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Even the boss doesn't follow the doctor's orders
Only 68 percent of corporate executives took their cholesterol lowering medication as prescribed by a doctor, a new study shows.
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New cancer treatment gives hope to lymphoma and leukaemia patients
Scottsdale, USA - Cancer researchers have high hopes for a new therapy for patients with certain types of lymphoma and leukaemia.
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Landmark trial finds stents as good as surgery for unclogging carotid arteries
Loyola University Medical Centre is among the hospitals that enrolled patients in a landmark trial that compared traditional surgery with less-invasive stenting to clear dangerously clogged carotid arteries.
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Scanning for skin cancer: Infrared system looks for deadly melanoma
Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a noninvasive infrared scanning system to help doctors determine whether pigmented skin growths are benign moles or melanoma, a lethal form of cancer.
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Regular exercise reduces patient anxiety by 20 percent, study finds
Athens, USA - The anxiety that often accompanies a chronic illness can chip away at quality of life and make patients less likely to follow their treatment plan.
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Testosterone deficiency affects male cancer survivors' quality of life
A new study has found that many male cancer survivors who develop testosterone deficiency after receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy have an impaired quality of life and reduced energy levels.
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A midday nap markedly boosts the brain's learning capacity
If you see a student dozing in the library or a co-worker catching 40 winks in her cubicle, don't roll your eyes. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that an hour's nap can dramatically boost and restore your brain power.
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The most frequent error in medicine
The most frequent error in medicine seems to occur nearly one out of three times a patient is referred to a specialist. A new study found that nearly a third of patients age 65 and older referred to a specialist are not scheduled for appointments and therefore do not receive the treatment their primary care doctor intended.
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Small Liquid Sensor May Detect Cancer Instantly, Could Lead to Home Detection Kit
What if it were possible to go to the store and buy a kit to quickly and accurately diagnose cancer, similar to a pregnancy test? A University of Missouri researcher is developing a tiny sensor, known as an acoustic resonant sensor, that is smaller than a human hair and could test bodily fluids for a variety of diseases, including breast and prostate cancers.
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Lack of morning light keeping teenagers up at night
The first field study on the impact of light on teenagers' sleeping habits finds that insufficient daily morning light exposure contributes to teenagers not getting enough sleep.
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Promising therapy for relapsing multiple sclerosis
Salt Lake City, USA - An international team of researchers has found that adding a humanized monoclonal antibody called daclizumab to standard treatment reduces the number of new or enlarged brain lesions in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis.
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New Material Mimics Bone To Create Better Biomedical Implants
A "metal foam" that has a similar elasticity to bone could mean a new generation of biomedical implants that would avoid bone rejection that often results from more rigid implant materials, such as titanium.
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Muscle loss finding may one day save physiques
San Antonio, USA - Hey chaps, remember the muscle shirts we wore in our teens and 20s? After the age of 40 that meagre part of our wardrobes usually is obsolete.
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Hypnosis can relieve symptoms in children with respiratory diseases
New Rochelle, USA - Hypnosis has potential therapeutic value in children with respiratory disorders for alleviating symptoms such as habit cough or unexplained sensations of difficulty breathing and for lessening a child's discomfort during medical procedures.
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Drinking milk during pregnancy may lower baby's risk of MS
ST. Paul, USA - Drinking milk during pregnancy may help reduce your baby's chances of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) as an adult, according to a preliminary study recently released that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto April 10 to April 17, 2010.
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Migraine may double risk of heart attack
New York, USA - Migraine sufferers are twice as likely to have heart attacks as people without migraine, according to a new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.
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A role for calcium in taste perception
Calcium may not come to mind when you think of tasty foods, but in a study appearing in the latest issue of JBC, Japanese researchers have provided the first demonstration that calcium channels on the tongue are the targets of compounds that can enhance taste.
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Youth who self-identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual at higher suicide risk, say Montreal researchers
Mental health professionals have long known that gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) teens face significantly elevated risks of mental health problems, including suicidal thoughts and suicidal attempts.
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Study finds higher risk of stillbirth in women with fibroids
Chicago, USA - In a study to be presented recently at the Society for Maternal-Foetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting TM, in Chicago, researchers unveiled findings that show that there is an increased risk of intrauterine foetal death (IUFD), commonly known as stillbirth, in women who have fibroids.
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Soft drink consumption may increase risk of pancreatic cancer
Consuming two or more soft drinks per week increased the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by nearly twofold compared to individuals who did not consume soft drinks, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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