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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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Mental "exercise" linked to faster dementia progression

While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain "exercise" may actually have a faster rate of decline once Alzheimer's is diagnosed, researchers reported Wedne...

Americans Blind to the Obesity Epidemic

THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans have skewed
perceptions when it comes to their weight, often believing they are
lighter than they actually are, even when the scales are shouting
otherwise, a new poll finds.

Workers see higher health costs, less care

Companies are cutting healthcare costs further amid a continuing sour economy, scaling back benefits and shifting a greater share of the expense to employees.

Global cash support to fight AIDS is falling: UN

The chief of the UNAIDS agency said Thursday that global contributions to fighting the disease are dropping off for the first time in 15 years amid tough economic times.

Soy may ease sleep problems in older women

The estrogen-like compounds found in soy could help postmenopausal women get a better night's sleep, according to a small study.

Starting periods early tied to greater asthma risk

Women who start menstruating early may be at increased risk of asthma and poor lung function, new research shows.

Promising new one-dose malaria drug discovered

Researchers have discovered a promising new malaria drug with the potential to treat resistant strains of the deadly disease in a single dose, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

Text messages little help in remembering the Pill

A cell phone text message -- and the buzz or beep that signals its arrival -- may not help a woman remember to pop her birth control pill, a new study suggests.

Women, children most vulnerable in Pakistan crisis

Pakistan's displaced flood victims say a lack of clean water and high temperatures are causing illnesses sweeping through relief camps with children most at risk.

Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise

An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists say it shows promise as a possible future treatment for one of the world's major killer diseases.