Cost Of Diabetes Care O...

Researchers of a new diabetes cost study suggest that the amount of money needed to treat people with the disease has doubled in the past 6 years. The study found that on average, the cost for drugs and other forms of diabetes treatments paid for by Americans living with diabetes...
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Supplements Don’t...

A new study finds that supplements such as selenium and vitamin E do not ward off prostate cancer risk in men. According to researchers who analyzed 35,000 men, taking the supplements on their own or in combination with each other did not reduce their risk of developing the disease,...
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Mayo Clinic Says More W...

Cases of Rheumatoid arthritis are up in American women say the authors of a new study. According to researchers from the Mayo Clinic, after 40 years of decline, it appears that in US women Rheumatoid arthritis is on the rise, but not in US men. To reach their discovery, the research...
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Wyeth Announces Upgrade...

Results of a new study suggest that an experimental drug manufactured by Wyeth may offer protection against pneumococcal disease in young children. The drug is called Prevnar, but an upgrade called Prevnar 13 is being created that offers protection against additional types of viruses...
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Starting HIV Treatment ...

A new study has found that the earlier a person infected with the HIV virus begins taking anti-retroviral treatments, the greater their chances of living longer become. People diagnosed with the HIV virus need to take anti-retroviral drugs which work by suppressing the viral load...
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Doctors Often Prescribe...

Doctors working in the US are prescribing placebos to patients instead of actual drugs more than 50% of the time. They state that they do this, not to trick the patient, but because very often, they see the same patients over and over again complaining of chronic pain, or untreatable...
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British Scientists Deve...

If you like tomatoes, listen up as the results of a new cancer study may interest you. Scientists have developed a new type of super tomato that fights cancer. This tomato is purple, and is packed with lots of additional nutrients found in berries and when given to mice, fended off...
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Merck HIV Drug Helps Su...

A new HIV drug called Isentress manufactured by Merck appears to work in patients who have not previously been treated for the disease. The drug according to the company, works by suppressing detectable levels of the HIV virus in a person’s bloodstream. Last year, Isentress...
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Thoratec Recalling Mech...

Thoratec have issued a recall for a number of different batches of their mechanical heart pump after as many as 5 patients died while using the device. According to a company statement released on Friday, the waring down of an electric wire which is part of the device, is resulting...
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Study Proves That Warm ...

Warm hands can lead to a warm heart when it comes to how you treat other people, say researchers of a new study. Researchers performed two small studies to reach the same conclusion, one that finds that people who have warm hands are more likely to be compassionate towards others. In...
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