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Most patients with West Nile virus infection recover within a year (08/18/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients infected with West Nile virus generally recover normal mental and physical function within a year after symptom...
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Salmeterol and fluticasone slow progression of COPD (08/15/2008)
By Karla Gale
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment of moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with salmeterol and fluticasone propionate,...
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Maternal asthma medication use linked to gastroschisis (08/15/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The use of asthma medications by pregnant women appears to double the risk of gastroschisis in the offspring, according...
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Eczema in childhood tied to increased risk of asthma later in life (08/15/2008)
By Karla Gale
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Childhood eczema is a risk factor for incident asthma in later life, according to results of a 37-year longitudinal...
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Dietary creatine of no benefit in physical training of COPD patients (08/12/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of creatine supplements to boost physical conditioning of patients with chronic...
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COPD in asthma patients adds significantly to disease burden (08/08/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with COPD and concomitant asthma and COPD are sicker and use more medical services than asthma patients,...
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Some children with asthma may not need continuous daily inhaled steroids (08/08/2008)
By Karla Gale
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Once children with early, mild persistent asthma achieve good control over their symptoms using daily inhaled...
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Montelukast associated with Churg-Strauss syndrome but not the cause (08/07/2008)
By Scott Baltic
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although use of the leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast is associated with a significant risk of Churg-Strauss...
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Respiratory symptoms common among bakers not due to allergy (08/06/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of apprentice bakers, the incidence of work-related rhinitis and asthma-like symptoms was high during the...
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Multiple short courses of oral corticosteroids may cause osteopenia in children (07/31/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Long-term, sustained use of inhaled corticosteroids is less likely than multiple short courses of oral corticosteroids to...
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Polymorphism increases wheeze risk from early tobacco smoke exposure (07/29/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In utero and childhood tobacco smoke exposure increases the risk of wheezing in children, and this is particularly so of...
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Lung disease and cardiovascular disease seen interrelated (07/25/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lung function impairment appears to promote the development of cardiovascular disease and to increase the likelihood of...
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Inhaled steroids improve bronchodilator response in Latino asthmatics (07/25/2008)
By Michelle Rizzo
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among patients with persistent asthma, use of inhaled corticosteroids is associated with enhanced bronchodilator...
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CRP levels not associated with survival in moderate/severe COPD (07/24/2008)
By Michelle Rizzo
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Compared with other prognostic indicators, C-reactive protein levels do not predict survival in patients with moderate to...
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UK agency urges doctors to cut antibiotics (07/23/2008)
LONDON (Reuters) - British doctors should slash the number of times they prescribe antibiotics for respiratory tract infections because the drugs...
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Female gender and smoke exposure predict asthma response to montelukast (07/18/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In children with asthma treated with inhaled corticosteroids and requiring rescue medication, responsiveness to the...
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Furosemide inhalation can alleviate dyspnea in COPD (07/18/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Inhalation of furosemide relieves exertional dyspnea in some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),...
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Doxorubicin-zoledronic acid sequence effective against experimental breast cancer (08/18/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sequential treatment with doxorubicin followed by zoledronic acid is effective in a mouse model of breast cancer,...
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Delayed axillary node dissection not detrimental in breast CA patients with positive sentinel nodes (08/14/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Delaying axillary node dissection for a few weeks does not appear to be detrimental in breast cancer patients with...
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Craniocaudal view on mammography important for breast cancer risk assessment (08/14/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A "substantial amount of information" is provided by a second, craniocaudal view on screening mammography, researchers...
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U.S. Medicare to weigh easing some PET scan limits (08/14/2008)
By Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Medicare officials are seeking advice on whether to lift a payment restriction on PET scans used for nine cancers, a move...
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Relapse risk "substantial" after 5 years of adjuvant therapy for early breast cancer (08/12/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Survivors of early breast cancer remain at elevated risk for late recurrence after the landmark of 5 years of treatment...
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Early screening for all breast cancer relatives may not be warranted (08/07/2008)
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Family history criteria may not be specific enough to identify women in the general population who would benefit from...
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Lymphedema after breast cancer surgery common (08/07/2008)
By Megan Rauscher
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lymphedema following breast cancer surgery is a common problem warranting greater attention, clinicians from Australia...
