By Amanda MacMillan
Women age 65 and older who fracture a hip are much more likely to die from any cause during the following year than they would be if they had avoided injury, a new study suggests.
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By Robert Preidt
Eating fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of some colorectal cancers, according to a new study.
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By Jenifer Goodwin
The side effects of prostate cancer treatments, including surgery and radiation, can seriously disrupt a couple’s sex life.
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By Robert Preidt
Heart attack patients who take both selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants and antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin or Plavix have a higher risk for bleeding than those who take anti-clotting drugs only, a new study finds.
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By Alan Mozes
“I was in shock,” recalled 40-year old Dinora Rodriguez. “It was a nightmare.”
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By Maureen Salamon
When it comes to medical care, nearly half of U.S. primary care physicians believe their own patients are over-treated.
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By Amanda Gardner
Too little vitamin B-12 may be associated with smaller brain size and more problems with thinking skills as people age, new research suggests.
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By Amanda Gardner
Coffee lovers, take heart: Women who drink four or more cups of caffeinated coffee daily seem to have a lower risk of depression than those who don’t drink java or stop at one cup a day, a new study suggests.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Older women who break a hip are more likely than others to die within a year because of the fracture, not an underlying health condition, a new study finds.
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By Amanda Gardner
U.S. health officials issued a cautionary note Monday about an increased risk of blood clots in women taking newer forms of birth control pills, such as Yaz or Yasmin.
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By Robert Preidt
Diabetes patients who visit a primary care doctor every few weeks achieve quicker control of their blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, researchers have found.
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By Alan Mozes
Men who do not have children appear to face a higher risk of dying from heart disease than those who become fathers, a new study suggests.
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By Serena Gordon
Children hit with the double whammy of type 1 diabetes and asthma have an especially tough time keeping their blood sugar under control, a new study finds.
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By Robert Preidt
Revised recommendations for the use of Tdap vaccine to protect against pertussis (“whooping cough”) in older children and adults have been released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven
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By Scott Roberts
Remicade (infliximab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat moderate-to-severe active episodes of ulcerative colitis in children aged six and older who haven’t responded to other therapies.
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By Dennis Thompson
U.S. health authorities now recommend that girls and young women be vaccinated against human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted disease that is a known cause of cervical cancer, but that recommendation does not extend to boys and young men.
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By Scott Roberts
Soliris (eculizumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first drug to treat atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), a rare blood disease that may trigger kidney failure, stroke or death.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Many people who undergo MRI scans describe feeling dizzy while inside the machine or when they come out, and a new study may explain why.
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By Randy Dotinga
New research suggests that depression and other factors may keep Hispanic women who have survived breast cancer from getting screenings that could pick up signs of colorectal or ovarian cancer.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
In large and diverse groups, people with similar beliefs, values and interests tend to stick together, establishing both friendships and romantic relationships with like-minded people, a new study suggests.
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