ALLHAT study findings for racial sub-groups show diuretics work better for high blood pressure
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...ow dietary intake of antioxidants and an increased risk of cancer, but trials that have tested the cancer-...ether antioxidant supplementation could reduce the risk of second primary cancers in head and neck cancer patients, Isabelle Bairati, M.D., Ph.D., of the Un...Diuretics best initial therapy for both black and nonblack patients in treating high blood pressure
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...n menopausal hormone therapy may be related to the risk of breast cancer recurrence, according to a new st...ause, at a median follow-up of only 2.1 years, the risk of breast cancer recurrence among women receiving hormone therapy was 3.3 times higher than the risk...Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
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...d - soon will cooperate on a $2.8-million study of risk factors for a common knee injury among athletes. ...spective cohort study will focus on human movement risk factors involved in injuries to the knee's anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL. The ACL is one of two...Risk of HIV transmission highest in early stage of infection
The risk of HIV transmission via heterosexual intercourse i...of HIV infection. The investigators found that the risk of transmission was highest early in infection, then dropped, then rose again late in infection. Waw...Hormonal birth control, bacterial infections in women linked to increased shedding of type-2 herpes
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...fection with Chlamydia pneumoniae may increase the risk of heart attack in young men, according to an article in the April 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. C. pneumoniae is a relative of the more familiar bacterium that causes the sexually transmitted disease known commonly ...Women with heart attacks benefit from stenting
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...rnal Health Services Research found that mortality risk dropped 10 percent among patients with head injury transferred from rural trauma centers in Oregon and Washington to level I trauma centers in both states. Researchers from the Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine and the Department o...People with peanut allergy at risk of allergic reaction to lupin flour
...00 pre-school children, appear to be at particular risk as up to half may be pre-sensitised. They should be advised to avoid all products containing lupin until they can be specifically tested."...Post-traumatic stress disorder common among refugees in western countries
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...inue performing intimate examinations unchaperoned risk allegations of misconduct, warn researchers in a letter to this week's BMJ. However, a recent study found that nearly half of male general practitioners never and rarely used chaperones when intimately examining women, while another found only 37% of...Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
...ng immunity, and which significantly increased the risk of lupus associated with EBV-IgA antibodies. This variation was previously linked to risk of lupus in younger African Americans in the Carolina Lupus Study. "The racial difference in the as...Lack of vigorous activity linked to functional decline in older adults with arthritis
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