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Sentinel node dissection before preoperative chemotherapy improves staging (08/05/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In breast cancer patients with clinically node-negative disease, sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) before...
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Different screening approaches comparable in detecting breast cancer (07/29/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A mammography screening approach used in the US is equally effective as one used in Europe in detecting breast cancer,...
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Risk of breast, ovarian cancer increased in infertile women (07/29/2008)
By Michelle Rizzo
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infertile women have an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer, although the risk could be related to fertility...
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New risk model individualizes epirubicin dosage recommendations (07/29/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An article in the August 6th issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute presents maximum cumulative dosages of...
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EU agency recommends against extended Taxotere use (07/25/2008)
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency has recommended against extended use of Sanofi Aventis' drug Taxotere to treat HER2-positive breast...
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Breast cancer survival drops with increasing body mass index (07/25/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with lower survival rates in women with breast cancer, according to a report...
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Electrothermal vessel sealing effective during mastectomy (07/18/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An electrothermal bipolar vessel sealing system (LigaSure Precise, Valleylab) reduces operative time and appears to be...
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Doxorubicin-zoledronic acid sequence effective against experimental breast cancer (08/18/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sequential treatment with doxorubicin followed by zoledronic acid is effective in a mouse model of breast cancer,...
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Polarized CD4+ T cells rid mice of melanoma (08/15/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tumor-specific CD4+ T cells polarized to the Th17 subtype can eliminate very large solid tumors in a mouse model of...
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Plasma DNA more reliable than CEA for detecting recurrent esophageal cancer (08/15/2008)
By Scott Baltic
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Elevated free plasma DNA is a reliable indicator of recurrent esophageal cancer, more so than carcinoembryonic antigen...
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Delayed axillary node dissection not detrimental in breast CA patients with positive sentinel nodes (08/14/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Delaying axillary node dissection for a few weeks does not appear to be detrimental in breast cancer patients with...
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Craniocaudal view on mammography important for breast cancer risk assessment (08/14/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A "substantial amount of information" is provided by a second, craniocaudal view on screening mammography, researchers...
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U.S. Medicare to weigh easing some PET scan limits (08/14/2008)
By Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Medicare officials are seeking advice on whether to lift a payment restriction on PET scans used for nine cancers, a move...
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Hospitalizations increase fracture risk in elderly patients (08/14/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk of fracture in elderly people is more than tripled during the year following a hospital admission, according to...
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Relapse risk "substantial" after 5 years of adjuvant therapy for early breast cancer (08/12/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Survivors of early breast cancer remain at elevated risk for late recurrence after the landmark of 5 years of treatment...
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Hepatitis B virus genotype and mutations affect risk of cancer (08/12/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), HBV genotype C and certain variants in the precore and basal core...
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Cancer patients at increased risk for suicide (08/11/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer patients often think about ending their lives and their suicide rate is roughly double that seen in the general...
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Recurrence rare after prostatectomy of organ-confined, lower grade cancer (08/11/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with organ-confined prostate cancer and a Gleason score of 6 or less very rarely have local or biochemical recurrence...
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Energy metabolism inhibitors potentiate chemotherapeutic drugs (08/11/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two energy metabolism inhibitors -- 2-deoxyglucose and etomoxir -- potentiate the effects of chemotherapeutic drugs in...
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One in five young men in US report recent PSA test (08/11/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research suggests that roughly one in five men in their 40s have undergone PSA screening for prostate cancer within...
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Induction therapy contributes to improved disease control in anal carcinoma (08/08/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A combined-modality approach that includes induction therapy with fluorouracil and cisplatin results in long-term disease...
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Immunotherapy may improve survival in pediatric sarcoma (08/08/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Consolidative immunotherapy with autologous T cell infusion, influenza vaccinations, and tumor-specific dendritic cells...
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Prostate cancer prognosis worse in obese men (08/08/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Prostate cancer diagnosis tends to be delayed and complete surgical resection more difficult in obese men than in lean...
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UK's NICE says "no" to four kidney cancer drugs (08/07/2008)
By Ben Hirschler
LONDON (Reuters) - Kidney cancer patients should not be treated with four expensive new medications on Britain's state-run National Health Service,...
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Early screening for all breast cancer relatives may not be warranted (08/07/2008)
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Family history criteria may not be specific enough to identify women in the general population who would benefit from...
