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Combined supplements no better for cholesterol
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding a plant-derived compound called a sterol to the cholesterol-lowering agent red yeast rice doesn't make it work any better, according to a new study. "I expected to see a synergistic effect with red yeast rice, and I was...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Medical Research, Placebo, Drugs and Medicines
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Warning didn't change for-profit dialysis drug use
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite a strong warning from U.S. regulators in 2007, for-profit dialysis centers still gave their kidney failure patients more of a certain anemia drug than non-profit centers in 2008, says a new study. The researchers write...Tags: Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Government Health Care, Medical Research, Food and Drug Administration
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Scientists create human stem cells through cloning
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - After more than 15 years of failures by scientists around the world and one outright fraud, biologists have finally created human stem cells by the same technique that produced Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996: They transplanted genetic...Tags: Science, Parkinson's Disease, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Medical Research
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Ovarian cancer fall sped up as hormone use dropped
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ovarian cancer rates in the U.S. began to decline faster in 2002 around the time many older women went off hormone replacement therapy, according to a new study. That year, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) found that...Tags: Hormone Replacement Therapy, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Health Treatments, Medical Research, Ovarian Cancer
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Is grief a mental illness? Psychiatrists, critics face off over revised diagnostic guidebook
AP Medical WriterCHICAGO (AP) — In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one's death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain "senior moments" are called "mild...Tags: Social Sciences, Health Insurance Cost, Medical Research, Psychologists, Autism
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Health advocates urge people across the state to "Rev Your Bev"
WDBJ7 ReporterCould you trade your favorite soda for water? That's the challenge health advocates in Virginia are issuing today. The "Rev Your Bev" sponsored by Y Street and the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth asked people to throw out their sugary drinks and...Tags: Diabetes, High Blood Pressure
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Vietnam veterans' new battle: getting disability compensation
Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war. He got married, raised two sons and made a career working at credit unions. But as Otte neared retirement, memories of combat flooded back. Starting in 2005, he filed a series of claims with...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Diseases and Illnesses, Iraq, Diabetes, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Heart Association's "Go Red For Women" luncheon could be a life-saver
Kim Strong was 41 and seemed like the picture of health. She had a muscular and athletic build, low blood pressure, low cholesterol and a healthy diet. In her first four decades of life, she'd never had any serious medical issues. Then, one day last...
Tags: Back Pain, Healthy Diet, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Symptoms, American Heart Association
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Study casts doubt on some findings about sodium
Are Americans getting mixed messages about how much sodium they should be consuming? Lately, yes, and some of those messages are muddled because studies themselves are muddled, a panel of doctors has concluded. The Institute of Medicine panel...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Kidney Disease, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Medical Research
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Are More 150-Year-Olds On The Horizon?
The Hartford CourantWhen it comes to life expectancy, baby boomers sentiments might best be captured in the song lyric from Fame: "I want to live forever." Of course, we don't actually want to live forever (particularly after what we have done to these bodies), but now...Tags: Science and Technology, Chicago Tribune, Medical Research
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The health benefits of coconut products vary
The popularity of coconut doesn't end with hot-right-now coconut water. A variety of coconut-derived ingredients — from coconut oil to coconut flour and coconut milk — are increasingly being used in home kitchens, restaurants and packaged...Tags: Healthy Diet, Potassium (dietary supplement), Coconut, Diabetes, Coconut Milk
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Too many teens still ignore the hazards of smoking
During checkups for adolescents, I talk with each teen about smoking. While the rates of cigarette smoking among teens continue to drop, 20 percent of teens in the U.S. consider themselves regular smokers. Added to that statistic is the fact that every...Tags: Australia, Physical Conditions
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