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Topic: Health

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   Second Gene Discovered for Recessive Form of Brittle Bone Disease
Posted by: Admin on Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 11:52 PM (140 Reads)
Health Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have found a second genetic defect that accounts for previously unexplained forms of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a disorder that weakens bones, sometimes results in frequent fractures and is sometimes fatal.



 

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   Stenting brain arteries reduces risk of recurrent stroke
Posted by: Admin on Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 11:49 PM (189 Reads)
Health SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8 — Using a mesh tube to hold open partly blocked brain arteries reduced stroke risk, possibly more than with drug therapy with aspirin or warfarin, researchers reported at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2007.


 

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   Half of Adults With Anxiety Disorders Had Psychiatric Diagnoses in Youth
Posted by: Admin on Friday, May 04, 2007 - 01:47 AM (170 Reads)
Health About half of adults with an anxiety disorder had symptoms of some type of psychiatric illness by age 15, a NIMH-funded study shows. Researchers also found that some of the specific illnesses detected in youth were clues as to what kinds of anxiety disorders — there are several — the youth would have as adults. The results underscore the importance of early diagnosis and prevention of anxiety disorders, and suggest that different anxiety disorders may have different roots.



 

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   Infection-Fighting Cancer Treatment Could Boost Leukemia Risk
Posted by: Admin on Friday, May 04, 2007 - 01:44 AM (173 Reads)
Health Compounds called growth factors, given to help cancer patients better tolerate chemotherapy and reduce infection, may actually boost their risk for leukemia or a bone marrow disorder later on, new research suggests.


 

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   Patients who get ICDs for prevention have less driving restrictions
Posted by: Admin on Friday, May 04, 2007 - 01:42 AM (158 Reads)
Health American Heart Association/Heart Rhythm Society scientific statement


DALLAS, Feb. 7 — People who receive implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) as a preventative measure don’t need the same driving restrictions as people who get an ICD after surviving a life-threatening heart rhythm disturbance, according to an updated scientific statement.



 

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   State actions increase clot buster treatment to stroke patients
Posted by: Admin on Friday, May 04, 2007 - 01:12 AM (146 Reads)
Health Measures in Florida and Massachusetts requiring paramedics to transport qualifying patients to stroke centers increased the number of patients receiving the only approved treatment for ischemic stroke in each state, according to separate reports presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2007.


 

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   Standard Therapy More Effective Than Diabetes Drug for Achieving Pregnancy in Common Fertility Disorder
Posted by: Admin on Friday, May 04, 2007 - 01:07 AM (107 Reads)
Health Metformin, a drug used to treat diabetes and thought to hold great promise at overcoming the infertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is less useful for helping women with the condition achieve pregnancy than is the standard treatment with the infertility drug clomiphene, report researchers in an NIH research network.



 

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   Ulcer Bug With Humans for 60,000 Years
Posted by: Admin on Friday, May 04, 2007 - 01:04 AM (113 Reads)
Health Helicobacter pylori, the bacteria that causes most stomach ulcers, have resided in the human digestive system since modern humans started migrating out of Africa more than 60,000 years ago, scientists conclude.


 

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   Children's Drug Trial Program Gives Boost to Medicine, Profits
Posted by: Admin on Thursday, May 03, 2007 - 08:38 AM (95 Reads)
Health A government program aimed at fostering clinical trials into the safety and effectiveness of medicines for children is doing just that, new research shows, but it's also generating millions of dollars in profits for the makers of some popular drugs

 

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   Danish Study Tracks Rise in Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
Posted by: Admin on Thursday, May 03, 2007 - 08:36 AM (107 Reads)
Health Rates of autism and two other childhood neuropsychiatric conditions -- hyperkinetic disorder and Tourette syndrome -- increased among Danish children between 1990 and 2004, a new study finds.


 

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