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Lymphedema after breast cancer surgery common (08/07/2008)
By Megan Rauscher
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lymphedema following breast cancer surgery is a common problem warranting greater attention, clinicians from Australia...
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Lymph node evaluation varies by hospital type and volume (08/06/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Differences among hospitals in nodal evaluation for gastric and pancreatic cancer may influence long-term outcomes,...
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Initial chemo beneficial in lung cancer brain metastasis (08/06/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Primary chemotherapy for newly diagnosed non-small-cell lung cancer patients with synchronous brain metastases compares...
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Black-White differences again seen in prostate cancer prognosis (08/06/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black men with prostate cancer, compared with their White counterparts, have a poorer prognosis that is not fully...
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"Complementary methods" widely used by cancer patients (08/05/2008)
By Karla Gale
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The majority of cancer patients use "complementary methods" (CMs) in addition to conventional treatment, aimed at...
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Video game improves treatment adherence for young cancer patients (08/05/2008)
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Playing a specially designed video game can help adolescents and young adult cancer patients adhere more closely to their...
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Physical development rate may be tied to prostate cancer risk (08/05/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A lower rate of somatic development appears to be associated with an increased risk of subsequent prostate cancer,...
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Sentinel node dissection before preoperative chemotherapy improves staging (08/05/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In breast cancer patients with clinically node-negative disease, sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) before...
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Vitamin C treatment cuts tumor growth in mice (08/04/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parenteral treatment with vitamin C can reduce the growth of aggressive tumor xenografts in mice, according to a report...
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Immunochemical fecal occult blood test better than guaiac (08/04/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Guaiac-based fecal occult blood tests (G-FOBT) significantly underestimate the prevalence of advanced adenomas and...
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Higher plasma folate associated with lower colorectal cancer mortality (08/04/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study that was undertaken to address concerns that folic acid supplements promote tumor growth in patients with a...
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Hypertension potentiates the risk of doxorubicin cardiotoxicity (08/01/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doxorubicin is often withheld from older patients because advanced age -- along with heart disease, diabetes, and...
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DNA methylation markers help screen for cervical cancer (08/01/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Identification of novel DNA methylation markers with or without human papillomavirus (HPV) testing appears to be a...
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Methadone may overcome treatment-resistant leukemia (08/01/2008)
By Karla Gale
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In vitro studies at the University of Ulm in Germany indicate that methadone induces apoptosis of leukemia cells without...
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Survival benefits of palliative chemotherapy are often unclear to patients (07/31/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Oncologists often shy away from presenting clear information about the limited survival benefit of palliative...
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H. pylori eradication cuts risk of metachronous gastric cancer (07/31/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Following endoscopic resection of early gastric cancer, prophylactic eradication of Helicobacter pylori reduces the risk...
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Cladribine achieves high response rates in mantle cell lymphoma (07/31/2008)
By Martha Kerr
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The purine nucleoside analogue cladribine (2-CDA) achieves high response rates and significantly improves survival in...
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New markers identify more-dangerous strains of H. pylori (07/31/2008)
By Scott Baltic
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Italian and British researchers have identified pathogen-related factors that increase the risks of cancer and peptic...
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Aplaviroc works well with other anti-HIV drugs (07/31/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Potent synergistic anti-HIV effects can be obtained by using combinations of the CCR5 inhibitor aplaviroc with other...
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U.S. FDA clears Affymetrix diagnostic system (07/31/2008)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators approved Affymetrix Inc software technology that uses a genetic test that may help identify deadly types of...
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Erlotinib continues to show promise in lung cancer (07/31/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a phase 3B trial, the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor erlotinib conferred a survival advantage on...
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Rosiglitazone use does not increase cancer risk (07/31/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to an earlier epidemiological study, rosiglitazone use is not associated with an increased risk of developing...
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U.S. FDA orders Amgen to add new anemia drug warning (07/31/2008)
By Lisa Richwine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials ordered Amgen Inc on Wednesday to add new warnings to its widely used anemia drug Aranesp and similar...
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Smoking common among adult survivors of childhood cancer in Britain (07/30/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although they are less likely to smoke than their peers in the general population, one in five adult survivors of...
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Obesity increases risk of certain ovarian cancers (07/30/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obesity increases the risk of invasive clear cell ovarian cancer, according to Australian researchers.
