Atherotech Diagnostics Lab will attend the South Central Obstetrical & Gynecological Society (SCOGS) 52nd Annual Meeting held this week in Charlottesville, Va. Atherotech representatives will demonstrate the company’s patented VAP® (Vertical Auto Profile) Test and offer blood draws to qualified attendees…
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A new study from the American Journal of Public Health reports that men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States are at greater risk than heterosexual men to die from HIV-related causes. However, mortality risk from non-HIV related causes, including suicide, was not higher among MSM. Researchers investigated associations between minority sexual [...]
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Embracing the physical changes that come with age can be a struggle for women in conventional weight-loss programs. However, a new program educates women about the physiology of aging and shares strategies to optimize diet and exercise accordingly, said an expert today at the American College of Sports Medicine’s 15th-annual Health & Fitness Summit & [...]
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Researchers say a new meta-analysis has revealed an association between SSRIs and breast and ovarian cancer, but at least 1 expert urges caution in interpreting the finding. Medscape Medical News
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A review of patients taking the diet drug orlistat over a seven-year period points to a 2% increase in acute kidney injuries within one year of patients starting the drug. Separately, safety-watchdog Public Citizen is once again petitioning the FDA to remove the drug from the market, citing adverse-event reports. Heartwire
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A youth-friendly HIV educational video improved adolescents’ HIV knowledge and increased their participation in HIV testing more than in-person counseling. Medscape Medical News
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How does directly observed therapy (DOT) work in controlling tuberculosis? BMC Public Health
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Congress has passed the fiscal 2011 spending bill to fund the government through September, averting the possibility of a government shutdown and setting the stage for debate on the nation’s 2012 spending plan.
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(MedPage Today) — Workers at the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plan should bank their own healthy stem cells as a contingency for autologous transplantation in the event of dangerous radiation exposure, Japanese cancer specialists have proposed.
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(MedPage Today) — Johnson & Johnson has recalled yet another product — topiramate (Topamax) — because of a strange odor thought to be caused by the chemical 2,4,6 tribromoanisole (TBA).
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