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... therapy, participants with high blood pressurehad almost the same levels of collagen and the collagen-degrading chemical asthe control group. Also, three of the participants who came into the study withenlarged hearts appeared to have smaller hearts on a follow-up echocardiogram. Diez says the ab...... pulmonary hypertension or heart valvelesions, and almost all of these people were also taking other drugs that wehave found are unrecognized MAO inhibitors," Wurtman said. Wurtman is theco-inventor of the use of Redux, an MIT-patented drug, to treat obesity. Redux,or dexfenfluramine, is the half of the che...University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Researchers Awarded Grant To Fight Leukemia Recurrence
...ny remaining cancer cells. The procedure should be almost completely nontoxic, Jordan said. It wouldeliminate a second round of chemotherapy for patients, reduce their exposure totoxic compounds and decrease the number of days that they're sick. "Ever since doctors began treating cancer, there's been a bas......ty in the first year oftreatment with alendronate, almost all gained bone density in the second year.In clin...ases in bone mineral density during thefirst year, almost all will achieve significant gains in bone mineral density inthe second year." An analysis of the sa...Better Survival For Women With Breast Cancer -New Evidence On Chemotherapy
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...ly before the surgery. "I was so short of breath I almost didn't get through our homecoming parade. A few days later I went to the hospital, and they put me right in intensive care. It was pretty scary." Atrial flutter is one of several different heart arrhythmias. By some estimates, it accounts for 5 per...Exercise Can Help To Exorcise Stroke Risk
...ls leading to the brain.Although this study looked almost exclusively at whether a correlation existedbetween physical activity and stroke in white men, Lee says that theimplications of the research are likely applicable to women and minorities. Aprevious study in northern Manhattan had shown similar findi...Microwaves May Provide Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
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...sizes. "All of theinstruments are finely machined, almost like jeweler's equipment," said Dr.Fontana, attend...o see the operations and interactwith the surgeons almost as if they were in the same room. Cedars-Sinai'ssurgical suites and conferencing rooms are all wire...Study Reveals Possible Link Between Osteoarthritis, Diet
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