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Different screening approaches comparable in detecting breast cancer (07/29/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A mammography screening approach used in the US is equally effective as one used in Europe in detecting breast cancer,...
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HIV patients still at high risk of cancer (07/29/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although there has been a reduction in the incidence of some AIDS-defining cancers in people with HIV infection, there...
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Risk of breast, ovarian cancer increased in infertile women (07/29/2008)
By Michelle Rizzo
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infertile women have an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer, although the risk could be related to fertility...
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New risk model individualizes epirubicin dosage recommendations (07/29/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An article in the August 6th issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute presents maximum cumulative dosages of...
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EU agency recommends against extended Taxotere use (07/25/2008)
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency has recommended against extended use of Sanofi Aventis' drug Taxotere to treat HER2-positive breast...
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Roche arthritis drug works: U.S. FDA staff (07/25/2008)
By Lisa Richwine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's drug Actemra appears to help adults with rheumatoid arthritis, U.S. drug reviewers said in a summary...
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Disease-free period predicts response to salvage therapy for oral cancer (07/25/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with locally recurrent carcinomas of the oral cavity and oropharynx, a disease-free interval of more than 1...
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Targeted exercise improves function, lessens pain in head and neck cancer survivors (07/25/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Progressive resistance exercise training following surgery helps reduce upper extremity pain and dysfunction in certain...
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Breast cancer survival drops with increasing body mass index (07/25/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with lower survival rates in women with breast cancer, according to a report...
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Active surveillance a good option for some men with early prostate cancer (07/24/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Active surveillance appears to be an appropriate choice for the management of low-risk patients with early prostate...
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Snus use may increase cancer risk (07/24/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Use of Scandinavian moist snuff (snus), claimed to be a safer alternative to smoking, may increase the risk of some...
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High-dose immunochemotherapy safe for HIV-infected adults with Burkitt lymphoma (07/23/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High-dose immunochemotherapy can safely be administered to HIV-infected patients with adult Burkitt lymphoma, according...
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Everolimus improves survival with advanced renal cancer (07/23/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with everolimus, a mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor, can significantly improve progression-free...
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U.S. FDA, CDC say Merck's Gardasil shot remains safe (07/22/2008)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A review of health problems reported after women and girls received Merck & Co's Gardasil vaccine shows it remains safe...
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Endostatin levels reflect pancreatic cancer progression (07/22/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Endostatin levels are increased in patients with pancreatic cancer and decline after surgical treatment or chemotherapy,...
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Shortened leukocyte telomeres linked with high mortality in CAD patients (07/21/2008)
By Martha Kerr
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with stable coronary artery disease who exhibit short telomere length in leukocytes are at nearly double the...
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Electrothermal vessel sealing effective during mastectomy (07/18/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An electrothermal bipolar vessel sealing system (LigaSure Precise, Valleylab) reduces operative time and appears to be...
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Zoledronic acid reduces fracture risk in cancer patients with bone metastases (07/18/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The bisphosphonate zoledronic acid normalizes or maintains N-telopeptide of type 1 collagen (NTx) levels in cancer...
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Long-term tricyclic antidepressants linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma (07/18/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a study published in the July issue of Epidemiology suggest that long-term users of tricyclic...
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Anal HPV infection common in heterosexual men (07/18/2008)
By Anthony J. Brown, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Roughly one in four heterosexual men have anal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and, in many cases, an oncogenic type...
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Increased risk of diabetes seen with high-level PCB exposure (08/15/2008)
By Megan Rauscher
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A long-term follow-up study of Taiwanese people provides evidence that high exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)...
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English healthcare system not providing routine care (08/14/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a national survey of adults 50 years and older suggest that the healthcare system in England often fails...
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Chronic maternal hypertension tied to increased risk of SGA birth (08/12/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with chronic hypertension appear to have a substantially increased risk for preterm small-for-gestational-age (SGA)...
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Bosentan aids treprostinil in pulmonary artery hypertension (08/12/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In certain patients with moderate-to-severe pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH), the addition of oral bosentan to...
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Low birth weight associated with gender-specific cardiovascular changes (08/12/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Low birth weight is associated with increased systemic vascular resistance in young boys, which is aggravated by stress,...
