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ST. PAUL, Minn Middle-aged men and women with a history of migraine and other hea...ewed the headache history and eye health of 10,902 men and women who participated in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Participants, w...Grain fiber and magnesium intake associated with lower risk for diabetes
...m-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, conducted a study of 9,702 men and 15,365 women age 35 to 65 years. Participants completed a food questionnaire when they enrolled in the study between 1994 and 1998, then were followed up through 2005an average of seven yearsto see if they developed diabetes. In addition, the res...Testosterone may help men with multiple sclerosis
...low brain degeneration and increase muscle mass in men with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, the m...cks its own systems or tissues) are less common in men than in women, according to background information in the article. This is especially true during re...History of migraines associated with increased risk of retinopathy
CHAPEL HILL -- Middle-aged men and women with a history of migraine and other hea...ewed the headache history and eye health of 10,902 men and women who participated in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Participants, wh...Mediterranean diet halves risk of progressive lung disease
...ng for age, smoking, and other risk factors. And men who ate a predominantly Western diet were more than four times as likely to develop COPD, even after taking account of other influential factors. The higher the compliance with a Mediterranean diet, the lower was the risk of developing COPD over th...RAND study finds women with heart disease and diabetes less likely to receive proper care
...eral types of routine outpatient medical care than men who have similar health problems, according to a R...d heart disease are not receiving them as often as men with similar problems." Researchers studied more than 50,000 men and women enrolled in both commer...Bare-metal stents are better for some heart patients
...The researchers studied a total of 60 patients (33 men and 27 women) who averaged 68 years old and who were treated with the strategy. Twenty seven percent suffered from diabetes which can complicate surgery. The results show the coronary interventional procedure was successful in all patients where a...Quick, innovative procedure helps men minimize incontinence after prostatectomy
NEW YORK (May 11, 2007) -- Thousands of men facing surgical removal of the prostate due to can...e to 62 percent; by eight weeks, 88 percent of the men were fully continent; and by 16 weeks, 95 percent had achieved continence. The researchers stresse...Estrogen is important for bone health in men as well as women
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...fness. More women (69 percent) participated than men did. The average age was nearly 59 years and 81 percent of the participants were white. Therefore, the results are not universally applicable to men, minority groups or people outside of middle age, the authors say. The number of study patients tha...Use of Swedish 'snus' is linked to a doubled risk of pancreatic cancer
...en snus and cancer risk in a large enough group of men who have never smoked. The subjects attended health check ups between 1978 and 1992, during which they were asked to report on their smoking and snusing habits. The researchers have also studied rates of oral and lung cancer amongst the men, but f...Study shows continued success for new HPV vaccine against virus responsible for cervical cancer
... Control and Prevention (CDC) more than 20 million men and women in the US are infected with HPV, and more than six million new infections are reported each year, making it the most common sexually transmitted disease in the nation. "Nearly all sexually active people are going to get exposed to the vi...HPV infection linked to throat cancers
...lomavirus (HPV) causes some throat cancers in both men and women. Reporting in the May 10 issue of the N...m use may reduce risk. In Gillisons study of 100 men and women newly diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer (located in the tonsils, back of the tongue, and...Comparison of patients' access to new and better cancer drugs reveals inequalities between countries
... are among the world's top cancer killers for both men and women [2]). The USA's uptake of bevacizumab for colorectal cancer was ten times the uptake of the European average. In Europe, Austria, France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland had uptake that was higher than the European average; Denmark, Hungry, ...Study implicates protein as a trigger of advanced prostate cancer recurrence
...evitable recurrence of advanced prostate cancer in men who are undergoing drug treatment to shut down the...solve a mystery: why does prostate cancer recur in men treated to get rid of circulating androgens such as testosterone" Moreover, because chemotherapy ...Risk of lymphoma increases with hepatitis C virus infection
...l U.S. population. The study population was mostly men (97 percent), the majority of patients were white, and the average age was 52 years. Patients in the HCV-infected group were more likely to have served during the Vietnam era (1964-1975) than were uninfected patients in the comparison group. Pre...Double the death rate from cirrhosis for 'blue collar' men
...r Robin Room examined death rates among Australian men from liver cirrhosis between 1981 and 2002. The...estigious journal, Drug and Alcohol Review. The men were categorised according to whether they were manual or non-manual workers. Manual worker status i...Warts vaccine -- 1 of many in pipeline
...e had had visible genital warts. Dr Jardine said men and women with genital warts who would like to take part in the trial could call 3240 5881 to learn more. All calls are handled in confidence....Home improvement warning -- Ladder-related injuries increasing in the US
.... "Increased public health initiatives that target men and women, especially of working age, could help reduce the number of ladder-related injuries." During the 16-year study period, the number of ladder-related injuries increased by more than 50 percent. Nearly 10 percent of injuries resulted in hosp...