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Intensive diabetes treatments give mixed results

Aggressive drug treatment to lower blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol in diabetics does little to prevent heart ...

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Intensive diabetes treatments give mixed results

Aggressive drug treatment to lower blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol in diabetics does little to prevent heart ...

Story - editor - 06/30/2010 - 08:00 - 0 comments

Ninety Percent of Stroke Risk Due to 10 Risk Factors

... for 90 percent of all the risk of stroke, with high blood pressure playing the most potent role. ...

Story - editor - 06/19/2010 - 08:30 - 0 comments

Short people at higher risk of heart problems

... one than tall people, a new study says, though weight, blood pressure and smoking habits remain more important factors. ...

Story - editor - 06/10/2010 - 14:00 - 0 comments

Contaminated Cocaine Can Cause Flesh to Rot

... abusers -- already at risk for an abnormal heartbeat, blood pressure problems, hallucinations, convulsions and stroke -- can add another ...

Story - editor - 06/02/2010 - 04:00 - 0 comments

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Pain drugs abuse requires urgent action: CDC

Emergency room visits tied to the abuse of prescription painkillers have jumped 111 percent over a five-year period, an alarming increase that threatens the American public health system, U.S. government researchers said on Thursday.

S.African protesters accuse US of cutting AIDS funding

Thousands of protesters marched Thursday against what they say is a softening commitment to fighting AIDS in Africa by the United States and other developed countries.

US Red Cross fined 16 million dollars over blood safety

The US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is fining the American Red Cross 16 million dollars for not complying with regulations on the collection and manufacture of blood products.

Health Highlights: June 29, 2010

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

ACNE AT 70+

DOES ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE THIS PROBLEM? I'VE STARTED HAVING BIG PIMPLES ALL OVER MY FACE, NECK, AND TOP OF MY HEAD . WORSE THAN WHEN I WAS IN MY TEENS. NOTHING I DO CAN GET RID OF THEM. I'VE BEEN TO DOCTORS, DERMATOLOGISTS, ALLERGISTS, HAVE USED ALL KINDS OF ANTIBIOTICS,CREAMS, LOTIONS, OILS, SOAPS, SHAMPOOS. ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED , I HAVE TRIED. MAYBE SOMEONE OUT THERE IN BLOG LAND CAN SUGGEST SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP ME.

Health spending eclipses growth in rich countries: OECD

Health care spending is rising faster than economic growth in leading industrialised countries, with higher expected medical costs set to impose tough choices on governments, the OECD said Tuesday.

SAfrica sees rise in post-circumcision deaths

South African health officials said Tuesday they are alarmed by the rise in deaths among men who have had botched traditional circumcisions, after 39 young men died in the last month after undergoing the rite of passage into manhood.

Fish Oil Supplements Linked to Lower Risk of Breast Cancer: Study

THURSDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal women who take fish
oil supplements may reduce their breast cancer risk, a new study
suggests.

Health Highlights: July 8, 2010

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

Babies Born Poor Often Remain Poor

THURSDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Babies born into a poor U.S.
family have a good chance of staying poor for at least half of childhood,
a new study suggests.