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ROCHESTER, Minn. --Patients are generally pleased with a new Mayo Clinic drug treatment for a common form of impaired nerve transmission that causes dizziness and fainting when patients change position from lying down to standing up, and most want to continue using it. This finding on patie...Physicians have mixed opinions about consumer-targeted pharmaceutical ads
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... EAREDNESS: EVIDENCE FOR A PREFERRED EAR Humans generally write with a preferred hand, and they read with a dominant eye. William Hartmann of Michigan State and his colleagues will present evidence for "earedness." In an experiment with 51 listeners, the researchers played a special stereo sound called th...'Off-pump' bypass surgery has similar outcomes, lower cost, than conventional bypass surgery
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...lies of infants and toddlers with disabilities are generally happy with their initial experiences with early intervention services offered under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a new study shows. In a nationally representative sample of 3,338 parents of young children with or a...WHI study finds no heart disease benefit, increased stroke risk with estrogen alone
...lone study involved 40 clinical centers and 10,739 generally healthy postmenopausal women ages 50-79 who did not have a uterus. Their average age at enrollment was nearly 64 and about 70 when the study stopped. They enrolled in the study between 1993 and 1998. About 75 percent of the women were white, 15 pe...Eye disorder that can cause blindness is high among people with type 1 diabetes mellitus
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...n 100%. "These results are striking because it is generally very difficult to raise HDL levels in people with already low-levels of good cholesterol," said Rader. According to Rader, torcetrapib works by inhibiting the ability of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein to transfer cholesterol from HDL (the "go...'Exercise Hypertension' occurs when cells can't 'relax,' Hopkins researchers find
...rmally high spike in blood pressure experienced by generally healthy people during a workout, is a known risk factor for permanent and serious high blood pressure at rest. But who gets it, and why, has been largely unknown. Now, Johns Hopkins scientists say they have reason to believe that the problem is roo...Low vitamin B12 is associated with poorer memory in older people with high risk for Alzheimer's
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