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Low vitamin D levels linked to increased mortality (08/11/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research suggests that low serum levels of vitamin D are associated with a 26% increase in all-cause mortality.
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Low birth weight raises risk of reduced renal function in childhood (08/11/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children born with low birth weight are at heightened risk for an exaggerated blood pressure response to dietary salt, in...
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Age, sex important in assessing stroke risk in atrial fibrillation (08/08/2008)
By Martha Kerr
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The CHADS2 risk stratification tool for assessing stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is more accurate...
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ACE inhibition may prevent left ventricular hypertrophy in type 2 diabetes (08/07/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Angiotensin converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibition reduces the occurrence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in...
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Exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension common in systemic sclerosis (08/06/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can often become apparent during exercise testing in patients with systemic...
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Prehypertension persists, progresses in adolescence (08/06/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adolescents with prehypertension progress to hypertension at a rate of about 7% a year, according to a new analysis of...
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Growth hormone eases metabolic effects of HAART but raises glucose (08/04/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adverse effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) - including visceral adiposity, diastolic hypertension,...
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Hypertension potentiates the risk of doxorubicin cardiotoxicity (08/01/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doxorubicin is often withheld from older patients because advanced age -- along with heart disease, diabetes, and...
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New recommendations guide management of stroke in infants and children (07/25/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While the incidence, presentation, and risk factors for stroke vary markedly between children and adults, the need for...
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension more severe in carriers of BMPR2 mutation (07/23/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), those with germline mutations in the gene encoding bone...
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Increased risk of diabetes seen with high-level PCB exposure (08/15/2008)
By Megan Rauscher
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A long-term follow-up study of Taiwanese people provides evidence that high exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)...
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English healthcare system not providing routine care (08/14/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a national survey of adults 50 years and older suggest that the healthcare system in England often fails...
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Chronic maternal hypertension tied to increased risk of SGA birth (08/12/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with chronic hypertension appear to have a substantially increased risk for preterm small-for-gestational-age (SGA)...
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Bosentan aids treprostinil in pulmonary artery hypertension (08/12/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In certain patients with moderate-to-severe pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH), the addition of oral bosentan to...
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Low birth weight associated with gender-specific cardiovascular changes (08/12/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Low birth weight is associated with increased systemic vascular resistance in young boys, which is aggravated by stress,...
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Liver fat a key determinant of "metabolically benign obesity" (08/11/2008)
By Karla Gale
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Close to one-third of obese individuals are "metabolically healthy" and at low risk for heart disease, whereas a quarter...
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Low vitamin D levels linked to increased mortality (08/11/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research suggests that low serum levels of vitamin D are associated with a 26% increase in all-cause mortality.
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Low birth weight raises risk of reduced renal function in childhood (08/11/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children born with low birth weight are at heightened risk for an exaggerated blood pressure response to dietary salt, in...
-
Age, sex important in assessing stroke risk in atrial fibrillation (08/08/2008)
By Martha Kerr
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The CHADS2 risk stratification tool for assessing stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is more accurate...
-
ACE inhibition may prevent left ventricular hypertrophy in type 2 diabetes (08/07/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Angiotensin converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibition reduces the occurrence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in...
-
Exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension common in systemic sclerosis (08/06/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can often become apparent during exercise testing in patients with systemic...
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Prehypertension persists, progresses in adolescence (08/06/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adolescents with prehypertension progress to hypertension at a rate of about 7% a year, according to a new analysis of...
-
Growth hormone eases metabolic effects of HAART but raises glucose (08/04/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adverse effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) - including visceral adiposity, diastolic hypertension,...
-
Hypertension potentiates the risk of doxorubicin cardiotoxicity (08/01/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doxorubicin is often withheld from older patients because advanced age -- along with heart disease, diabetes, and...
-
New recommendations guide management of stroke in infants and children (07/25/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While the incidence, presentation, and risk factors for stroke vary markedly between children and adults, the need for...
-
Pulmonary arterial hypertension more severe in carriers of BMPR2 mutation (07/23/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), those with germline mutations in the gene encoding bone...
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Maternal asthma medication use linked to gastroschisis (08/15/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The use of asthma medications by pregnant women appears to double the risk of gastroschisis in the offspring, according...
