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Disease Health Tip: After Appendectomy
  Date: 2007-02-22 11:26:14 Clicks: 0 Comments:
(HealthDay News) -- If you\'ve just had your appendix removed or are soon scheduled for an appendectomy, here are suggestions for post-surgical care, courtesy of the University of Kentucky: Keep the incision site clean and dry to prevent infection.
Disease Powerful Antacids Boost Chances of Hip Fracture
  Date: 2007-02-22 11:26:13 Clicks: 0 Comments:
TUESDAY, Dec. 26 (HealthDay News) -- People taking powerful antacid drugs called proton pump inhibitors face an increased risk of hip fracture, University of Pennsylvania researchers report. Common proton pump inhibitors include Aciphex, Nexium, Pre
Disease Obesity Alters Digestive-Tract Bacteria
  Date: 2007-02-22 11:26:12 Clicks: 0 Comments:
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity not only disrupts a person\'s health, it also disrupts the makeup of healthy germs inside the digestive tract, a new study suggests. While the significance of the finding isn\'t immediately clear, it co
Disease Research Yields Clues to Diabetic Eye Disease
  Date: 2007-02-22 11:26:10 Clicks: 0 Comments:
FRIDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have identified a protein that causes blood vessel leakage and swelling in the eyes of people with diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy, a common complication of diabetes, can cause severe vision l
Disease Better Control of Diabetes Could Reduce Stroke
  Date: 2007-02-22 11:26:02 Clicks: 0 Comments:
THURSDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes risk factors are still not well-controlled in patients, even though the disease increases their stroke risk, a new study finds. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, analyzed data on
Disease Gene Variant May Predict Heart Disease, Stroke
  Date: 2007-02-22 11:26:01 Clicks: 0 Comments:
FRIDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified a gene variant associated with the early signs of heart disease and stroke in women. None of the more than 11,000 participants in the 25-year study has yet had heart disease or a stroke,
Disease Study Sees Benefits in Boosting Levels of 'Good' Cholesterol
  Date: 2007-02-22 11:26:01 Clicks: 0 Comments:
TUESDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have shown for the first time that raising \"good\" cholesterol levels is almost as important as lowering levels of \"bad\" cholesterol in reducing heart-threatening plaque in arteries. But it\'s unclea
Disease Some Blood Pressure Drugs Boost Diabetes Risk
  Date: 2007-02-22 11:25:59 Clicks: 0 Comments:
THURSDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Some common blood pressure drugs can substantially increase the risk of diabetes, especially among those already at risk for the condition, U.S. researchers report. According to the report, angiotensin-receptor
Disease Metabolic Syndrome Predicts Heart Risk: Study
  Date: 2007-02-22 11:25:59 Clicks: 0 Comments:
TUESDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- A cluster of cardiac factors known as \"metabolic syndrome\" is a strong indicator of increased risk of heart disease, an exhaustive review of the literature concludes. Metabolic syndrome includes factors such as
Disease Experimental Drug Tackles Inherited High Cholesterol
  Date: 2007-02-22 11:25:58 Clicks: 0 Comments:
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug that helps people with a severe, inherited form of high cholesterol looks promising, a study found. But even the researchers, who report their findings in the Jan. 11 issue of the New England Journal
Disease Girls Most Likely to Gain Weight as Pre-Teens
  Date: 2007-02-22 11:25:57 Clicks: 0 Comments:
MONDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Girls are most likely to gain weight early in adolescence, between the ages of 9 and 12, a new report finds. And the health consequences of being overweight can be evident in girls as young as 9, all of which poin
Disease Neurological Disorders Strike Millions
  Date: 2007-02-22 10:32:24 Clicks: 0 Comments:
MONDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Neurological disorders have struck millions of people, young and old alike, in the United States, new estimates show. Some 67 per 1,000 elderly Americans now have Alzheimer\'s disease, up substantially from past e
Disease Urine Test Helps Predict Lung Injury Outcome
  Date: 2007-02-22 10:32:22 Clicks: 0 Comments:
FRIDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A simple urine test can predict the survival of patients with a severe lung injury known as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), researchers report. Higher levels of nitric oxide in urine were associated not
Disease Antivirals Adept at Reducing Flu Spread in Families
  Date: 2007-02-22 10:32:20 Clicks: 0 Comments:
MONDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The antiviral drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir help reduce the spread of seasonal flu within families, a new study suggests. Researchers from Seattle\'s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the University of Mi
Disease Campaign to Heighten Awareness of Lung Disease
  Date: 2007-02-22 10:32:19 Clicks: 0 Comments:
THURSDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, and a new campaign launched Thursday is aimed at spreading awareness about this killer respiratory conditi
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