCA 1 or 2 genes raises the risk of a second cancer, and many of these women choose to have their second breast removed before that has a chance to happen.However, ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
April 11 -- Researchers have discovered seven common DNA variations that increase the risk of a person developing psoriasis, one of which links the skin condition and psoriatic arthritis to other autoimmune disorders.The findings, published April 4 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, may help define some of biological ...
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