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...The fact that there were more people in this study population who were not diagnosed, but had underlying cardiovascular disease compared to people who were diagnosed points to the health risks associated with lifetime exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke in a potentially wider segment of the elderly population,...Assessment model based on medical history gauges lung cancer risk
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...r than what would normally be found in the general population of patients with SLE and that these patients were more likely to have come from university settings and therefore more likely to have been seen by a specialist. But this may reflect the fact that university centers are more willing to accept patient...Teens with migraine at greater risk of suicide
... much higher than those reported among the general population of teens of the same ages in Taiwan," Wang said. Those with migraine headaches were most likely to have a psychiatric disorder. They were 3.5 times more likely to have a psychiatric disorder than those without migraine. And teens whose migraines ca...Study suggests antithrombotics cause more intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke deaths in 'over-75s'
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...pensation settlements. This was just the patient population Dr. Stark, director of Research and Development at the Athletic and Therapeutic Institute in Chicago and his colleagues at the research division of the Institute wanted. Nothing had worked for these patients, and the researchers figured that what wo...Fish oil may help kidney disease sufferers
... (EPA). "EPA has been used successfully in other population groups with chronic inflammation including people with osteoarthritis and cancer cachexia, however the anti-inflammatory effects have not yet been applied to patients on dialysis," she said. As part of Ms Zabel's study, participants will be given a...Costs of treating arthritis on the rise nationwide, study finds
...the escalating costs of arthritis care as the U.S. population ages, according to Ed Yelin, PhD, a professor of rheumatology in the UCSF School of Medicine and lead author of the study. "Arthritis can be a highly debilitating disease that, as this study shows, presents a substantial cost to our society," Yelin...Depression among retired NFL players: Rates mirror the general public, but pain compounds symptoms
...t help. "What our research tells us is that this population of retired professional athletes would benefit from a proactive educational and clinical outreach program, possibly beginning even before retirement, as a way to help improve the likelihood that retired NFL players will achieve a high quality of life...Health gap between social groups widens in later life
... health care inequalities among the elderly as the population ages, they conclude....Drug therapy can reduce preterm births and decrease lifetime medical costs
...etroHealth Medical Center states, "If the eligible population was universally treated with 17P, discounted lifetime medical costs of their offspring could be reduced by more than $2 billion annually. The potential societal savings from Medicaid coverage of 17P are substantial." Dr. Armstrong continues in the ...Outdated policies are impediment for Americans with disabilities
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