Health insurers could prevent 4,736 deaths per year from heart-related problems and save $2.5 billion annually in related costs if they fully covered heart medications for patients who have had a heart attack, according to a study published in Health Affairs, the AP/Los Angeles Times reports. [click...
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A research team at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and the University of Heidelberg has proven that a gene protects some people with diabetes from developing severe kidney failure or 'end-stage renal disease.'Diabetes is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease worldwide, an illne...
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More than a decade of searching for factors that make the common parasite Toxoplasma gondii dangerous to humans has pinned 90 percent of the blame on just one of the parasite's approximately 6,000 genes.The finding, reported in Science by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St...
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Surgeon Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi's "side-to-side isoperistaltic stricturoplasty" procedure can alleviate the pain of Crohn's disease while sparing the intestine and safeguarding patients from developing malnutrition. The procedure is a welcome alternative to traditional methods which rely on removing...
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100% Preventable. Spread the Word. Save a Sister. This is the new public education campaign message from the Balm In Gilead's 2007 ISIS Project (Intimate Sessions for Informed Sexuality). National Spokesperson Estelle H. [click link for full article]
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A private-label version of Abbott's XIENCE(TM) V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System has launched in Europe, Boston Scientific Corporation announced today. The PROMUS(TM) Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System is designed, studied and manufactured by Abbott and supplied to Boston Scientific ...
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Senior citizens often face serious emotional issues due to drastic changes in their lives, leading to depression and anxiety. Medical care for the elderly, however, rarely addresses these problems. In response, Metropolitan Jewish Adult Day Health Center (the Center) offers an award-winning program...
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The epilepsy drug valproate poses a higher risk for fetal death and birth defects than other commonly used epilepsy drugs, according to a study published in the August, 2006, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. [click link for full article]
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Most Medicare prescription drug plans in 2007 will not cover erectile dysfunction treatments such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Many plans covered the treatments this year. [click link for full article]
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