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Prasugrel Cancer Concerns Revived |
2010-06-29 / source : medpage / :: Rating :  : 1 |
Potential cancer risks associated with the antiplatelet drug prasugrel (Effient) should raise clinical concerns -- and may even warrant a boxed warning, two groups of researchers argued.
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ess Weight Gain with Biking, Fast Walking |
| 2010-06-29 / source : medpage / :: Rating : : 1 |
Brisk walking and bicycling appear to attenuate weight gain over time, researchers found.
Among premenopausal female nurses, those who reported walking briskly or bicycling gained less weight over .... |
Once-a-Week Diabetes Drug Comparable to Standard Meds |
| 2010-06-17 / source : medpage / :: Rating : : 1 |
An investigational once-weekly formulation of exenatide (Byetta) produced a greater reduction in hemoglobin A1c levels than sitagliptin (Januvia), but was not superior to two other standard diabetes m .... |
Apple juice may help behavior, but not cognition, in Alzheim.... |
| 2010-06-16 / source : UPI / :: Rating : : 1 |
Apple juice may help behavior, but not cognition, in Alzheimer's patients, U.S. researchers said.
Ruth Remington, Amy Chan, Alicia Lepore, Elizabeth Kotlya and Thomas Shea, all of the University of .... |
India ready to pounce on Tigers |
| 2010-06-16 / source : BBC / :: Rating : : 1 |
 People with plenty of a B-vitamin in their blood appear to be at a reduced risk of lung cancer, even if they smoke, experts say.
High levels of Vitamin B6 and the amino acid methionine cut the risk .... |
Discrepancies in choice of bedtime and wake time with respec.... |
| 2010-06-14 / source : medpage / :: Rating : : 1 |
Discrepancies in choice of bedtime and wake time with respect to the underlying circadian system may contribute to sleep disruption in older adults with sleep complaints, a study reported here found.
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This technique has the potential to provide a powerful and r.... |
| 2010-06-08 / source : sciencedaily / :: Rating : : 1 |
"This technique has the potential to provide a powerful and reliable assessment strategy to measure structural changes in the central nervous system, both for diagnostic purposes and in clinical trial .... |
Healthy adults exposed to secondhand smoke appear to be at h.... |
| 2010-06-08 / source : medpage / :: Rating : : 1 |
Healthy adults exposed to secondhand smoke appear to be at higher risk of suffering psychological distress and future psychiatric illness requiring hospitalization, according to a major Scottish popul .... |
Smoke-free laws covering public spaces in entire counties |
| 2010-06-08 / source : medpage / :: Rating : : 1 |
Smoke-free laws covering public spaces in entire counties are associated with less exposure to secondhand smoke among children living there, a large, cross-sectional study showed.
Among children fr .... |
two vaccines used in the U.K. to protect against pandemic H1.... |
| 2010-06-01 / source : medpage / :: Rating : : 1 |
Of the two vaccines used in the U.K. to protect against pandemic H1N1 influenza, the adjuvanted split-virus vaccine offered better protection for children than the non-adjuvanted whole-virus vaccine, .... |
MRI Research Highlights High-Risk Atherosclerotic Plaque Hid.... |
| 2010-06-01 / source : sciencedaily / :: Rating : : 1 |
Rupture of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, which often occurs without prior symptoms, is responsible for a substantial number of deaths and disabilities worldwide. The untimely death of television .... |
Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have report.... |
| 2010-05-25 / source : sciencedaily / :: Rating : : 1 |
 Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have reported evidence that the orphan generic drug dichloroacetate (DCA) may hold promise as potential therapy for perhaps the deadliest of all human .... |
Silica Cages Help Anti-Cancer Antibodies Kill Tumors in Mice |
| 2010-05-25 / source : sciencedaily / :: Rating : : 1 |
 Packaging anti-cancer drugs into particles of chemically modified silica improve the drugs' ability to fight skin cancer in mice, according to new research. Results published May 3 in the Journal of t .... |
A Fat Cell Grows Up: Stages from Early to Mature Cell Offer .... |
| 2010-05-20 / source : sciencedaily / :: Rating : : 1 |
 In a finding with potential drug-development implications, Mitchell A. Lazar, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania School of M .... |
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