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No cancer risk from increased mobile phone use

December 5, 2009 by srrpenna

Increased use of mobile phones since the late 1990s is not causing a rise in the frequency of brain tumours, a Scandinavian study has found.

The survey of cancers reported among 16 million adults in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden found no related, observable change in the incidence of cases up until 2003.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/dec/04/cancer-mobile-phones-risk-...

Protein balance helps longevity

December 5, 2009 by srrpenna

Longevity may depend more on balanced protein intake than eating less, according to research by the Wellcome Trust and University College London, published in Nature magazine this week.

Over the past few years scientists have concluded from experiments with fruit flies and rats that restricting an animal's food intake can extend its life but at the cost of its fertility.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e852ef3a-e075-11de-8494-00144feab49a.html

Patients are at risk of clots for up to one year following surgery

December 5, 2009 by srrpenna

Patients are at risk of developing a fatal blood clot for up to a year after having surgery, far longer than previously thought, a study shows today.
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But the latest study, published online by the British Medical Journal, found that patients could be at increased risk of VTE for up to a year after an operation.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6944365.ece

Doctors caustion over common diabetes drugs - sulphonylureas

December 5, 2009 by srrpenna

A group of drugs commonly used for diabetes carry an increased risk of heart problems and death when compared with a different type of diabetes drug, researchers have found.

Their study found that people taking drugs called sulphonylureas are more likely to have heart attacks, heart failure or die, compared to people taking another popular diabetes drug called metformin. Doctors should choose metformin when treating people with diabetes, unless they can't take it or it doesn't work for them, say the researchers.