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Bypass surgery or angioplasty are often recommended for patients with heart failure. Anxious patients, however, understandably want to know if surgery is really necessary. Until recently, the evidence for the practice has been weak.A study funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and car... read more »
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Organon, the human healthcare business unit of Akzo Nobel - announced today that it anticipated filing a new drug application for its novel antidepressant mirtazapine (known as Remeron® in most countries) to Japanese health authorities (PMDA) towards the middle of 2007, three years earlier than expe... read more »
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The world's first "test-tube baby", Louise Brown, speaks of her joy at giving birth to her first child. read more »
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The spread of prostate cancer can be halted using a drug which cuts off tumour cells blood supply, a study says. read more »
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Computer technology is helping doctors spot those with conditions that could deteriorate, before they reach hospital. read more »
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An MP writes to the health secretary asking why an NHS director in East Sussex was given a £243,000 pay-off. read more »
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Learning disabilities such as dyslexia are believed to affect nearly one in 10 children. To better study them, a Northwestern University research team has developed a data-driven conceptual framework that links two well-established scientific concepts. In doing so, they also have developed a non-inv... read more »
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Clinical characteristics of tinnitus such as duration, consistency and other factors influence the way individuals perceive loudness and annoyance associated with the condition, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives jo... read more »
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A new study shows that pancreatic cancer patients 65 or older who live at least five years after surgery have nearly as good a chance as anyone else to live another five years. [click link for full article] read more »
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