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Eczema in childhood tied to increased risk of asthma later in life (08/15/2008)
By Karla Gale
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Childhood eczema is a risk factor for incident asthma in later life, according to results of a 37-year longitudinal...
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Abatacept shows progressively increasing action against RA (08/14/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Abatacept curbs disease progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) both initially and in the longer term, US...
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B rather than T lymphocytes seen initiating autoimmune disease (08/12/2008)
By Scott Baltic
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a mouse-based study that has seemingly upset a truism of immunology, Yale University researchers have found that B...
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Everolimus effective in rheumatoid arthritis patients (08/11/2008)
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The proliferation signal inhibitor everolimus is effective and safe in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who have an...
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COPD in asthma patients adds significantly to disease burden (08/08/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with COPD and concomitant asthma and COPD are sicker and use more medical services than asthma patients,...
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Etanercept effective in methotrexate-refractory rheumatoid arthritis (08/08/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have an unsatisfactory response or intolerance to methotrexate may...
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Some children with asthma may not need continuous daily inhaled steroids (08/08/2008)
By Karla Gale
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Once children with early, mild persistent asthma achieve good control over their symptoms using daily inhaled...
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Montelukast associated with Churg-Strauss syndrome but not the cause (08/07/2008)
By Scott Baltic
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although use of the leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast is associated with a significant risk of Churg-Strauss...
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Respiratory symptoms common among bakers not due to allergy (08/06/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of apprentice bakers, the incidence of work-related rhinitis and asthma-like symptoms was high during the...
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Rheumatoid arthritis linked to lower functioning after stroke (08/04/2008)
By Michelle Rizzo
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An article in the July issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism suggests that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with...
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Multiple short courses of oral corticosteroids may cause osteopenia in children (07/31/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Long-term, sustained use of inhaled corticosteroids is less likely than multiple short courses of oral corticosteroids to...
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Polymorphism increases wheeze risk from early tobacco smoke exposure (07/29/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In utero and childhood tobacco smoke exposure increases the risk of wheezing in children, and this is particularly so of...
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Roche arthritis drug works: U.S. FDA staff (07/25/2008)
By Lisa Richwine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's drug Actemra appears to help adults with rheumatoid arthritis, U.S. drug reviewers said in a summary...
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Inhaled steroids improve bronchodilator response in Latino asthmatics (07/25/2008)
By Michelle Rizzo
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among patients with persistent asthma, use of inhaled corticosteroids is associated with enhanced bronchodilator...
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Most children with cow's milk allergy can tolerate heated milk (07/21/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Seventy-five percent of children with milk allergy will tolerate extensively heated milk, according to a report in the...
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Female gender and smoke exposure predict asthma response to montelukast (07/18/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In children with asthma treated with inhaled corticosteroids and requiring rescue medication, responsiveness to the...
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Changes in folate and homocysteine linked to incident dementia (08/18/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Onset of dementia is associated with decreasing folate and increasing vitamin B12 and homocysteine, results of a study...
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High-dose cyclophosphamide shows promise for aggressive multiple sclerosis (08/12/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High-dose cyclophosphamide, aimed at immune system ablation, is a safe and well-tolerated treatment for aggressive...
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Diabetes duration, severity tied to mild cognitive impairment (08/11/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Diabetes onset before age 65 and greater severity of disease may be important in the pathogenesis of mild cognitive...
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Physical frailty linked to Alzheimer disease pathology (08/11/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The degree of Alzheimer disease pathology in older patients with and without dementia is directly associated with their...
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Simple model predicts favorable recovery after mild traumatic brain injury (08/11/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Early identification of patients with mild traumatic brain injury who are likely to have a good 6-month recovery is...
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GI hemorrhage after stroke linked to increased mortality (08/06/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a large, multicenter Canadian study, half of patients who developed major gastrointestinal bleeding while hospitalized...
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Metabolic syndrome linked with resistance to thrombolysis in stroke patients (08/01/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with metabolic syndrome are more likely to experience resistance to thrombolysis in middle cerebral artery (MCA)...
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Cannabis use worsens cognitive function in MS patients (07/31/2008)
By Michelle Rizzo
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who smoke cannabis have more extensive cognitive dysfunction and greater...
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Gene variant ups cardiovascular risk in women with migraine (07/30/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In women who have migraine with aura, the presence of the 677TT genotype for the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase...
