With three new studies finding that a daily multivitamin won't help boost the average American's health, the experts behind the research are urging people to abandon use of the supplements. The studies found that popping a daily ...
Omega-3 fatty acids -- nutrients long thought to be helpful for neurological health -- can cross the usually impenetrable blood-brain barrier and make their way into the brain, a new study suggests. The finding could have implications for ...
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Smokers who have a CT scan to check for lung cancer stand a nearly one-in-five chance that doctors will find and potentially treat a tumor that would not have caused illness or death, researchers report. Despite the finding, major medical ...
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Better diabetes treatment has slashed rates of complications such as heart attacks, strokes and amputations in older adults, a new study shows. "All the event rates, if you look at them, everything is a lot better than it was in the ...
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Abuse of narcotic painkillers and other prescription drugs is a growing problem in the United States, and a leading doctors' group is urging members to exercise tighter control on the medications. The American College of Physicians (ACP) ...
A new survey finds that 44 percent of American adults are concerned that the use of e-cigarettes by children and teens will encourage them to start smoking. In addition, nearly half of the parents surveyed (48 percent) are worried that ...
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Older women with heart disease might be at increased risk for dementia, according to a new study. Researchers followed nearly 6,500 U.S. women, aged 65 to 79, who had healthy brain function when the study started. Those with heart disease ...
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Nine of 10 women do not need and should not receive genetic testing to see if they are at risk for breast or ovarian cancer, an influential panel of health experts announced Monday. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) ...
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Virginia Tech's Marion DuPont Scott School of Veterinary Medicine has announced its"Tuesday Talk"topics for early 2014.The Tuesday Talks lectures series is designed to provide horse owners and professionals with valuable insight and ...
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Two published studies and an accompanying editorial in the Annals of Internal Medicine say there is no clear benefit for most to consume vitamin supplements. Eliseo Guallar of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in ...
Two published studies and an accompanying editorial in the Annals of Internal Medicine say there is no clear benefit for most to consume vitamin supplements. Eliseo Guallar of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in ...
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U.S. researchers say they identified a possible link between a history of sudden drops in blood pressure and atrial fibrillation, or an irregular heartbeat. Dr. Sunil K. Agarwal, a fellow in the Division of General Internal Medicine at ...
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A new study out of California has identified some practical steps that men can take to avoid developing prostate cancer, and all of them involve making simple dietary changes. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco ...
Women underweight and obese women are more likely to die before the age of 85 while overweight and obese women had higher risk of disease, U.S. researchers say. Eileen Rillamas-Sun of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, ...
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Palmetto Health unveiled its newest tool in its patient safety arsenal, Xenex’s germ-eliminating robots. The new portable room disinfection system uses pulsed xenon ultraviolet (UV) light that is 25,000 times more powerful than ...
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