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New agent improves executive function in Alzheimer's disease (07/29/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with the experimental metal-protein attenuating compound PBT2 is a safe and tolerable means of improving...
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Basal ganglia stimulation reduces tic severity in Tourette syndrome (07/29/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Basal ganglia stimulation may offer substantial improvement for some patients with Tourette syndrome, according to a...
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Sleep apnea increased in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (07/25/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is a significantly increased prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease...
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Biomarkers identified for preclinical familial Alzheimer disease (07/25/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In people at risk for familial Alzheimer's disease because of presenilin-1 or amyloid precursor protein mutations,...
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Change in DBS parameters may improve gait in advanced Parkinson disease (07/24/2008)
By Martha Kerr
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - French researchers report promising results with subthalamic nucleus deep-brain stimulation (STN-DBS) delivered at 60 Hz...
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Blood-brain barrier disruption implicated in post-traumatic epilepsy (07/24/2008)
By Michelle Rizzo
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is a high occurrence of prolonged and lasting breakdown of the blood-brain barrier after mild traumatic brain...
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Anti-basal ganglia antibodies not associated with brain changes in Tourette's (07/23/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to expectations, the presence of anti-basal ganglia antibodies in patients with Tourette's syndrome is not...
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Reduced creatinine clearance and microalbuminuria both predict stroke (07/23/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Impairment of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and the glomerular filtration barrier are independently associated...
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Topiramate linked to birth defects (07/21/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The antiepileptic drug topiramate (Topamax) has been linked with an increased risk of major congenital malformations when...
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Phenytoin clearance unaltered in elderly epileptics (07/18/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In elderly patients with epilepsy, phenytoin half-life and clearance during maintenance therapy does not appear to differ...
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Elevated free fatty acids tied to preterm delivery (08/18/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Elevated plasma levels of free fatty acids (FFAs) in pregnant women may be a marker for an increased risk of preterm...
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Abdominal adiposity shows graded and significant tie to stroke: study (08/14/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A large waist circumference, which is known to raise the risk of cardiovascular disease, may also increase the risk for...
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Chronic maternal hypertension tied to increased risk of SGA birth (08/12/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with chronic hypertension appear to have a substantially increased risk for preterm small-for-gestational-age (SGA)...
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Waist-to-height ratio best reflects cardiovascular risk (08/11/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As a measure of adiposity, waist-to-height ratio appears to be the best predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD),...
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Statins help with obesity-related plaque progression after heart surgery (08/11/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As body mass index (BMI) increases, the likelihood that atherosclerosis will progress after coronary artery bypass...
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Liver fat a key determinant of "metabolically benign obesity" (08/11/2008)
By Karla Gale
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Close to one-third of obese individuals are "metabolically healthy" and at low risk for heart disease, whereas a quarter...
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Home parenteral nutrition, transplant both appropriate for intestinal failure (08/06/2008)
By Scott Baltic
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is still the primary option for treating intestinal failure, intestinal...
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BMI and mortality inversely linked in CHF, confirming the obesity paradox (08/05/2008)
By Megan Rauscher
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight and obese patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) are at lower risk for death than their normal-weight...
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New ultrasound calculation predicts birth weight in obese pregnant women (07/31/2008)
By Martha Kerr
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Birth weight can be fairly accurately predicted in obese women at 34-36 weeks gestation, using a calculation that...
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Weight gain unpredictable in children treated with pizotifen (07/30/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among children receiving pizotifen for migrainous conditions, the weight gain that can occur does not seem to be related...
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Obesity increases risk of certain ovarian cancers (07/30/2008)
By David Douglas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obesity increases the risk of invasive clear cell ovarian cancer, according to Australian researchers.
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ADHD linked to overweight in children (07/25/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased risk for being overweight, new research...
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Adolescents, an underserved group, have low immunization rates (07/21/2008)
By Martha Kerr
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many adolescents do not receive recommended immunizations, the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) reports. In...
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Early nutrition saves lives of patients with severe brain injury (07/21/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adequate nutrition within the first few days after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) improves survival, according to...
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Maternal diabetes linked to early-onset diabetes in offspring (07/18/2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Intrauterine exposure to maternal diabetes and obesity raises the risk of type 2 diabetes in adolescents, according to...